This is probably a pretty stupid question, but is there a way to manually turn off just the display on an iMac G5 without putting the whole computer to sleep? Then again, I wouldn't know if it's better for the computer to put it to sleep or not, but I tend to leave my computers on for long periods of time.
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Turning off iMac G5 display?
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I thought I said "manually" up there. As in, turn off the display whenever I feel like it, rather than having to wait every time I decide the display needs to turn off without making the computer sleep.
supergod said:
I actually don't think there is a way to manually turn it off. Can you turn the contrast/brightness off? Just an idea not sure if the iMac can do that though.
Setting the displaysleep to one minute really is the most reasonable way to make it happen 
You can use the pmset command, perhaps with little Applescript wrappers, to make changing the sleep delay a little less obnoxious than opening up the display prefs.
You can use the pmset command, perhaps with little Applescript wrappers, to make changing the sleep delay a little less obnoxious than opening up the display prefs.
I know you can turn the PowerBook display off by turning the brightness all the way down... does that not work on the iMac?
Cless said:
That does not turn the display off. I would use system preferences because that lessens the life of the display.
