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instant on-off for screen & key backlight?
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(hmmm... no new posts on the notebook forum for a while, so...here's one 
when i convert or render video, or download large files, i turn down my macbook's screen and keyboard backlight.
is there any way (a script, an app, for instance) to INSTANTLY turn off both? seems silly to fade each one out separately...
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You can instantly turn off the keyboard backlight with one of the function keys. On my older MBP, its F8 (looks like an underscore '_'). It may have changed on newer models. As for the backlight, does it really take that long to hold down the key to reduce the brightness to nothing?
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Originally Posted by ibook_steve 
You can instantly turn off the keyboard backlight with one of the function keys. On my older MBP, its F8 (looks like an underscore '_'). It may have changed on newer models. As for the backlight, does it really take that long to hold down the key to reduce the brightness to nothing?
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no, lol, it doesn't take that long to reduce brightness. but, hey, i'm on a mac, figured there might be a shortcut...ie one key (or combo) to reduce both screen & keyboard...
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The unibody MBPs don't have the the keyboard backlight off key, it's replaced with play/pause.
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Set it to auto-off after a few seconds. When you walk away from your Mac the KB backlighting will turn off all by itself.
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Originally Posted by Simon
Set it to auto-off after a few seconds. When you walk away from your Mac the KB backlighting will turn off all by itself.
then i have to turn it back on every time i am still working? no thanks...
i found a preference pane called LightMe: i can set a key combo to shut the screen light to 0, or back to max (or wherever); works fine, but i still have to fade in or out the keyboard backlight.
ah well, not a big issue.
thanks all for trying to help!
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Originally Posted by fisherKing
then i have to turn it back on every time i am still working? no thanks...
Umm, no. As soon as you start to type again it will come back on.
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Originally Posted by Simon
Umm, no. As soon as you start to type again it will come back on.
ah, got it. still..since i have to manually turn the keyboard light down...might as well just do them both manually, call it a day...
thanks!
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You can have both the KB backlight and the screen dim automatically actually.
When you walk away they dim automatically. When you come back and hit any key they both turn back on. No manual intervention required.
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Originally Posted by Simon
You can have both the KB backlight and the screen dim automatically actually.
When you walk away they dim automatically. When you come back and hit any key they both turn back on. No manual intervention required.
how does that happen? i dimmed the screen, walked away; 10 minutes later, my keyboard backlight is still on... 
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Sys prefs > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard > Illuminate keyboard in low light conditions
Sys prefs > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard > Turn off when computer is not used for:
Sys prefs > Energy Saver > Sleep > Put the computer display(s) to sleep when the computer is inactive for:
Sys prefs > Energy Saver > Options > Automatically reduce brightness of the display before sleep
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Originally Posted by Simon
Sys prefs > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard > Illuminate keyboard in low light conditions
Sys prefs > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard > Turn off when computer is not used for:
Sys prefs > Energy Saver > Sleep > Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for:
Sys prefs > Energy Saver > Options > Automatically reduce brightness of the display before sleep
duh! i know about the screen, of course, but missed the option for the keyboard (or had set it for 'never' when i first got my mac). thanx!
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I know the key combo for desktops is slightly different, but on MacBooks, Ctrl + Shift + Eject automatically turns off the display.
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IIRC that also works on iMacs.
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Originally Posted by B Gallagher
I know the key combo for desktops is slightly different, but on MacBooks, Ctrl + Shift + Eject automatically turns off the display.
and that...does the trick. thanx! 
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Originally Posted by fisherKing
and that...does the trick. thanx!
You're welcome.
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