JennyDavid Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) How to enable your Keyboard's Backlight in macOS 1. Extract and place the attached binary file [Keyboard-Backlight.zip] in your /Application folder as shown below. 2. Open Terminal window and type the following: /Applications/Keyboard-Backlight (To switch ON) /Applications/Keyboard-Backlight off (To switch OFF) OR Just install these two files by double clicking them [Keyboard BackLight.zip] 3. Once they are installed, you may go to Finder >> Services to toggle between ON & OFF. 4. That's it! You're done. Enjoy your hack with backlights. To uninstall 1. Delete the binary file from /Application 2. Navigate to ~/Library/Services and delete both the Keyboard BackLight ON/OFF files. Special credits to Apple Inc. for the HID LED Test Tool P/S: Works on most keyboards, but not all. Edited July 25, 2018 by JennyDavid 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Nice job @JennyDavid, congrats! This tool works with Laptops? Thanks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyDavid Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Allan said: Nice job @JennyDavid, congrats! This tool works with Laptops? Thanks I'm afraid it is limited to desktop for now. Probably, I will look into laptop's compatibility in the future. Anyway, forgot to mention, as long as you are using an external keyboard (even with laptops), this tool should work fine. Edited July 23, 2018 by JennyDavid Just tested with external keyboard in a laptop. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Very good! I will try it ...Sent from my iPad with Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyDavid Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 14 minutes ago, PippoX0 said: Very good! I will try it ... Sent from my iPad with Tapatalk Thanks @PippoX0 Keep me posted with the outcome. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfcaster Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I have a backlit Bluestork keyboard and I can not turn it off from os x, since when the driver loads it lights up and the function keys (Fn) do not go, try your trick and it does not turn it off either. Do you know any way ?, sorry for my English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyDavid Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 13 hours ago, surfcaster said: I have a backlit Bluestork keyboard and I can not turn it off from os x, since when the driver loads it lights up and the function keys (Fn) do not go, try your trick and it does not turn it off either. Do you know any way ?, sorry for my English You can try re-mapping your key to "Scoll Lock" but can't promise that it will work. Most likely your keyboard's backlight is controlled by a custom key stroke that has been pre-determined by the manufacturer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Not working with Corsair Strafe RGB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfcaster Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Ok, it works, I must press the Fn key while I execute its trick, there are only two leds (numeric and one that I do not know what it is) that there is no way but that is unimportant, thank you very much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyDavid Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, surfcaster said: Ok, it works, I must press the Fn key while I execute its trick, there are only two leds (numeric and one that I do not know what it is) that there is no way but that is unimportant, thank you very much Glad that it works for you Enjoyyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gatim Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Sorry for bringing back this topic, but, i need some help. I tried everything on the internet, only this one worked, but worked only one time, now when i type in terminal, don't work anymore, either the service wont work. Any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHDSPORTSAPK Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 The backlight that illuminates the keys on the computer's keyboard is off by default. To turn it on, press and hold the Fn key, and then tap the Z key. Press this same Fn + Z hotkey combination to turn it off again. Download GHD Sports Apk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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