dimming my iMac

[ero87]

Is there a way for me to dim my iMac's screen immediately? I don't want to shut it off or sleep it. I know that I can change it to "sleep display after 1 minute", but my grumpy, sleepy roommate often demands that it go entirely black immediately.

any ideas?

 

[mkrishnan]

Mmm, option one is that you could dim it from the keyboard... I think, on my Apple BT keyboard, screen brightness is controlled by a couple of the rightmost Fn keys...maybe F14 and F15.

Option two is to find a blank screen saver, since OS X does not have one built in, and assign it to a hot corner. Here is one such option.

 

[ero87]

the brightness trick doesn't make it nearly dark enough, but that screensaver thing helps a little. Still, it doesn't make the screen "dark" (cuz it's still emitting "black" light, know what i mean?). I appreciate the help though, I'm gonna use it for now.

any other ideas?

 

[poolin1243]

splasm.com...

i believe they have a brightness freeware program!

 

[ero87]

thanks! all responses have been very helpful.

 

[ero87]

oh no! After testing both of the aforementioned solutions in the absolute dark, neither makes the screen go dark. it still produces a grayish light.

this relaly isn't that big of an issue, as the screen can go dim in 1 minute... but a solution would be much appreciated, and MR members are the best at finding unique solutions!