MacBook Illuminating Keyboard

[DannyNguyener]

Battery life wise, does keeping the illuminating keyboard feature on really drain battery? I prefer to keep it on, it comes handy in the dark; however sometimes even in bright daylight I notice it on, which is unnecessary. I was wondering what most of you mac users usually do.

 

[BlueRevolution]

It will shorten your battery life, but not significantly. I didn't use it at all on my MacBook Pro since I touch-type and use the Dvorak keyboard layout with normal QWERTY keycaps, so there's no point in looking at my fingers. If you find it useful, by all means use it. I'd turn it off when not needed, though.

 

[aaronoto]

Hmmm.... on battery power with mine the keyboard light will turn itself off automatically if the light sensor detects the room is bright enough. If I have the backlight off and I'm in a bright room and try to turn the backlight on anyways it won't let me.

I usually have my backlight off most of the time though.

 

[gr8tfly]

Mine's on (automatic), with a 5 minute timeout.

 

[mastercool10]

honestly for me the keyboard is what makes my comp so godly...

if something goes wrong, just take your comp to a genius. They seem to know what to do with it

 

[Jayyy]

I turned mine on a timer if it's not being used it will just dim then come back on as soon as I start using it again. Haven't noticed a huge battery drain with it that way.