Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more than once that my keyboard's backlight is completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent definite that the backlight is not glowing at all. Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enable the screen curtain. It's an excellent suggestion, though, and I hope it helps someone. Missy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 5:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users 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. -- 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.
