Turning down the brightness doesn't completely turn off the display, but is it 
possible, with a MacBook, to completely turn off the screen including the 
backlight?
On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Michael Thurman wrote:

> now that would be a nice feature   screen curtain shouldjust turn both the 
> backlight and the screen off at once you should not have to remember to do 
> both lol  we might as well have something in our favor considering how 
> manythigns  we have set against us lol  like at and t internet tech support 
> people refusing to help caus i couldn't do a speed test  cause their service 
> was lousy lol  I think I scared them i d\ sid fine Im callng time warnerand 
> hung up on them
> 
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> I don't know anything about the monitors but can you not hit the on off 
>> switch for your mac mini's monitor? or will that confuse vo?
>> On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:41 AM, RvR wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> That would be the ideal solution, however on iMacs it isn't possible to turn
>>> the screen completely off. Unless someone knows otherwise. Please pretty
>>> please... smile
>>> Best,
>>> Ronald
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
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>>> [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Sarah Alawami
>>> Verzonden: woensdag 28 juli 2010 19:08
>>> Aan: [email protected]
>>> Onderwerp: Re: screen curtain
>>> 
>>> and Plus whenthe screen curtainis on you still see a curser so yeah turnng
>>> off the desplay is better.
>>> 
>>> S
>>> On Jul 25, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
>>> 
>>>> For saving the battery, rather than using the screen curtain, I would turn
>>> the display brightness all the way down to 0, that will totally turn off the
>>> screen lighting.
>>>> On Jul 25, 2010, at 4:20 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I enable my screen curtain because A: I don't like people being able to
>>> look over my shoulder while I'm using my computer, and B: I assume that it
>>> saves a bit of battery power.  However, I was under the impression that the
>>> screen curtain would behave like it does on the IPhone and reactivate
>>> whenever I turn on voiceover or my computer. Should this in fact be the
>>> case? Or is it normal to have to restart the screen curtain each time you
>>> restart voiceover/the computer?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks again for all the help.
>>>>> 
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