Backglow App Customizes MacBook Pro Logo for $9 as Apple Revives Glowing Lid on 14-, 16-Inch Models
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Updated · MacRumors · Nov 7
Backglow App Customizes MacBook Pro Logo for $9 as Apple Revives Glowing Lid on 14-, 16-Inch Models
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Nov 7
Summary
Juan Buis’s new Backglow app lets owners of Apple’s latest MacBook Pro manually set the lid logo’s brightness, turn it off with one click, or add a pulsing “Breathe” effect.
The free app fills a gap in Apple’s default controls, which otherwise keep the illuminated logo on whenever the Mac is awake and tie its brightness to screen settings and ambient light.
$9 for a limited time—rising to $15 later—unlocks “Music” mode, which syncs the light to audio, and “Agents” mode, which pulses while Claude Code works and blinks when attention is needed.
Apple restored the glowing logo on the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models released Friday, using a custom white LED system because OLED-based displays no longer provide the old backlight method.