don't forget the back light is still on. i verified this with my girlfriend watching the apple logo in the lid of my macbook and with screen curtain on you still can turn that logo brighter or darker, so the backlight which uses the energy is only turned off when you turn the brightness down all the way
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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
