Hi,
Yes, FN 11 and FN 12 do provide the audible blip for volume. It's
always worked that way with the new keyboards.
On Jun 14, 2008, at 5:03 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
correct, no audible feedback will occur but to test the fn theory, try
fn-f11/12.
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: iMac roasting normal behavier?
Hello,
Hey dave, I used the FN key and I didn't get any audible feedback.
Dan
On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:41 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
I think on the new keyboard, the fn key is required.
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From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: iMac roasting normal behavier?
Hi Dan and Orin,
I think the brightness adjustment from the Displays menu under
System Preferences and the F1 and F2 keys on my laptop work the
same way. (I also think that on the new new keyboards the brightness
control is in the same place -- on the F1 and F2 keys. The only
thing
I'm uncertain about is the new default keyboard setup preference for
some machines that associate the F keys with their software function
instead of their hardware functions when pressed without the Fn key.)
When I press the F1 key I hear exactly the same thing that I hear
when
I interact with the slider on the brightness setting under the
Displays
menu in System Preferences. In fact, if I press Option+F1 on my
PowerBook laptop, I can bring up this Displays pane directly.
The only thing that is different about using the slider under the
Brightness
setting of Displays under Systems Preferences is that if I hold down
the shift key when I'm interacting with the slider (e.g. VO-keys-
shift+
left arrow or right arrow) then I can move the slider in smaller
increments. Otherwise, what I hear and the intervals of increase
(F2) or decrease (F1) in brightness are the same, whether I use the
arrow keys on the slider, or whether I use the F1 and F2 keys on the
keyboard. So I usually just use the F1 key to turn down screen
brightness.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Esther
On June 13, 2008, at 12:40PM, Dan wrote:
Hi Orin,
This is how I did it.
I'm talking about the full size Apple thin keyboard, not a laptop.
Go to system preferences.
Click the Displays button.
Using VO Right Arrow, under the display tab you will see as one of
the
items, at the end of the list is brightness.
Just before you get to the Brightness label, you will find the
Slider's Value, probably 100, Just slide this control to 0 or
something much lower than 100.
Then exit system preferences.
HTH.
Dan
On Jun 13, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Orin wrote:
How do I lower the brightness?
On Jun 13, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Dan wrote:
Hello Orin and Esther,I have an iMac that's about 2 months old.
it's the 24 inch with 2.8 processor.
I was having some fan noise and apple replaced the fans yesterday.
The technician said that the unit has 3 fans. 1 for the CPU,
another for the Screen and he didn't say what the last one was
for,
but I'd say probably the power supply. He said these machines get
rather warm. He said that the problems on earlier machines, say
2006 have been corrected.
This is something I've done. By default, out of the box, the
brightness is set to 100 percent. I lower mine. In fact I lowered
it to 0 on one machine and both my wife and son said that the
screen is still clearly readable without any problems. So we've
set
the brightness on 3 iMac machines between 0 and 50 percent. In all
cases, the machines run much cooler.
Just my families experiences with this heating problem.
HTH.
Dan
On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Orin,
I heard about overheating problems in the first generation of
iMacs, and
there are many articles that appeared in 2005 reporting on this
problem.
You can try downloading a freeware tool called Temperature
Monitor
that people used for diagnosis and use it to provide data,
either by
exporting file contents to a file and/or by taking a screen
snapshot
that you could send along as an attachment if you are in email
contact
with AppleCare or other service. You shouldn't have really high
temperatures. Your iMac is only a few months old, and shouldn't
have any problems. If there is nothing blocking your fans,
etc. I
would
get in touch with your local Apple Store. You'll still be under
the
warranty period of 1 year. Incidentally, I know this subject has
come
up on the list before, but it's a really good idea to get
AppleCare.
That's especially true if you don't live near an Apple Store and
need
extensive phone support after the first 90 days.
Here's the web page for Temperature Monitor:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
There are links for the download, online manual, and notes.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Esther
On June 13, 2008, at 12:18AM, Orin wrote:
Hey all,
Just wondering, although my iMac is very quiet I really can't
hear it,
it's getting utterally hot, should it? I mean, this is a
desktop,
and
I keep it on, and I just don't want it to melt away. Shouldn't
this
thing have a fan in it to keep it cool?
I'm currently listening to 06. Soldiers Of The Wasteland by
DragonForce on the album Sonic Firestorm and is currently
Paused.
Orin
