You can also do a 3-finger triple tap on the track pad to turn the screen curtain on. That is, if you have the track pad enabled on a newer Macbook. hth I always dim my screen too. Of course, my 4-year-old granddaughter wanted to know why there wasn't anything on my screen. I suppose she thinks granny is crazy. LOL!! She doesn't get it that I can't see yet. On Jun 4, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> It will, but you won't necessarily get privacy with the screen curtain on. > you will still see a curser. what I do is lower the brightness to 0 percent > with fn f1 or f1 depending on how my laptop is set up then vo shft f11 to > turn on the screen curtain. > > S > On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Alfredo wrote: > >> I currently have a laptop with jaws, and in order to save energy and >> prolong the life of the battery I dim the brightness to 1% of total >> when not pluged in. I was reading that you can enable a screen >> curtain in Voice Over so to prevent others from seeing what you are >> doing. This is great in itself, since it can protect your privacy, >> but I was wondering if this feature will also prolong the baterry life >> on a mac notebook. If it does not, or if you guys do not know, is >> there a way to dim the brightness of the display in the mac OS to >> prolong the life of the battery inbetween charges? >> >> Thanks, >> alfredo >> >> PS I ahve a license unopened copy of ViewPlus AudioGraphing Calculator >> for sale, it cost 300 if bought fromt he company, I am selling mine >> for 250. Send me an email if you are interested >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
