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# How to control the backlight of your MacBook keyboard
- URL: https://en.blog.themarfa.name/how-to-control-the-backlight-of-your-macbook-keyboard/
- Published: 2026-09-10T06:32:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-09T06:54:07.000Z
- Description: macOS system preferences allow you to change the keyboard backlight settings on MacBooks, but there aren't many of them and may not be enough…
- Author: Konstantin Dokuchaev

macOS system preferences allow you to change the keyboard backlight settings on MacBooks, but there aren't many of them and may not be enough for fine-tuning.

With the [**Dim Keys**](https://dimkeys.com/) utility, you can set the exact brightness and sensitivity of the backlight.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/71/cf/71cf070c-b8aa-467e-9efd-cf18f7dcf253/content/images/2026/09/image.png)

The utility is completely free to download.

[Try Dim Keys](https://dimkeys.com/)