I just got one of the aluminum MB Pros and had to install Windows XP on it.
What I find annyoing is that I can't turn the keyboard backlight off: The F8-key (as suggested by Apple's support) nor the way it works under Mac OS (dimming completely by pushing F5, turinung it off with the next key press) do the trick for me.
I have a Macbook Pro (Newest gen.) and sometimes the keyboard backlight wont turn on. I suspect it to happen when I have had the Macbook on standby, but I don't know for sure if that is what does it.
Then i press the backlight-adjust buttons on the keyboard, this OSD-symbol turns up: http://peecee.dk/uploads/122010/Scre..._big_thumb.png
how to turn off the keyboard Backlighting on a Macbook?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIn regards to a 2010 13" macbook pro's illuminated keyboard.
1.) Is there a way you can make the keyboard's backlight become brighter in low light situations?
2.) Is there a way for the backlit keyboard to turn off in lit rooms and turn on in dark rooms?
For some reason the backlit keyboard becomes dimmer in low light situations. I'm finding it really irritating. I have a feeling this is the way it is suppose to be so that the keyboard doesn't blind you. Any programs to hack the light sensor?
For the first time last night, I was using my new 13" MBA ultimate and noticed the keyboard back light was not working. Is the some way it has been turned off, and if so how do I turn it back on?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I was surfing the web when my keyboard backlight started to fade on and offat somewhat regular intervals. After about a mintue or two of this, the backlight just went off all together. Now, when I press the F5 or F6 key to brighten or dim the keyboard, the keyboard backlight does not respond. The usual screen pop-up that shows how bright or dim the keys are no longer increases or decreases but shows the symbol of O with a slash through (like the no smoking symbol).
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 13 inch, Early 2011
Running an i7 MBP and just tried turning up the backlit keyboard. It's off and is now giving me this when I attempt to turn the light up and down.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just installed Windows XP on my new alum MBP, and I can turn the black light on the screen and keyboard up and down but I can't totally turn off the back light on the keyboard.
Is there anyway to turn it totally off?
It wont turn off for some reason while i am running win7...
View 2 Replies View Relatedso I got my MBP last week. It's the 15" base unibody model. Is there any way to have the computer setup to automatically turn on the backlight keyboard using ac power? Then do the opposite using the battery?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a 2008 White body model Macbook with 2 gigs of ram and 2.1 core duo processor. My problem is that the screen won't turn on...when I start up my computer it lights up for a second, but turns off before the apple sign shows up. If I look really close I can see everything. Oddly enough, if I press the brightness button so to decrease the brightness to the very last bar and then hit the f2 button to turn up the brightness by one, the light will turn on for a few seconds, if i continually go back and forth, I can sort of use it enough to do something with it (thank god because I had all my work for school on it). I have included a link with this thread so you can see what I mean.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi just got my computer back from bestbuy, they replaced the hard drive so i need to customize my mac again.
the only issue i am having is with the keyboard back lights; they wont go on. I read apples help diy thing and followed the 2 or 3 directions they gave me and still no luck.
i know this problem is amazingly simple but i used a PC for the last 15 years so i'm overlooking something.
I own a MacBook Pro 5.1 (late 2008) and since a couple of hours my keyboard backlight suddenly turned off and I can't reactivate it anymore. When pressing the corresponding buttons which regulate the intensity of the backlight I get only the backlight icon on screen with a not available button attached to the lower corner. Is anyone familiar with this problem by chance? This happens under both OS X as well as Windows XP.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs there any fix to the keyboard backlight problem? My keyboard work only setting manually on. It won`t set keyboard lights on when it`s at the darkroom etc. Is there any fix for this problem?
View 13 Replies View RelatedThe backlight for the keyboard on my powerbook G4 isn't working. It worked perfectly a few weeks ago. Now when it is completely dark in the room and I turn the backlight all the way up the keys dont light up. Do the backlights on these keyboards really break?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a macbook pro and the keyboard backlight turns on and off when i press the f,g,and v keys when I am in a dark room.
View 2 Replies View RelatedTwo quick questions:
- Is it bad to have the keyboard backlight always on? Will it somehow burn out the little lights?
- How much less battery power will I lose if I have the backlight always on? (I use Labtick).
