Hi,

Yes,  this is what I meant.  Thanks for correcting me on this.  I assume since 
this is the behavior of the MBP and plastic macbook, that the air would be the 
same.

Ricardo Walker
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www.mobileaccess.org

On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Kristyn Leigh wrote:

> The message I replied to does not refer to turning off screen curtain. He 
> wrote "On the Mac, restarting your macbook will turn back up screen 
> brightness. ." 
> 
> 
> On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
> 
>> Ricardo did  not say that, he said if you turn the screen curtain on it will 
>> turn itself off after a reboot, this behaves the same way on iOS devices too.
>> On 12 Aug 2011, at 18:19, Kristyn Leigh wrote:
>> 
>>> That's not true on my Macbook air running Lion. If I set the screen 
>>> brightness to 0, it stays there when I reboot.
>>> On Aug 12, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Right,
>>>> 
>>>> Its not possible to turn off the display as it were, without locking the 
>>>> device.  I guess they figured, why would anyone want such a feature.  You 
>>>> would have a lot of paniced sighted folks.  lol.  On the Mac, restarting 
>>>> your macbook will turn back up screen brightness.  But there's no 
>>>> intuitive way to restart an iPhone without sight unless your a voiceover 
>>>> user.
>>>> 
>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
>>>> www.mobileaccess.org
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 12, 2011, at 3:12 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> If only we could turn the screen brightness down to complete zero on the 
>>>>> iPhone too (it is still visible with the brightness way down).
>>>>> On 12 Aug 2011, at 08:06, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just like to add to this, If using a macbook, turning on screen curtain 
>>>>>> is not a substitute for turning down screen brightness in regards to 
>>>>>> battery conservation.  If all you do is turn on screen curtain, your 
>>>>>> display is still blazing away just with well, a black curtain over it.  
>>>>>> lol.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> hth
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
>>>>>> www.mobileaccess.org
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:09 AM, M. Taylor wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello Johnny,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You can enable/disable the screen curtain on the MacBook Pro by 
>>>>>>> triple-finger, triple-tapping the track pad.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>> On Aug 11, 2011, at 3:39 PM, John Chilelli wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> How does one enable and disable the screen curtain?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Johnny
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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