Looking for a program...

[Shaun.P]

...for OS X that I can use to change my display sleep timer.

Sometimes I leave my Mac on over night for downloading purposes. When I do this, I set the display to turn off after one minute. The next day I use the computer, it is extremely annoying having the display change after one minute. It means I then have to change the display off time to, say, 15 minutes.

I was wonder if there is a program that could automate all of this? So say, after 9pm, the display automatically turns off after 1 minute, and at 9am, it automatically changes to after 15 minutes.

Is something like this possible?

 

[Eidorian]

Why not just dim the backlight until it turns off? That's what I do when I leave my laptop on overnight.

 

[Shaun.P]

Because on the lowest setting it is still on!

 

[Eidorian]

Because on the lowest setting it is still on!

The backlight is off on a Mac laptop on the lowest setting.

 

[Shaun.P]

When I turn down my MacBook Pro to the lowest setting I can still see items on the screen. Believe me I have good eye sight

 

[Eidorian]

When I turn down my MacBook Pro to the lowest setting I can still see items on the screen. Believe me I have good eye sight

The display is on but the backlight is not. Just let the display sleep completely normally on its timer.

 

[Shaun.P]

Won't this damage the life span of the screen and cause screen burn etc?

 

[BlakTornado]

Set a hot corner up to sleep the display (not the computer) when you go into it.

That's what I do with my iMac.