How do I turn off the gigantic glowing "Le Apple" logo on my Macbook
Perhaps I'm still a bit sensitive about advertising the fact that I paid 50% more for a mac over a comparable PC. Perhaps I'm worried that a thief will follow me out of the Internet cafe here in the third world to steal my mac because it has a cool lighted logo. Perhaps I want to save on battery life. Perhaps I hate being a walking talking billboard for a product without getting paid for it. Perhaps I'm just a crank. My motivations may be questionable but I really, sincerely hate having a giant glowing apple logo on my laptop. Is there a way to turn the logo light off other than covering it with duct tape? (Without voiding the warrantee.)
For those of you to young to get the "Le Apple" reference it's from an old "Zippy the Pinhead" cartoon where he thinks he's french and makes fun of a "Le Idiot" for driving a "Le Car" and providing free advertising. (a "Le Car" is/was a Renault ultra-sub-compact with "Le Car" written in big tacky letters on the door. you can google-image it.)
MacBook 2.4 - 4gb and lot's of external paraphernalia leftover from my PC days.,
Mac OS X (10.5.3),
former VMS and UNIX bigot (CPM Forever!)
The logo is lit up from the back side of the backlight for the screen. If the screen is off, the logo will be off. So, without opening the top case and covering up the hole in the on the outside of the case, all you can do is cover it up from the outside.
The logo is lit up from the back side of the backlight for the screen. If the screen is off, the logo will be off. So, without opening the top case and covering up the hole in the on the outside of the case, all you can do is cover it up from the outside.
The logo is illuminated by the same backlights that run your display. The only option without voiding the warranty would be to paint or tape it. Still, with that look I'd expect you'd draw more attention than if you kept the logo, but that's entirely your call.