Turn off the iMac display

Can i turn off the iMac display if i want use only external monitor?

Sorry, OS X doesn't allow for that.

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How i turn off the cinema display?

How i turn off the cinema display?

Unfortunately there is no on off switch.
The best you can do is sleep the display or
unplug it.
I don’t know what unplugging it will do/cause.
You can try it.
Thanks ... Ken

HT4413 I migrating from my macbook to new imac. nothing showed up until I turned off the imac but everything I had done previously on the imac disappeared.

I was migrating from macbook to a new imac.
Nothing showed up until I turned off the imac.
When I restarted the imac everythign I'd previously done was gome and the migrated macbook desktop had taken over.
How do I bring back the original imac settings.
Thanks

You can't. When you migrate user accounts, those settings will be used. That's the point of migrating, not to have to reset things Peruse Pondini's Setup New Mac guide for details.
If you want to revert to the original user settings, create an new admin user account. That'll use the default user setup.

Canon Vixia HF R20 - How do I turn off the date display?

How do I turn off the date display on my Canon Vixia HF R20? I do not want the date on my videos. I searched the manual and googled it and can't find an answer.

Hello DaisyKary,
When shooting with the VIXIA HF R20 you would be able to turn off most of the displays by pressing the [DISP. Batt. Info] button through a cycle. It will change what is displayed on the camcorder's LCD panel.
If this is an urgent technical support matter I would urge you to contact Canon technical support directly for further assistance.
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Does frequently sleeping/turning off the 30" display lower display life?

I typically sleep or turn off my 30" Cinema display about 6 times each day while my Mac Pro is sleeping. I also turn the display off when listening to music/podcasts. Will this frequent power on/power off lower the life of the monitor?

Fluorescent lamps left on all the time will give more total of hours of light than tubes tubes that are turned on and off frequently, but any time spent producing light when you aren't watching is wasted. Turning it off for just a few minutes at a times is not a good idea, but turning it off for longer periods will mean you don't have to replace it so soon. You will get slightly fewer hour of light from the lamps, but the total life of the display (on plus off hours) will be longer.

Can I turn off the retina display feature on the new MacBook Pro?

Hello,
I recently got the new MacBook Pro with Retina display. I love how fast this machine performs, it's weight and thickness.
However, working in Advertisement, this machine's made my line of work a bit too pixelated. There are no websites optimized for this new display, making portfolios hard to see as the retina screen makes things blurry and fussy looking. Not only that, but non of the Adobe products are ready for this technology either. It's hard to open a piece of software you'd like to design with and work with pixelated tools (photoshop among others).
I can do without the Ethernet port, optical drive and the lack of a locking system for this machine. But, making things uglier on the web isn't something I'm willing to sacrifice since is my line of work. Any idea of a third party that can turn this feature off?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, this beauty is going back to the Apple store.

sorry, but the 2880x1800 is hardware; in fact what makes non-optimized sites look (relativly) ugly is that to upscale the graphics to the apparent resolution of everything else each pixel is represented by 4 pixels, and as you know being in graphics, upscaling pictures is generally results in ugly.
Back to my point, there's no software to make the display lose 75% of its pixels; you'll either have to use another machine and/or wait for sites to optomize their graphics for the retina displays...which may or may never happen depending on the sites awareness/closeness with Apple's technology

Turning off the imac

every time I use my iMac and I want to turn off my computer later, it doesn`t work and I have to put out the electric cabel to turn off my computer. This is not good for the hard drive. But what can I do instead? How to get out of iMac?

Suggest that you cross post over in the iDisk Forums where the iDisk users hang out.

How do I turn off the external display screen on my MBP even after I disconnect the second screen?

I connected my MBP to my television via the HDMI port to watch a movie. Whenever I have a second display connected I have different wallpapers for each screen. After the movie was over I disconnected the cable and started surfing the web, and I always have safari full screen so I have to three finger swipe to go back to my desktop. After disconnecting the hdmi cable, the external display screen became part of the three finger swipe in full screen mode. I can swipe to go from safari to second display screen (not connected to anything) and then to my desktop.
My question is how do I get rid of the dog-gone external display screen? I am getting tired of having to swipe more than once from full screen to my desktop.

Disregard this question, I figured it out. I just had to go in a delete the other desktops that showed up, how they got there in the first place, I'm not sure but I will visit the apple store to ask some questions.
Mods you can close and/or delete this whole convo.

How can I turn off the price display in the Book module?

I would love to use the book module to design wedding albums with my clients, but with my cost splashed all over the screen I can only imagine the negotiations that will happen over the price I'll be charging them! What I need is to be able display the client price, something allowing a mark-up percentage would be great, however for now I would be happy just to turn it off.

johnbeardy wrote:
Adobe have stated elsewhere why they initially went with Blurb (worldwide coverage, customer profiles) and that there are mechanisms for other book publishers to come on board.
John, with all due respect (and I do have the utmost respect for your opinion and your contributions here and elsewhere) that just doesn't stand the litmus test. Could you please pont out another Adobe authored application that is so restrictive as to what can be exported. Or so restrictive as to document size and customization to the point where I must either use an outside application or wait patiently for vendors "to come on board" in order to achieve my desired customization? Other than Flash of course ... even then Adobe has gone to great lengths of late to make output from that app much more versatile with conversion options to other devices.
Let's experiment with the other modules and see if your information about Adobe's methods for the Book module holds water:
Develop Module:
"Adobe have stated elsewhere why they initially went with Nikon (worldwide coverage, customer profiles) and that there are mechanisms for other camera makers to come on board."
Print Module:
"Adobe have stated elsewhere why they initially went with Epson (worldwide coverage, customer profiles) and that there are mechanisms for other printer manufacturers to come on board."
Web Module:
"Adobe have stated elsewhere why they initially went with Internet Explorer (worldwide coverage, customer profiles) and that there are mechanisms for other internet browser developers to come on board."
Slideshow Module:
"Adobe have stated elsewhere why they initially went with WMV (worldwide coverage, customer profiles) and that there are mechanisms for other video file options to come on board."
As I have shared elsewhere, when I want to design a custom size for a book in Aperture 3, I simply select Custom, type in the dimensions and margin sizes and procede to lay out the book. Once completed, I can export the book to the favored vendor (Which could be Blurb for all I know), export to PDF, Export the pages or spreads to TIFF or JPEG ... and all this in one of those terrible restrictive, limiting and "closed" Apple software options ...
I'm sorry, but the Book module in it's current form is almost a total non-feature for many users. Adobe simply got it wrong. I expected much more from them and was willing to pay for it. Half-measures are not sollutions. Unfortunately for Adobe, I only invest in sollutions not more workarounds.

How do you turn off a single display when running two by software?

so, i just bought a vizio 47" 1080p lcd tv and am very impressed with how good it looks connected to my imac with a dvi to hdmi cable. the problem is that sometimes i want to turn off the imac's screen because it can get distracting. any ideas?? thanks in advance.
Ray

This still is a serious issue. Has anyone heard any official statements from Apple regarding this? The iMac would be a great HTPC/computer combo, if it was possible to turn off the internal LCD.
With the current state of Mac display management, this is a real show stopper for PC-based friends looking for alternatives for PC/Vista.
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

How tow connect two external displays that are not mirrored and turn of the retina display

Hello,
I have two questions:
1. Is it possible to use two external displays either mirrored or not and turn off the retina display, and if so how it is done?
2. Is it possible to close the MBP and use an external keyboard while using two external displays?
I am using a music production DAW Persons Studio One-2 Pro and it would be great to be able to have this type of a setup.
Thank You,
Breezinabout
Macbook Pro 15" Retina display I7 2,3mz 500gb SSD late 2013 OSX Yosemite 10.10.1

Hi Breezinabout,
The MacBook Pro Late 2013 retina display model will support two external displays. See this specifications page for reference -
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) - Technical Specifications
Specifically -
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colors
And -
Thunderbolt digital video output
Native Mini DisplayPort output
DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)
VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
HDMI video output
Support for 1080p resolution at up to 60Hz
Support for 3840-by-2160 resolution at 30Hz
Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz
You would, if you wish, turn off the internal display by closing the MacBook Pro, which is called "closed-clamshell" mode. It requires you to have an external keyboard and mouse. See this article for further information -
How to use your Mac notebook computer in closed-clamshell (display closed) mode with an external display - Apple Support
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Best,
Brett L

Turn off Standard STB Display Clock

We have a Standard STB in our bedroom and I would like to turn off the clock display when its powered off.
How can I do this?

AFAIK there are only 2 option for the display - time or channel. No ability to turn off display with power off.
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Nokia Asha - Turning off the SMS delivery messages

I'm using a 301, but guessing the options are pretty standard across the Asha range.
Is there were an option for turning off the message displayed to confirm the delivery of an SMS (the one that pops up and takes up the whole screen for a couple of seconds).
Thanks in advance!
PS - Also the message displayed when it's sending. Personal preference of course, but I'm just happy with the icon in the top of the screen.

I don't know the menu layout of the 301, but my C3 has the option to keep the delivery reports embedded which does not show a note, but the delivery status can be checked by looking into the Message Details.
However, my 311 only has the option to either turn off the delivery reports or else get that full screen note. I don't text much so certainly not a thing to disturb me. If your phone does not have the option to keep the delivery reports embedded (Messages> Settings> General or Text Messages> Delivery), you need to turn of the delivery reports. No other way than that.

Turn off Collection Editor display?

I have set up ZAM 7.5 to integrate with eDirectory by using NAL applications
to populate custom Windows registry settings, then using the ZAM collection
editor to read the data and place the workstation in the appropriate
department and identify the computer location and user. I have one problem.
I would like the Collection Editor to run in order to collect the data, but
I do not want the "Save and Exit" window to display to the user. I tried
unchecking all the option tabs in the Collection Editor tab of the default
option set, but the window still displays -- the user just has no options he
can edit/select. The best I have been able to do is to "Exit and Load"
after 1 minute.
How can I continue to run the collection editor but turn off the window
display?
Thanks for any input.
Dennis R. Crowther, CNE
crowther@salud_NOSPAM_.unm.edu

I must say that is somewhat counter-intuitive, but I will give it a try and
see what happens. Thanks.
Dennis R. Crowther, CNE
crowther@salud_NOSPAM_.unm.edu
>>> On 8/31/2007 at 12:07 AM, in message
<KeOBi.3051$[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Just set the Collection editor to run "Never".
>
> It will still run and pick up the data - it just won't show.

When sharing screen from work with my home computer, is there any way to turn off the display at home?

Hi, sorry if this is a silly question, but when I'm viewing my desktop on the home computer from work (as in I've connected by finding my computer in the finder and hit the "Share Screen" button - is there any way to turn off the display at home? It seems a bit of a waste of power to have the screen on when I'm not actually there - I just need to be able to see all my programs etc on the remote screen in order to use them. My home computer is a 2011 iMac running latest Mountain Lion, work is a 2010 MacBook Pro.
Thanks in advance!
Matt

I've set up another user on my home Mac and left that one logged in. Now when I connect from work it asks me if I want to share the screen or log on virtually as my user. I think choosing the second option doesn't power up the screen.
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