Hi, Just like to add to this, If using a macbook, turning on screen curtain is not a substitute for turning down screen brightness in regards to battery conservation. If all you do is turn on screen curtain, your display is still blazing away just with well, a black curtain over it. lol.
hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:09 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Johnny, > > You can enable/disable the screen curtain on the MacBook Pro by > triple-finger, triple-tapping the track pad. > > Mark > On Aug 11, 2011, at 3:39 PM, John Chilelli wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> How does one enable and disable the screen curtain? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Johnny >> >> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >> >>> Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more >>> than once that my keyboard's backlight is >>> completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent >>> definite that the backlight is not glowing at all. >>> Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enable the screen >>> curtain. >>> It's an excellent suggestion, though, and I hope it helps someone. >>> Missy >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor >>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 5:49 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> After posting my last message to the list regarding the increase in heat >>> generated on my MBP since installing Lion and the definite lessening of >>> battery life, I took a closer look at my MBP and discovered what I hope will >>> prove to be useful to you. >>> >>> F Y I: Until yesterday, I was running Lion on an external FireWire drive >>> and did not notice the increase in heat since the computer is always sitting >>> on my desk when running Lion. Additionally, when I have the FireWire >>> connected, I also have the power cable connected. >>> >>> Anyway, and I have confirmed this twice on my MBP and I called a friend who >>> installed Lion this morning and she confirmed the same, said same being: >>> The backlight on the MBP keyboard is set to on when Lion is first installed. >>> >>> >>> Now I want to be clear, I keep my keyboard backlight off and so it was when >>> I upgraded to Lion. However, when I looked closely at my keyboard, today, I >>> discovered that while it was dimmed, it was not set as it had been before >>> the upgrade. >>> >>> After I turn the backlight off/or to its lowest setting, the increase in >>> heat went away. >>> >>> So, I recommend that those of you noticing a change in heat/battery drain >>> confirm that your MBP keyboard backlights are set as they were before >>> upgrading/installing Lion. >>> >>> F5 and F6 decrease and increase keyboard backlight, respectively. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
