Comments on: Why can’t you turn off the iMac screen?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:25:42 +0000

I’m closing comments on this post, because everyone keeps posting the same answer: Shift-Control-Eject. And the post was written in 2007, before Apple introduced Shift-Control-Eject.

By: michel

michel — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:37:03 +0000

thank’s Rakesh Ayilliath for the solution : ctrl + shift + eject.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:33:53 +0000

@Chris: Yes, my MBP does the same thing. Sounds like a common complaint: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2267971

I banged on about “no cut & paste” before: http://mac.elated.com/2008/12/12/10-ways-that-windows-is-better-than-mac-os/

I can see Apple’s reasoning here, but there are definitely times when it would be useful!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:52:21 +0000

I have one of my screen corners set to turn the display off, which is great.
My problem is that when I listen to iTunes, I like to skip songs using the remote, and every time I do, the screen turns back on which is distracting.
But alas, no solution.

Come on Apple!!
That and no “cut & paste” files/folders option, is a massive pain. So whenever I want to reorganise folders, I’ve either got to drag the item to the desired folder, or copy, paste and then backtrack to delete the original.

Clunky Apple… very clunky

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:12:35 +0000

@Fred: Shift-Control-Eject hasn’t let me down yet!

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:49:35 +0000

Well this forum seems to be almost 3 years old, and from what I’ve read here, there is no definitive solution to the dim-less mac display. It stays bright and hot no matter if you dim it to the end.

My solution was to assign an active Screen corner (or Hotspot) for putting the screen to sleep. You can do this by going to System Preferences/Expose & Spaces/Expose tab/Active Screen corners.

I read that someone else tried this solution and had problems because the display will wake up itself in the middle of the night. I have a 24 inch Mac (Intel core), and until now, the display has not woken up from sleep, unless I bumped the desk or accidentally moved the mouse. I have been able to use this to do mayor downloads that required to keep the computer on through the night. I hope someone finds it useful, though Apple should make their displays dim correctly!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:19:05 +0000

@gmanyo: That’s because Command-Option-Eject sleeps your Mac! I think you meant to use Shift-Control-Eject.

By: gmanyo

gmanyo — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:04:17 +0000

On my mac you can actually press option-command-eject, and that almost instantly shuts off the pixels. I used to do this to listen to music in the dark, but for some reason it doesn’t work any more for this, because it now also stops the music. It’s like the opposite of a bug fix.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:47:52 +0000

@ Weird: Thanks for the tips. Maybe someone can try out the first tip?

By: Weird

Weird — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:06:56 +0000

Another partial solution so that, at least, the light is not that bright. This works with the iMac. In System Preference, Universal Access, you have the option to chose Black on White Background, or (negative) White on Black Background. This reduces the screen light A LOT. You pick a totally white desktop, and invert colors.