Backglow app MacBook Pro OLED Apple logo, Digi Mart USA News: The new MacBook Pro with an OLED display costs more than its predecessor, but adds an OLED touchscreen and a slightly thinner and lighter chassis. Its Apple logo has built-in lighting that, unlike in earlier models, is powered by dedicated LEDs rather than the display backlight.
Because those LEDs can be switched off and controlled through software, a third-party app called Backglow, from developer Juan Buis, now lets users manage them. According to the source, the app can turn the logo on and off with a button press, adjust its brightness, and activate a “breathing” effect that gradually dims and brightens the logo.
Brightness can also be linked to the battery level.
The source notes that the dedicated LEDs increase power consumption compared with using the display backlight. Users who buy the Pro version of the app for $9 receive two additional features.
One lets the glowing logo act as a visualizer for the music currently playing. The other is Claude Code integration: the logo blinks slowly while the bot is working and blinks quickly when the user’s attention is required.
The app can also keep the logo lit when the laptop is closed and the display is off. The source presents Backglow as an example of how macOS software could use the Apple logo in future to communicate with users without them having to look at the screen, similar to the Glowbar on Googlebooks.
The report is a publisher article from Notebookcheck and has not been independently verified.
