On a range of the iMac screens, even the lowest brightness setting from Preferences is still high enought to cause eye strain. Using an app lets you take the brightness lower than you can with Preferences alone.
If you search the web you can see the eye strain issue isn't uncommon. Glenn On 3 November 2013 17:25, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Glen, > Why would you need that when you can do it in System Preferences ? > > On 3 Nov 2013, at 4:59 pm, Glenn Nicholas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a quick note for anyone who might have been using the Shades app to > reduce the screen brightness on their iMac(s)... I've found this really > helps avoid eye strain. > > Shades didn't survive the Mavericks upgrade, but there is a two dollar app > in the App Store called ShadeIt that does the same job. > > Regards, > > Glenn Nicholas > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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