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Hi,
You know how you can turn off your monitor...say for instance you want to go to sleep and want to listen to iTunes but don't want the bright light of the monitor beaming in your face. Well I have an Intel iMac. Is there a way to keep the computer on and shut the monitor portion off?
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mdawson 
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 03:01 AM
Short answer: no. The iMac is an integrated system so you cannot power down the display without shutting down the computer.
What you can do is go into the Energy Saver control panel in System Preferences and change the sleep settings for your display; if I recall correctly, the default setting is the same time that the computer is set to sleep. Change the sleep time for your display to a reasonably short period of time, but leave the sleep time for your computer unaltered. It is best to not choose an inactivity period that is too short, otherwise you will have to either repeatedly change the settings or deal with your display going black every time you stop using your iMac for a few moments.
Once you set the display?s sleep settings to a time less than that of the system sleep time your iMac?s display will go to sleep after the allotted time period of no (user) activity, while the computer continues to operate.
What you can do is go into the Energy Saver control panel in System Preferences and change the sleep settings for your display; if I recall correctly, the default setting is the same time that the computer is set to sleep. Change the sleep time for your display to a reasonably short period of time, but leave the sleep time for your computer unaltered. It is best to not choose an inactivity period that is too short, otherwise you will have to either repeatedly change the settings or deal with your display going black every time you stop using your iMac for a few moments.
Once you set the display?s sleep settings to a time less than that of the system sleep time your iMac?s display will go to sleep after the allotted time period of no (user) activity, while the computer continues to operate.
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zarmanto
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 07:39 AM
Actually, there are indeed ways to accomplish this:
* If you're running Leopard, (that is, version 10.5 of MacOS X) it's built into the operating system itself, and can be activated in a couple of different ways. One way is by going to System Preferences...:Desktop & Screen Saver:Screen Saver:Hot Corners... and selecting "Sleep Display" in the corner of your choice.
* If you're running Tiger, (MacOS X 10.4) then you'll need to download a third party tool very aptly called "Sleep Display". It's a simple little application which promptly sleeps your display when you launch it.
* If you're running Leopard, (that is, version 10.5 of MacOS X) it's built into the operating system itself, and can be activated in a couple of different ways. One way is by going to System Preferences...:Desktop & Screen Saver:Screen Saver:Hot Corners... and selecting "Sleep Display" in the corner of your choice.
* If you're running Tiger, (MacOS X 10.4) then you'll need to download a third party tool very aptly called "Sleep Display". It's a simple little application which promptly sleeps your display when you launch it.
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