Why Is My Mac Screen So Dark. If your display is dark check the brightness level check that your Mac and display are turned on and not in sleep and make sure cables are connected. If the dim screen persists force it to brighten.
Check that your Mac and display are turned on. If you dont see the Automatically adjust brightness checkbox you can manually adjust the brightness. If you are having problems and cannot see your screen put a light behind your screen and if you can see it now that means that you have backlight problems.
In some cases the MacBook is unresponsive and seems to be stuck at the black screen of death while in other cases you may notice the MacBook is turned on because you can hear the startup chime while the screen is black.
Make 20 or so screenshots and your screen will be approx at a brightness of 50. If your display is dark check the brightness level check that your Mac and display are turned on and not in sleep and make sure cables are connected. If the dim screen persists force it to brighten. Check that your Mac is not in sleep.
