Timeline for How to prevent the media keys from waking the MacBook Pro screen?
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 15:32 | vote | accept | Saaru Lindestøkke | ||
| Aug 13, 2013 at 23:37 | comment | added | iskra | Let us know on the progress then. Good luck. | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 23:35 | comment | added | Saaru Lindestøkke | @iskra Thank you for the suggestion, I will look into that. However, keep in mind: brightness = 0 is not equal to putting the display to sleep. If you set the brightness to 0, the screen is still active and redraws, only it is very very dim. Simple test: set the brightness to 0, hold a light source very close to the edge of the screen, you will see the very dim display where mouse movements are visible (at least on a mid 2009 MBP). | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 23:27 | comment | added | iskra | You can create a script to set brightness to 0 and assign it to shortcut. Creating a rule that pressing same shortcut 2nd time revert brightness back. It's switching off lamps/leds which are most power hungry part of the screen I believe. Never checked if still redraw pixels though. | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 23:16 | comment | added | Saaru Lindestøkke | True, this works but is not as convenient as just hitting the key combination described. Besides, setting the brightness to 0 does not actually sleep the monitor and may consume more battery than putting the monitor to sleep. | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 23:10 | comment | added | iskra | What you want is AFAIK not possible but my old Macbook can switch off the screen completely if I set brightness to the leftmost position. No key except F2/Brightness Up can't change it. | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 22:33 | answer | added | tubedogg | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 21:44 | history | asked | Saaru Lindestøkke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |