Turn Off Monitor

[WIDOW MAKER]

I have a 2ghz imac, and cannot find a way to turn off the monitor. I know how to set the sleep for the monitor, but want a command to force the monitor to sleep

Thanks

 

[bobw]

Its not quite "Instant", but it will do it in 1 minute.

Open script editor and paste this in:


do shell script ("pmset dim 1") password "YourPassword" with administrator privileges
delay 100
do shell script ("pmset dim 30") password "YourPassword" with administrator privileges


Replace "YourPassword" with, well, your password. Save it as an application and drop it in your dock for one click access.

What this will do is set your display to sleep in "1" minute, wait 100 seconds, and then set it to sleep in 30 minutes, your display will already be asleep, if you didn't touch anything. You can of course modify the times to your taste.

 

[WIDOW MAKER]

Thanks mate, but wouldnt it be easier to have a switch in the monitor ?? will have a go at that now

 

[nixgeek]

Having a switch to disable the screen would defeat the purpose of having an all-in-one design, in my opinion. But to each their own.

 

[WIDOW MAKER]

thats all well and good, but what if you want to turn off your monitor while you download something when you are in bed? am i missing something here?

 

[nixgeek]

If you do what bobw said, it will shut off within a minute after you've gone to bed. No need for a manual switch. Just seems like an extra something that really shouldn't be there, especially if the screen could be shut off automatically. A manual switch would just kill the aesthetics of the Mac, if you ask me...

You could always get a monitor and hook that up to it. Then you could manually turn that off and the urge will have been satisfied.

 

[Veljo]

You could always open your Energy Saver system preference, then set the 'put the display to sleep in' to 1 minute.