Comments on: Where is the ambient light sensor on a MacBook Pro? http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/22/where-is-the-ambient-light-sensor-on-a-macbook-pro/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rena http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/22/where-is-the-ambient-light-sensor-on-a-macbook-pro/#comment-398404 rena Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:13:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4479#comment-398404 check your settings .... go to the apple icon .... system preferences.... keybord.... see settings check your settings ….

go to the apple icon …. system preferences…. keybord…. see settings

]]> By: missy lubbock http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/22/where-is-the-ambient-light-sensor-on-a-macbook-pro/#comment-398176 missy lubbock Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:04:32 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4479#comment-398176 I cannot find the sensor on my MacBook Pro - it's the first model that came out and I don't see it next to the iSight. Can't get the backlight to come on....any further ideas please? I cannot find the sensor on my MacBook Pro – it’s the first model that came out and I don’t see it next to the iSight. Can’t get the backlight to come on….any further ideas please?

]]> By: Is an Apple Backlit External Keyboard Coming Soon? http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/22/where-is-the-ambient-light-sensor-on-a-macbook-pro/#comment-194773 Is an Apple Backlit External Keyboard Coming Soon? Wed, 04 May 2011 15:15:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4479#comment-194773 [...] The brand new updated iMacs for 2011 include a seemingly out of place setting in the Keyboard System Preferences: Keyboard Illumination. That’s right, despite being a desktop machine that ships with the same familiar keyboards we all currently know, the new iMac includes the same keyboard illumination option that MacBook Pro’s do. Does this suggest Apple is working on an external backlit keyboard, and if so, was it originally intended to ship with the new iMacs? The keyboard setting was found by 9to5Mac, and they also cite MacGeneration who noticed there is an ambient light sensor included in the new iMacs, the sensor sits right alongside the FaceTime HD camera just like in a MacBook Pro: [...] [...] The brand new updated iMacs for 2011 include a seemingly out of place setting in the Keyboard System Preferences: Keyboard Illumination. That’s right, despite being a desktop machine that ships with the same familiar keyboards we all currently know, the new iMac includes the same keyboard illumination option that MacBook Pro’s do. Does this suggest Apple is working on an external backlit keyboard, and if so, was it originally intended to ship with the new iMacs? The keyboard setting was found by 9to5Mac, and they also cite MacGeneration who noticed there is an ambient light sensor included in the new iMacs, the sensor sits right alongside the FaceTime HD camera just like in a MacBook Pro: [...]

]]> By: Martin Cohen http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/22/where-is-the-ambient-light-sensor-on-a-macbook-pro/#comment-101925 Martin Cohen Sun, 23 May 2010 03:13:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4479#comment-101925 I have used a program named "Lab Tick" to manually control the keyboard brightness (usually to shut it off, since I use an external keyboard). Works very nicely - highly recommended. I have used a program named “Lab Tick” to manually control the keyboard brightness (usually to shut it off, since I use an external keyboard). Works very nicely – highly recommended.

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