Entity J. Torrey spoke thus: > AppleScript to control the brightness > of your Apple LCD monitor? tell application "System Preferences" activate set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays" tell application "System Events" set value of slider 1 of group 2 of tab group 1 of window "Apple Studio Display" of process "System Preferences" to 0 end tell end tell When pasting this script in the Script Editor be sure to unwrap the long line. -- Gnarlie http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Workshop/AppleScript/AppleScript.html