Dimify
Dimify is a macOS display utility that lets you dim screens below system limits and adjust brightness, color, and multi-display settings from the menu bar.
What is Dimify?
Dimify is a macOS utility for controlling screen brightness and color in ways the built-in display controls do not offer. It helps users make bright screens more comfortable in dark rooms, reduce eye strain during long sessions, and manage several displays from one menu bar app. Dimify supports deeper-than-default dimming, color temperature and color filter adjustments, and custom presets for different tasks or lighting conditions. It can also automate changes based on time of day, sunset, Dark Mode, and other triggers, which is useful for people who move between daytime work, reading, and late-night use. Keyboard shortcuts and optional launch-at-login behavior make it easy to keep preferred display settings ready without opening a full control panel. Dimify is published by AdditionBySubtraction LLC and is designed for Macs with Apple Silicon or Intel processors running modern versions of macOS.
Key features
- Dim screens below the normal macOS brightness minimum
- Adjust color temperature and apply display color filters
- Control multiple displays together or set them independently
- Create presets for reading, work, and low-light use
- Automate brightness and color changes by time, sunset, or Dark Mode
- Use keyboard shortcuts for quick display adjustments
- Work across full-screen apps, external monitors, AirPlay, and Sidecar
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Dimify is a legitimate display-control utility for macOS. Its normal behavior is to run from the menu bar and optionally start at login so it can apply your preferred brightness and color settings automatically. For this kind of app, ongoing access to display controls is expected, and removing it simply stops its extra dimming, filter, shortcut, and automation features. If you no longer use it, quitting or uninstalling it is a straightforward way to return to standard macOS display controls.
Recommendation: Keep Dimify if you rely on extra dimming, color filters, shortcuts, or display automations that macOS does not provide on its own. If you only use the standard built-in brightness controls, you can remove it without affecting your personal files, though your custom display presets and automated adjustments will no longer be available.
Common paths
/Applications/Dimify.app
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