tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-83022642068745942292008-04-08T22:09:00.001-04:002008-04-08T22:09:00.001-04:00Great post David. Welcome to the Mac Universe! Its a wide ope space I've been exploring for 20 years now. Here's yet another tip for getting the most out of your battery and wowing your friends- be sure to have towels around for them to wipe up their drool! Using the Universal Access control panel under System Preferences you can reverse the display colors (this can also be invoked from the keyboard using CMD+OPT+CTRL+8). This turns all the white pixels black and all the rest of the colors appear like they do (did?) in color negative film. With the majority of the pixels black (literally turned off) your display will suck that much less juice out of your battery. You can go even farther by checking the box next to the reverse color controls and "use grayscale" which may reduce power consumption even more. <BR/>Another cool but useless trick is to hold down the shift key when invoking Dashboard or Exposé to make them open and close in s-l-o-w m-o-t-i-o-n. <BR/>Enjoy your continued explorations!Karl C.http://web.mac.com/karlcook1/Site/Welcome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com