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How to turn off the Magsafe light?
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OK, my curiosity is beyond piqued...why do you want to turn off (cover up) the magsafe light!?
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OK, my curiosity is beyond peaked...why do you want to turn off (cover up) the magsafe light!?
piqued, not peaked.
Incredibly embarrassed!!
It didn't look right, but I left it anyway.
(***slinks off to flagellate self with a dictionary***)
(***also edits post***)
The light serves a function (telling you your Mac is charging) and isn't so powerful that it's distracting so I'm really wondering why you'd want to do this.
Anyway, the signal that triggers the light is 100% hardware so you won't find some kind of Mac app that turns the light off if that's what you're looking for.
Your best solution would be to break with a needle or anything sharp (make sure it's disconnected beforehand) or putting a tape over it.
Anyway, the signal that triggers the light is 100% hardware so you won't find some kind of Mac app that turns the light off if that's what you're looking for.
Your best solution would be to break with a needle or anything sharp (make sure it's disconnected beforehand) or putting a tape over it.
Trust me I'm far from a tin foil hat wearer, at the time I did it as a joke with my friend because I called him the same thing for doing it, kinda mocking him hah, ended up leaving it on.
Oh well...
I should add laptop cameras can be hacked, it's happened before.
I disagree. Sometimes people leave something charging in a room that is otherwise completely dark and it does get annoying. I have charged my Macbook in my bedroom during sleep and I block it so it doesn't glow in the room. I do the same with charging cell phones because Android phones that I have all seem to have a charging indicator that lights up with an overly large LED. I flip them over on their faces while charging in the dark because I don't know how to disable the LED.
Thanks everyone.
For those dying of curiosity, I have my Macbook Pro on a glass shelf close to my bed at eye level while I'm sleeping. Especially once the light turns green it's very bright. I like to sleep in pitch black and not see a weird green glow while I'm tossing and turning.
I might use some Wite-Out to dim it at this point instead of something with a distracting color.
I was hoping for someone to give a solution to actually turn it off like "Go to Terminal and put in this amazing code and voila!" or tweak something in the System Preferences. Oh well...
For those dying of curiosity, I have my Macbook Pro on a glass shelf close to my bed at eye level while I'm sleeping. Especially once the light turns green it's very bright. I like to sleep in pitch black and not see a weird green glow while I'm tossing and turning.
I might use some Wite-Out to dim it at this point instead of something with a distracting color.
I was hoping for someone to give a solution to actually turn it off like "Go to Terminal and put in this amazing code and voila!" or tweak something in the System Preferences. Oh well...
No, since it's in the physical hardware of the cord: electricity enters, light turns on.
this light drives me crazy. effects my sleep. i've tried covering it with black construction paper, i've even made little paper walls to direct the light away. it's a powerful little light, at night the light escapes around the paper and shoots bits of green light everywhere and near my face when i sleep. i could unplug my computer every day, or move it to some other room, but this seems tedious and unneeded. I have an injury that makes it hard for me to move all the time. accounting for this light puts an extra thorn in my day as i am relaxing to go to sleep. I'm ready to go to war to find a solution for this silly type of thing. I've considered melting it off with a soldering iron. Or maybe there is some mac terminal code that will turn it off, but i'm not sure about that one. i read somewhere that the middle pin on the 5 pin mega safe adaptor can be covered, and this blocks the information the cord is receiving but still keeps the mac charged, it -could- turn off the light, but it's possible it would effect how the mac charges even if it still works.. possibly. this type of thing isn't a problem as much when your healthy, so it can be laughed off, but when your health takes a hit, these silly design issues become a problem, a light in your eyes at night means loosing precious sleep when sleep is already a challenge. More things to turn on and off open and close and move around each day adds to the stress of the day and also means losing sleep. this is so silly.
- Either don't leave your Mac plugged in overnight, or put a piece of black electrical tape over it.