Why does the screen automatically dim after 5 minutes of inactivity on my macbook pro? Sometimes I'm watching a movie in quick time (not in full screen by the way) and the screen will go dark (not turn off). I can still barely see the icons, but it gets really dark. Obviously just tapping the mouse will brighten the screen again; I've looked around in system preferences, but haven't been able to find a solution. I would appreciate any solutions to this.
2007-12-30 12:15:34 · 5 answers · asked by Waterfall 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Thanks Bob, but it doesn't help. I looked around in system preferences (as I stated in my question) but could find no solution.
2007-12-30 17:42:38 · update #1
this is to save energy,
the screen becomes dim(goes dark), a few seconds before the display sleeps
if you want to disable this feature,choose SYSTEM PREFERENCES and then ENERGY SAVER(the one with the light bulb icon)
Once you click that ,a window opens up showing 2 sliders under SLEEP
the second one is of importance to us.(PUT THE DISPLAY TO SLEEP WHEN COMPUTER IS INACTIVE FOR)
now slide the blue knob over to your extreme right where it says NEVER.
Thats it-your done
2008-01-06 02:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
power saving, try in the equivelant to pc accesories folder cant remember what its called just now but its in the drop down list where everything is. chec that out and increase your power saving time. hope this helps x
2007-12-30 22:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to goto into your gadget supervisor, locate the VGA gadget it fairly is connected on your Mac (that's going to no longer be default, many times the 2d get right of entry to below your definitely VGA gadget) and enable it, you will ought to disable your cutting-edge reveal driving force after (no longer till now!) you have chosen the secondary VGA reveal gadget. start up > Hardware & Sound > gadget supervisor Then, locate the terrific VGA gadget.
2016-11-26 22:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Powersave options.
System prefs>hardware>energy saver
2007-12-30 12:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
THANK YOU BOB GELD. I am having the exact same problem ( not to mention all the other problems that I'm having with MAC). It won't do a lot of things that I could do with Windows.
2007-12-30 12:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by davj61 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