Macbook Air 11inch 1.6Ghz Model Â
I have tried a SMC reset 3 times, I have tried deleted the plist file and I have tried the finger over the isight lens and nothing is working. Â
The buttons work fine and it increases and decreases on the screen, it is just there is NO LIGHT whatsoever! Â
I don't know what else to do and don't want to send my laptop off to get fixed if it is just a simple thing I can do.Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My Macbook pro keyboard backlight not working since the first day I bought. F5 & F6 keys are working but the light didn't turn on... Is there any setting to change or?
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Mac Pro, iOS 5.1
My keyboard backlight isn't working... whenever I try to turn it up it gives a circle with a line through it. I have read that there is an ambient light sensor that turns off the keyboard backlight when it is too bright, however that has NEVER happened before and I have used it in direct sunlight and the backlight still obviously works. It's not even bright right now but it won't work. This is very frustrating, there should be no sensor that turns it off it should be the brightness I tell it to be.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy backlight on my Macbook Pro 2.2ghz (June 2007) is not completely dead, but it looks like its about to die. how I can fix this.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy backlit keyboard has recently started to act up. It has recently started at random times to not let me manually adjust backlight at all, randomly turning it off and disabling the two buttons to adjust it. It is a Unibody MacBook 2.4
View 4 Replies View RelatedJust got a new MBP 15" AG this week and was wondering if you can adjust the sensitivity of the keyboard backlight. It seems to come on even in a fairly well lit room and I mainly only need it in a completely dark room. So I find myself hitting the backlight keys to turn it off and then whenever it wakes from sleep goes back to full bright. Didn't find anything in the keyboard preferences and found a program called Lab Tick which will take care of the level on wake.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIn SysPref I found the < Illuminate Under Low Light > button.
I can see the backlight has come on , but it is not at all bright. At least it is nowhere near as bright when compared to a 13" MBP we own. Is there an " Intensity " setting for the keyboard backlight?
it only illuminates in bright settings. if its dark, it wont illuminate. seems backwards to me, why is it doing this? i dont think it was last night when i first got it.
first macbook pro had a blemish on it. now this one the keyboard isnt backlighting correctly.
just read to put my hand over the webcam and it seemed to kick it back into gear. but then it dies and only takes bright settings to illuminate.
edit: maybe its hitting the sensor (some light from the window at a weird area) in a darker room and it works fine i think.
I have a 15 inch MacBook Pro core i5 and I would like the keyboard backlight to turn off automatically when I go into fullscreen mode when I watch a video. Is there any setting I can change, so I don't have to turn it off manually every time I watch a movie?
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a newer version of the bootcamp drivers for the 2010 mbp? The keyboard backlight still can't be completely shut off on 2008-9 mbp's without using a third party utility. Does anyone know what's going on? Can this feature be enable on the 2009 mbp's?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy Macbook Pro keyboard Backlight is not working properly even in a darkroom.
I need to install a third party software (Lab Tick) to switch on the keyboard light.
I am not able to use F5 and F6 key to adjust the light dimness. I suspect the light sensor is having problem.
However, last night I received an error message, saying that my Mac is having problem, I need to press the Power button to restart the Mac.
After restart, the keyboard backlight is working (without Lab Tick), and I can adjust the light with F5 and F6.
But now,after I made the Macbook sleep and wake up, it's back to abnormal again.
I've had it for 3 months and I think the backlight has never worked. Do I need to configure it?
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MacBook Air
I have been scanning through the forum looking for a solution, but have yet to find one that works:
Here is the situation:Macbook pro early 2011, lastest update of lion, My keyboard backlight is abnormally dim when set on the max setting. When comparing my current illumination to a properly working keyboard, which i had just a few days ago, the current brightness would be about a level two - three on the illumination scale.
The associated SMC functions appear to be working properly, besides the keyboard illumination.
Oddly: The light momentarily starting working yesterday and went back to full brightness for about an hour, then regressed backed to the problem of being abnormally dim.
What I have done to troubleshoot:Resetted SMC several timesseveral trials of going to a dark roomclicking and unclicking of the "automatic illumination" ticklight does not work Is this a problem with Lion? as there are several characteristically similar senarios involving the keyboard backlight and lion?
Info:MacBookPro, iOS 5.1
