# Vivid — Unlock the full brightness of your MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR

Source: https://www.getvivid.app

## Summary

Vivid is a utility that enables the extra brightness range usually reserved for HDR content on MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR screens, without overdriving the hardware. The article says it works the same way as editing HDR video and does not use low-level display hacks to push displays past safe limits. It quotes Apple's claim that Pro Display XDR can sustain 1000 nits across the full screen indefinitely. The article adds that macOS limits maximum brightness if a display gets too warm.

## Article

Vivid does not make your display do anything it’s not supposed to do. Vivid enables the extra brightness range usually reserved for HDR content, in exactly the same as if you were editing HDR video. The official word from Apple on this topic is here. Apple claims the following:

"1000 nits of brightness. Pro Display XDR can sustain 1000 nits of brightness across the full screen. This means that a pro can edit an HDR photograph or video with the entire frame at 1000 nits of brightness, indefinitely."

Vivid does not use low level display hacks to push your display to levels it shouldn't go. The temperature of your displays will increase if you use your display in a very warm environment, but macOS will limit the max brightness if necessary.