MacBook Pro - quick question

[nero120]

Hey guys,

if I don't touch my macbook pro for a few minutes, the screen dims + keyboard lights go out. It doesnt bother me that the keyboard lights go out but the screen dimming is really annoying, though I've looked in system prefs and nothing I do seems to stop this from happening.

Can any one shed some light on the reason for thi sand how I stop it?

Edit: And another quick one: how can I increase the mouse pointer speed - I like a very fast cursor and the maximum in OSX is too slow for me. Any suggestions?

 

[nero120]

To solve the screen dimming,

1)click on the battery in the menu bar
2)go to open energy saver
3)click on options in the preference penal
4)uncheck the "automatic reduce brightness..." option

Sorted.

Do that to the power adaptor and/or battery power option, depending on your preferences.

It already is unchecked!

 

[nero120]

System Prefs => Displays => Untick 'Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes'

Try that.

But I want it to change as the ambient light changes, just not dim whenever I stop using my keyboard for 5 mins! I think Dr Jones had the right option, but I think there must be a bug in the latest OSX/firmware that is causing it to be ineffective.