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My Dad got a new MacBook Pro and wants the backlighting to stay on most of the time. Lab Tick was recommended in another thread, but it sounds a little iffy because it uses undocumented APIs and I don't want to recommend something that might break his machine. (I can't try it because I have a regular MacBook without the keyboard backlighting.) So I'm wondering if anyone has tried Lab Tick with Leopard and how it's working for you. Or are there any other methods to turn on backlighting permanently? I found one that involved manually setting a preference; that may work in previous systems, but doesn't seem to stick in Leopard.

I am really sorry that I did not get around to fixing this earlier. I have released Lab Tick 0.6.4 today which contains a new menu bar icon with a transparent background, so it looks fine on Leopard. Also, it includes a 512x512 pixel icon for the application itself, so it will also look great in CoverFlow.
You can download the new version at http://labtick.proculo.de/ or you can simply use the application's update mechanism.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
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