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 [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.
