Slightly off the topic but since iOS 6 or perhaps even 5 screen curtain now turns off backlighting so will save battery on your iDevices with out having to set brightness right down. At least that was mentioned in a couple of podcasts I herd.
Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 02/04/2013, at 4:19 AM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > While screen curtain will black out the screen, it does not turn off the > backlighting so doing F1 a bunch of times will still save a bunch of battery > life. I do wonder if screen curtain saves power from not running the Graphics > Processing Unit (GPU) since nothing is being put on the screen? Might be some > help but turning of the backlight will help a lot. > > CB > > On 4/1/13 7:13 AM, Chris H wrote: >> Turn screen curtain on with ctrl-option-shift-f11. >> >> >> Christopher Hallsworth >> E-mail and Facebook: >> [email protected] >> Skype: >> chrishallsworth7266 >> Twitter: >> http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 >> Find my blog at >> challsworth2.wordpress.com >> >> On 01/04/2013 05:10, anita wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> Besides dimming my screen, is there anything else I can do to retain better >>> battery life on my MacBook Pro, and if so how? >>> Anita >>> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
