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radknee
Dec 14, 2008, 04:54 PM
I know there's nothing in the display prefs to do this -- but wondering if there's some piece of shareware that can do it.

Got the latest 24" iMac.



Tallest Skil
Dec 14, 2008, 04:57 PM
Put to sleep? No, that'd put the other display to sleep, too. Turn the built-in display off? Yes. Hang on...

Darn. There's a key combo that you can do to shut off the display without having the computer sleep. I can't find it.

Aha! Try Control+Shift+Eject.

radknee
Dec 14, 2008, 10:52 PM
Aha! Try Control+Shift+Eject.

That works. Unfortunately it puts both displays to sleep :-(

Tallest Skil
Dec 14, 2008, 10:53 PM
That works. Unfortunately it puts both displays to sleep :-(

Well that stinks. :p:(

drichards
Dec 14, 2008, 10:54 PM
This was debated a couple days ago... and the other guy couldn't make it work either.

radknee
Dec 15, 2008, 11:24 AM
This was debated a couple days ago... and the other guy couldn't make it work either.

Guess that means there's a need. Maybe someone out there will try to program a solution.