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How to Change the Volume in Smaller Steps on Mac
With Supercharge
- Open Supercharge, and give it the access that it asks for in “Device Control and Data Access”.
- Open the Supercharge settings, and click “Tweaks”.
- In the “Keyboard” section, set “Volume key step size” to “Half” or “Quarter”.
- Press a volume key. The volume changes in smaller steps.
“Brightness key step size” does the same for the brightness keys. Hold Option while you press a key to get a normal step. It may not work with some keyboards that are not from Apple.
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- Platform
- macOS
- Requires
- macOS 26.4 or later
- Released
- September 2024
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- No personal data collected
- Updated
- September 2026
- Version
- 1.30.1
- Size
- 16 MB
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Without an app
- Volume: Hold OptionShift, and press the volume up or down key.
- Brightness: Hold OptionShift, and press the brightness up or down key.
Apple’s keyboard shortcuts. This is enough when you only sometimes need a small change. Supercharge is for when you want small steps each time, like with headphones, where a normal step is loud.