Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Turn your Mac keyboard’s backlighting on or off
If your Mac laptop has a backlit keyboard, you can manually adjust the level of backlighting or turn it off, or set options to do so automatically.
Manually adjust keyboard backlighting or turn it off
Do one of the following:
On all Mac computers: Choose Apple menu
in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down). Drag the “Keyboard brightness” slider to adjust the brightness. Drag it all the way to the left to turn off backlighting.If your Mac has keyboard brightness keys: On the keyboard, press the increase brightness key
or the decrease brightness key 
. To turn off backlighting, keep pressing .If you added keyboard brightness to the menu bar: Click
or in the menu bar, then drag the slider to increase or decrease the brightness. If you don’t see or , you can add it. See Customize Control Center.If you added keyboard brightness to Control Center: Click
in the menu bar, click , then drag the slider to increase or decrease the brightness. If you don’t see , you can add it. See Customize Control Center.
Automatically adjust backlighting in low light conditions
Choose Apple menu
Turn on “Adjust keyboard brightness in low light.”
Automatically turn backlighting off after a period of inactivity
Choose Apple menu
Click the pop-up menu next to “Turn keyboard backlight off after inactivity,” then choose a time.
Tip: The light sensor is located at the top of your computer near the camera; make sure that area isn’t covered when you use your Mac in low light conditions.