LUMEL - Brightness Booster

Bright in sun, dark at night

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

New in 1.1: Face Light, a soft ring light for video calls. Plus your own shortcuts, Siri and the Shortcuts app, and 7 languages. Free to download, no data collected. LUMEL gives you control over your Mac's XDR display that macOS keeps locked away. Brighter, darker, or a soft light for your face. One tap from the menu bar. BOOST: BRIGHTER THAN STANDARD Your exact display determines the available headroom. On compatible EDR/XDR displays, LUMEL lifts the standard SDR ceiling so your screen stays readable in direct sunlight, on a bright balcony, or next to a sunny window. Boost is meant for bursts when you need it, not for running pinned at maximum all day. ECLIPSE: DARKER THAN THE MINIMUM macOS won't let the brightness slider go below a fixed floor. In a pitch-dark room that floor can still feel too bright. Eclipse mode dims gently below it, so reading in bed or watching in a dark room is easy on your eyes. FACE LIGHT: LOOK GOOD ON VIDEO CALLS A soft ring of light around the edges of your screen lights your face on FaceTime, Zoom or Teams calls. Choose warm or cool, slim or wide. It never covers the menu bar or Dock, lets your clicks through, and stays out of screen shares and recordings. On an XDR display, LUMEL Pro makes it far brighter than plain white. FREE, WITH ONE SIMPLE UPGRADE LUMEL is free to download. In the free version you can preview Boost with Compare mode (it boosts the left half of your screen), and use Eclipse and Face Light without limits. LUMEL Pro unlocks full-screen Boost across every compatible EDR/XDR display and XDR-bright Face Light. It's a single one-time purchase, with no subscription and no account. DESIGNED FOR THE WAY YOU WORK • One-tap toggle from the menu bar, with a live brightness slider • Keyboard shortcuts you choose: on/off, brighter and dimmer, from any app • Actions for the Shortcuts app and Siri to turn LUMEL on or off, set a level, or automate it • A Control Center toggle on macOS 26 or later • Per-display control when you run more than one screen, with preferences that survive reconnects • Side-by-side Compare mode, so you can see the difference before you commit • Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese BATTERY-AWARE BY DEFAULT Boost draws extra power, so LUMEL looks after your battery. Choose a level between 5% and 50% (or Off), and Boost switches off automatically below it. Low Power Mode disables Boost too. Eclipse is exempt, since dimming uses less power, not more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN, NOT BY PROMISE LUMEL collects nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no accounts, no ads. The app is sandboxed and has no network entitlement of its own. The optional Pro purchase is handled entirely by the App Store, not by LUMEL, so the app still sends none of your data anywhere. Your preferences live on your device and nowhere else. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Boost and XDR-bright Face Light require a display that reports Extended Dynamic Range (EDR/XDR) headroom, such as supported 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models or compatible Apple XDR displays. Eclipse and Face Light work on any supported Mac display. On a non-EDR display, Boost controls remain unavailable until a compatible display is connected. Brighten beyond stock. Dim below the minimum. Keep your data to yourself.

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New in LUMEL 1.1 • Face Light: a soft ring of light around your screen that lights your face on video calls. Warm or cool, slim or wide, and invisible in screen shares. XDR-bright with LUMEL Pro. • Your own shortcuts: change ⌃⌥⌘B to any keys you like, and make the screen brighter or dimmer with ⌃⌥⌘↑ and ⌃⌥⌘↓. • Shortcuts app and Siri: turn Boost, Eclipse or Face Light on or off, set a level, or check the status, and automate it. • Control Center: add a LUMEL toggle on macOS 26 or later. • LUMEL now speaks French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). After updating, open LUMEL from the menu bar and click "New in LUMEL 1.1" for a quick tour of everything new.

Version 1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    Kapish Bhardwaj
    Size
    2.3 MB
    Category
    Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 6 more
    • English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Kapish Bhardwaj
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