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Turning off back lit Apple logo makes battery last longer?

TJunkers

TJunkers

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Original poster
Well? haha

Will there be any signifiant difference or not enough to really worry about it?

And while I am at it, would shutting off the back lit keyboard have any effect?

Thanks!
 
TJunkers said:
Well? haha

Will there be any signifiant difference or not enough to really worry about it?

And while I am at it, would shutting off the back lit keyboard have any effect?

Thanks!
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You can not do this as this is the same backlight that your screen uses.
 
tdgrn said:
You can not do this as this is the same backlight that your screen uses.
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Well one could humour oneself by noting out that the screen is indeed possible to turn off and by doing so you conserve energy and thus increasing the battery time, what function a portable without a power supply (thus on the road?) fills is however beyond me
 
Really the only way to increase to increase the battery is to do the fallowing:

--Turn off wi-fi

--set the back light to turn off after 5 min

--carry extra battery
 
cantthinkofone said:
Really the only way to increase to increase the battery is to do the fallowing:

--Turn off wi-fi

--set the back light to turn off after 5 min

--carry extra battery
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You can also dim the backlight to a very low level. That definitely helps a lot.

You do realize the battery isn't designed to be user-replaced, don't you?

If you carry an extra battery you better also carry a tool set to take the computer apart to replace it! If you're field-replacing the battery you would also cause a lot of other problems such as system clock resetting, etc.

In the end it'd probably be more convenient to carry some kind of solar panel or gas generator to recharge the existing battery.
 
lol. saw the thread and was going to complain about how come the macbook couldnt do this! haha man im gullible!😱
 
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