Hi, I'd also like to point out, since the subject is about wireless keyboards, you can only turn down the keyboard backlight on your macbook with the actual built in macbook keyboard. You can't use the function keys on a wireless keyboard to do this.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 27, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > You can press F1 anytime. It's not tied to any particular application > although the computer has to be on for it to work. > > CB > > On 3/27/13 5:27 AM, anita wrote: >> From where can I press f1 to turn off the back light? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Chris Blouch <mailto:cblo...@aol.com> >> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:56 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Wireless Keyboards. >> >> Right. That turns off the backlight which saves a bunch of power. >> F2 to bring it back up again. >> >> CB >> >> On 3/26/13 3:42 PM, anita wrote: >>> Set the brightness to zero then? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Chris Blouch <mailto:cblo...@aol.com> >>> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:10 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: Wireless Keyboards. >>> >>> Main problem I've had with using Windows keyboards on the Mac >>> has not been connecting them but that the option and command >>> keys get flipped. Normally from left to right on laptops it >>> is function, control,option (alt), command but on windows >>> keyboards they probably won't have the Function key and the >>> command/option keys switch places. I think there is a way to >>> remap those keys so the go back to their normal places but I >>> eventually got tired of it and went with an Apple keyboard. >>> To be clear, non-laptop Apple keyboards also lack the >>> function key since that is usually for doing things like >>> change the speaker volume or dim the screen. Speaking of >>> which, you can get a lot more battery life out of your laptop >>> if you turn the brightness all the way down by hitting F1 >>> about 16 times. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 3/25/13 10:04 PM, anita wrote: >>>> Hi List, >>>> I have a wireless that I'm using on several Windows >>>> computers. 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