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DISPLAYBUDDY

CONTROL THE BRIGHTNESS OF MONITORS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR MAC


NO NEED TO TOUCH THE CLUNKY BUTTONS ON YOUR MONITOR


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FIRST CLASS SUPPORT FOR THIRD PARTY DISPLAYS

Get the ultrafine experience, with any monitor

CONTROL DISPLAY SETTINGS

Control the real brightness, contrast & even the volume of your external
displays.




CREATE PRESETS

Save settings across multiple displays and restore them later with a single
click.




USE MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

Manage all your displays at a glance from the same app.




KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Create custom keyboard shortcuts to control your displays, or just use the
brightness and volume keys on your keyboard!


SYNC DISPLAYS

Synchronise brightness and contrast across multiple displays.


CHANGE INPUTS

Switch your display inputs between HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C and others with just
a click.


BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS

Activate presets directly from your desktop with macOS Sonoma Widgets.


ULTRABRIGHT

Achieve double the brightness on your Macbook Pro display - super useful on
those sunny days.


CONTROL APPLE DISPLAYS

Including the Apple Studio Display, Pro Display XDR, Apple Thunderbolt & iMac
displays.


WORKS ON APPLE SILICON

Supports DDC on Macs using the shiny new Apple Silicon M1, M2 and M3 family of
chips.

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WORKS WITH SIRI AND APPLE SHORTCUTS

Just say "Hey Siri, set 100% brightness on all displays" or create your own
automations with the Shortcuts app.


TESTED ON MONITORS FROM MAJOR MANUFACTURERS

Works great on all Macs and macOS 10.13+, including macOS Big Sur, Monterey &
Ventura.



If you’ve got an external display this app is absolutely life changing.

Khan Winter

It works! Never touching the clunky button to adjust volume again.

Logan

I have an external USB-C display that resets its brightness every time my Mac
mini turns it off. It's infuriating, and now all I need to do is click a button
and the brightness is set to 100% in an instant. And it's amazing.

Oliver Haslam, iMore

Immediate buy! Works great with my Dell U2518D

Tiago Martinho

This is amazing and exactly what I was looking for! Great job!

Michael Ebinger

I started using DisplayBuddy in beta and I can never go back to hardware buttons
now! Go support an indie developer!

Tushar

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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR MONITORS

Control brightness, contrast, volume, and much more.

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Lifetime license, 7-day refunds no questions asked.




QUESTIONS? ANSWERS.

WILL IT WORK WITH MY DISPLAY?

DisplayBuddy talks to your monitor using the DDC/CI specification. If you've a
monitor that was manufactured in the last 10 years or so, there's a very high
chance it will work great with DisplayBuddy! Most users using monitors from
brands like Dell, LG, BenQ, Acer and Samsung use DisplayBuddy to control their
displays. DisplayBuddy also works with Samsung smart monitors like the Samsung
M5, M7, M8 and ViewFinity S9.

If by chance it doesn't work, we'll refund your DisplayBuddy purchase within 7
days of your order.


DO YOU OFFER A FREE TRIAL?

You can purchase and try DisplayBuddy risk-free, and it doesn't work for you,
we'll refund your purchase, no questions asked.

You can also try DisplayBuddy & 220 other top class Mac apps free for 7 days on
SetApp.

HOW MANY MACS CAN I RUN THIS ON?

Your license is valid for use on upto 1 Macs you own with the Single license.
There are also Personal (2 Macs) and Team (5 Macs) licenses available.

ARE APPLE SILICON MACS SUPPORTED?

Yes, Apple Silicon (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra & M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max) Macs are
supported, and can control external display brightness, contrast and volume
using DDC. You can also use DisplayBuddy to adjust the iMac screen brightness or
the Apple Studio Display / Pro Display XDR Brightness.

Note: DDC on the HDMI port in M1 Macs doesn't work yet, because it doesn't
forward DDC commands to the display for a currently unknown reason. Displays
connected to the Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports work fine with DDC, and the HDMI port
of M2 Macs also work fine.

HOW CAN I DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION?

You can click the settings icon in the bottom right of DisplayBuddy and select
"Check for Updates" to automatically get the latest version. You can also get
the latest version of DisplayBuddy here.

If you're using an older macOS version like High Sierra, Mojave or Catalina
(10.13 -> 10.15) you candownload and use DisplayBuddy 1.45, which supports these
older macOS versions.

CAN I ADUST BRIGHTNESS AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON TIME OF DAY?

Yes, you can adjust brightness and other controls of your displays using
DisplayBuddy actions with the Shortcuts app on Mac. You can save your required
display settings as a DisplayBuddy preset, and then activate that preset
automatically using a Shortcuts automation.

CAN I MAKE MY EXTERNAL MONITOR FOLLOW THE BRIGHTNESS OF MY MACBOOK SCREEN?

Yes! You can use the sync feature in DisplayBuddy to make any screen follow the
brightness of another screen on Mac. This is especially useful when you want
your external monitor's brightness to follow the built-in display of your
Macbook Pro or Air. You can enable this by clicking your Display name > Sync to
this display.

WHY WOULD I NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

I sometimes work during the night, and I don't want my two monitors at full
blast hurting my eyes in dim light. I use DisplayBuddy to quickly switch my
displays to the correct brightness without physically touching the buttons on my
monitor at all.

You can use DisplayBuddy to effortlessly increase brightness or dim your macbook
screen and external monitors. The app can easily handle adjusting the brightness
of multiple displays at once, and is a great tool to adjust the brightness of a
second monitor on Mac. A lot of users also use DisplayBuddy to easily brighten
their screen based on the time of day to reduce eye strain.

IT'S NOT WORKING FOR MY MONITOR!

A lot of monitors have built-in presets for brightness and contrast, like Game,
Movie, Reading etc, which lock your monitor's brightness & contrast to
predefined levels. I highly recommend you set this mode to Custom, so that
DisplayBuddy can then control these values.

Some monitors also have a DDC/CI setting: make sure this is set to enabled. You
can find more troubleshooting steps here.

IS THERE A WINDOWS APP?

Yes! DisplayBuddy is also available on Windows.

I LOST MY LICENSE KEY, HOW CAN I RECOVER IT?

No worries, you can look for an email from LemonSqueezy or Gumroad in your
mailbox to find your original license key. If you can't find the email, just
contact me at support@displaybuddy.app and I'll help you out.

HOW CAN I CONTROL MY SCREEN BRIGHTNESS ON MAC?

DisplayBuddy can also control the screen brightness of your Macbook screen,
along with external monitor. You can brighten or dim your Macbook Air or Pro's
screen directly from DisplayBuddy, as well as create presets for these settings
and restore them later with one click.

WHAT ADDITIONAL FEATURES DOES DISPLAYBUDDY HAVE?

DisplayBuddy is a full fledged display manager for Mac - it can even control
your display resolution and input sources for your monitors, supports keyboard
shortcuts, and also supports macOS features like Shortuts and Siri.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM DELL DISPLAY MANAGER?

DisplayBuddy does everything Dell Display Manager does like controlling the
brightness and contrast of your Dell monitor on a Mac, plus a lot more like
saving presets, controlling resolution and rotation and syncing your monitor
brightness to your Macbook screen.

DisplayBuddy also has a much simpler and intuitive UI, and supports a wide
variety of monitors along with your Dell monitor - so it's especiallly useful if
want to control a multiple monitor setup where not all montors have been made by
Dell.

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