Does setting the screen brightness to the MAX shorten the life of the LCD?

On daytime I set it to about 80%. That's bright enough.
Also, another thing I noticed was I tried to cover the speakers with my hands. The keyboard lit up a little bit but the screen dimmed down. Is it normal?

While setting the brightness to maximum doesn't shorten the LCD's actual lifespan it does however, I believe, speed up the degradation on how bright your screen will be.
As for when you cover the speakers… yes, this is normal. What's happening is that the ambient light sensors (which are under the grilles, are picking up a reduction is ambient light and in doing so is setting the screen brightness down and activating the backlit keyboard.

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Hi all.
Just bought an NB100 - overall very very pleased with it. Well built, good screen and very compact etc.
Got a couple of questions? The screen brightness is controlled by Fn+F9/F10. I like to have it set to "halfway" or less - partly to preserve battery - but also because I find max brightness is actually TOO bright for me! But on reboot the machine seems to always start at maximum again. Is there any way round this? Does it perhaps need a firmware update (my machine seems to be running version 1.90 which I believe is the latest)?
I noticed other threads mentioning Fn + F8 as a means of selecting Bluetooth/Wlan etc? Mine seems to just control the fan setting and processor speed - The "grey" fan setting gives 1.6ghz and the fan comes on - whereas Fn+F8 toggles a "white" fan icon - where the processor throttles down to 800/900 ish and the fan slows/stops(?). [in passing I've noticed some videos become "jerky" if the lower setting is chosen]
I'm not 100% sure what Fn+ "pipe" key does (to the left of F1)? The Fn+F1 switches on wireless/wifi I know - but the "pipe" key seems to be a Wlan symbol (or is that the key to use for Bluetooth or GPS or whatever)? Sorry to sound so ignorant - but the user guide doesnt go into that much detail. I'm fairly sure the machine I bought - which was a Toshiba Refurbished/Reconditioned NB100 - model PLL10E - hasnt got any BT/GPS etc - just the basic wifi which F1 switches on and off.
Final comment - and others have said this - the key tops are very difficult to see in low light!! The "grey" colour was definitely a design mistake! But I can live with it - either a usb light? or some stickon (white) letters?
Regards to all.

hi, i think the best way to set brightness is in options of energy properties accessible in system tray icon. I know about bt and wlan activation, it seem that bt and wlan dispositives are on the same circuit on/off, so not indipendents. Nb100 is a good inexspansive machine :)

How to change the screen brightness on a macbook?

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My Macbook is a May 2010 model in white
I am looking how to change the brightness using the keyboard, because I know how to change it using System Pres

The F1 and F2 keys control brightness. Depending on how you have your function keys set up, you may have to also hold down the fn key to activate.

My 2009 iMac is making a very loud,rapid pulsating electronic noise. It stops temporarily after adjusting the screen brightness or using certain apps. But it always returns

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I would recommend taking it in immediately to your local Apple Store or AASP to be loooked at by an Apple Genius. I suspect you made a goof somewhere but diagnosing noises without seeing it is really difficult.

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Hi, raneth's boyfriend!
Unfortunately, iTunes was told to restore all data from an old backup onto the new phone, and that cannot be undone.
However, prior to this, iTunes 10 would have also asked to make a backup of the phone before doing the restore. If the user elects to say "yes" to perform the backup, then iTunes would have backed up the phone before erasing it.
Hopefully, that backup will still be available in iTunes, and if so, it would be backed up under the new phone's name prior to it being erased and restored (if the name of the new phone is different to the name of the old phone).
To check if iTunes has a backup of the phone prior to the restore, look in the Devices category in iTunes Preferences. All backups made are timestamped and are identified with the iPhone's name at the time of the backup. Look for:
• a backup of the phone using the new phone's name prior to the erase and restore, or
• a backup with the same date and time as that when the phone was erased and restored (not the date and time AFTER when the phone was erased and restored!). This may be the case if the new and old phones have the same name.
If a backup is available, you can erase and restore again using that backup. The phone will be restored with what would hopefully be the original image of the new phone.
If no backup was made prior to erasing and restoring the phone initially, then there is no way to
undo it, meaning your phone's original data has been lost.
--tonza

HT1414 my ipods broken so i cant get on it. im trying to sell it so i need to restore it to facotory settings so when the screen is fixed all my stuff wont be on the ipod.

my ipods broken so i cant get on it. im trying to sell it so i need to restore it to facotory settings so when the screen is fixed all my stuff wont be on the ipod.

Connect the iOS device to your computer and try to make a backup (if you want)
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Then restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased. Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode if necessary to allow the restore.
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
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TS3824 How can we install the iMac Graphics Firmware Update if the screen is white and I can't get to the Apple menu?

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Screen Saver when calling and need to use the Keypad, the screen saver doesn't detect the phone has left the ear and blanks out the screen. Even ending a call is difficult as the screen blanks out within seconds

I have to use the Keypad a lot when making calls. Make the call, the Robot then asks to enter a number for a service, pull the phone down from the ear, the screen may light up for a second, but then the screen saver cuts in, blanking the screen out. Sometimes you hit the Home Key to awaken the sccreen, enter your number and then back to the ear to hear the next set of instructions. Back and forth just trying to enter the options is a pain. Sometimes even trying to end the call, the screen blanks out and you fight to try and end a call.
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It appears that the phone gyro, doesn't detect the phone has moved from the ear to the viewing angle. This wasn't an issue until recently and I can't remeber if it's the iPhone 5 or one of the updates. It definitly wasn't there earlier on, as I threw away an Windows 6.5 phone for the same problem.
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It is not the gyro. This has everything to do with the iPhone's prioximity sensor.
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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premiereelements/using/WSeffff8bffc802084-494411db12fd35452dd- 8000.html
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When i open iPhoto i dont get a menu on the LHS of the screen and there is a continual spinning "wheel" in the middle of the screen. This has been like this since I bought my iMac

when i open iPhoto on my iMac i dont get a menu on the LHS of the screen and there is a continual spinning "wheel" in the middle of the screen and it does nothing else.

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HT201210 i updated my 4s yesterday, but my phone will not work at all now, and will not turn off. It has a itunes image on the screen with an arrow undernieth and what looks like the charger lead. i've had it on charge! is there anything else i can do?

i updated my 4s yesterday, but my phone will not work at all now, and will not turn off. It has a itunes image on the screen with an arrow underneath and what looks like the charger lead. i've had it on charge! is there anything else i can do?

Cconnect it to your computer with the latest version of iTunes installed.

There is something wrong with the volumes buttons in my macbook pro, every time i pressed the one who raises the volume, it leads me to the screen where (i do not no what its called) the background is black with the date and time and a calculator.

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hey HAbrakian!
You may want to try using the information in this article to adjust the behavior of your function keys to see if that resolves the behavior:
Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3399
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

TS3274 My App Store shows 3 updates but when I go to it the screen is blank. It will not give me the option to update all or one at a time, it doesn't show the apps at all.

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Many people are having this problem for the last couple of days. This is a problem that Apple has to fix. If you look around the forum, you will see many, many discusssions about this and they have been going on for a few days.
According to Fly150 in another discussion, this is a workaround - for the time being.
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Read what i say. Put iPhone in DFU mode. Connect with USB cable and restore.
Read:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/restore/

I can no longer see my pictures.....the screen is white boxes but when I click on the box an exclamation point pops up. Please Help!!!!

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