If I'm idle for about 1-2 minutes my screen gets dim. I understand why this would happen on a notebook, but this is a desktop machine 
Anyway, is there some way to fix this?
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Any way to disable the auto dimming on the Intel iMac's?
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On my G5 iMac the option is in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences, under the Options title and listed as Automatically Reduce The Brightness Of The Display... Unchecking this should stop it dimming.
mad jew said:On my G5 iMac the option is in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences, under the Options title and listed as Automatically Reduce The Brightness Of The Display... Unchecking this should stop it dimming.
That, and you might also want to adjust the length of time before your display goes to sleep.
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He's talking about how the display dims slightly after a couple of minutes.
It's annoying, yes. I'm sure it increased the longevity of the display though.
I don't know how to change it... someone should make a hack that fixes it.
It's annoying, yes. I'm sure it increased the longevity of the display though.
I don't know how to change it... someone should make a hack that fixes it.
Just uncheck Automatically reduce the brightness of the display before display sleep (exactly as mad jew says above). You'll need to make sure you click Show Details on the "Energy Saver" options screen to get this option. It works as expected here.
DevilsRejection said:
If it doesn't work as expected on your Mac you should report it as a bug then, since that is exactly what it is.
see but i'm not the only one, you can look at the official mac forum and this problem is a plague
DevilsRejection said:
Do you have a mouse connected to your computer? The plague was transferred through rodents.
Seems like a common problem on the Intel iMacs. One of the few I should add.
The solution appears to be to tick the option to dim the screen, close System Preferences. Then open it up again and untick the option.
The screen will stay bright until it sleeps, but the dimming will be back after the next system startup/reboot.
The solution appears to be to tick the option to dim the screen, close System Preferences. Then open it up again and untick the option.
The screen will stay bright until it sleeps, but the dimming will be back after the next system startup/reboot.
Ok I clicked the lock in the energy saver menu so the settings can't be changed, then I rebooted, I will edit this post to see if my issues are fixed 100% or not.
edit: DAMMIT guess the lock doesn't do anything! oh well, i have a partial answer atleast, i shouldn't reboot hehe
edit: hmmm my lock was open when going to the energy saver menu, weird.
edit: DAMMIT guess the lock doesn't do anything! oh well, i have a partial answer atleast, i shouldn't reboot hehe
edit: hmmm my lock was open when going to the energy saver menu, weird.
DevilsRejection said:
On 10.4.4, toggling the option on then back off did not fix it. However, you just reported success so something may have changed since.
DevilsRejection said:
If you do, it'll just get marked as a duplicate (I expect that mine will too, I certainly won't be the first to have reported it).
You need to be a registered developer to get into the bug reporting system, since you don't know about it I suspect that you're not a developer
