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Mac Tip: Zero Brightness In Mac OS X Lion

Posted in How To on 19/04/2012 by Mark Greentree

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How to: Turn Your Mac Screen Down To Zero Brightness

Did you know you can reduced the brightness of your display to zero by simply clicking the following keys: Control + Shift + Eject.

To bring your display back to normal simply move your mouse or click a key.

This keyboard shortcut also works in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

I use this method daily as I use an iMac and don’t wish to put the computer to sleep. By doing this you can reduce the running costs of your Mac.

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  • http://twitter.com/arshdeepapple Arshdeep 

    How do I do it on the MacBook Air?

  • Boomworm370

    Better yet, use the corners and just one of the corners like bottom right to blank the screen.  Just swipe down/right and you’re done. 

  • odysseus

    That particular keystroke resets the display!

  • TimT2011

    Wow, what an odd command.  On my Mac Mini it seems to put it into sleep as I hear all the drives and fan shut down, yet it comes back instantly when you tap a key.  I guess it’s not actually sleeping though as streaming audio resumes instantaneously too.

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Mark Greentree is the principle blogger and podcast creator of Everyday Mac Support. His aim is to inform users at all levels of experience how to get the most out of the Apple hardware and associated software. He is the lead host of Not Another Mac Podcast, an Apple based round table discussion with Mac users and experts from all over world.