Ricardo did not say that, he said if you turn the screen curtain on it will turn itself off after a reboot, this behaves the same way on iOS devices too. On 12 Aug 2011, at 18:19, Kristyn Leigh wrote:
> That's not true on my Macbook air running Lion. If I set the screen > brightness to 0, it stays there when I reboot. > On Aug 12, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Right, >> >> Its not possible to turn off the display as it were, without locking the >> device. I guess they figured, why would anyone want such a feature. You >> would have a lot of paniced sighted folks. lol. On the Mac, restarting >> your macbook will turn back up screen brightness. But there's no intuitive >> way to restart an iPhone without sight unless your a voiceover user. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Aug 12, 2011, at 3:12 AM, Chris Moore wrote: >> >>> If only we could turn the screen brightness down to complete zero on the >>> iPhone too (it is still visible with the brightness way down). >>> On 12 Aug 2011, at 08:06, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > Kristyn Leigh > Sent from my mini Mac > krist...@gmail.com > > -- > 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. 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