Hi, Apple
This is Lee. I have purchased a refurbished macbook air 13.3 inches. I've been using it for just 3 weeks. It came with snow leopard and I already updraged to mac os lion cos I am eligible to do so for free. I wonder if you guys can help me how to backlight its keyboard cos I can't see anything.
Thanks
Lee
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
what model macbook air? The 1st generation had the feature, then the feature was taken away in the 2nd generation, and then brought back to the 3rd generation. It is possible your macbook air does not have that feature. The Late 2010 11" and 13" models DO NOT have the backlit keyboard option.
f5 and f6 for the keybord backlight
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If your Air came with Snow Leopard, it is not the 2011 model. As it sounds like your made your purchase from Apple, it is most likely the late 2010 version (as they haven't had first gen Airs in quite some time) which does not have a backlit keyboard.
Mine is released in October 2010 so it doesn't have the backlit keyboard right?
it does not.
This is not good. Is there any way to get the keyboard light on? Or I'll have to use mine without light? If I knew it I wouldn't have bought one. I would say backlit keyboard is really needed & APPLE SHOULD KNOW THIS.
If there is no backlit keyboard(which it seems there isn't), there's no way to turn it on.
Apple offers a variety of Macbooks that come with backlit keyboards, and it's important to do your research before buying one.
Lee KHIM wrote:
Is there any way to get the keyboard light on?
No. It is not a feature of your model. As stated, it was available on the 1st generation MacBook Airs, the feature was removed from the 2nd generation (the one you have) and due to customer feedback, was reintroduced back into the newer 3rd generation models.
This feature is available on 1st generation of macair but not the 2nd one that i'm having. Isn't funny? what do you mean reintroduced to the 3rd one? and what I'm supposed to do with the one I'm handing right now?
qgroom: what to do with key f5 & f6?
The f5 & f6 keys only apply to Macbook Air models that are equipped with backlight keys. Yours is not.
Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that you bought a computer without a backlit keyboard, and if that was a feature that you really wanted, you should have done your homework on that model before you bought it.
what I mean is that the backlit keyboard feature was on the 1st gen MBA's, and for some reason Apple decided to discontinue it on the 2nd gen MBA (the one you have), and then decided to bring the feature back to the newer models becasue people complained that it wasn't available on the model you have. The F5 key decreases the brightness of the backlit keyboard and the F6 brightens the keyboard on models that have the feature. Unfortunatley, you can't don anything as the model you have does not come with the feature. If you really want the feature, you can sell the model you have and use the proceeds to purchase a new model tht has the desired feature.
I'm going to take a guess and say Apple left this feature off the 2nd gen to make the battery last a tad longer. Then with too many complaints, they re enabled it for the current gen.
While it's a nice feature to have, I don't see it to be that big of a deal for a touch typist. And generally I don't type in the dark.
Macaby wrote:
While it's a nice feature to have, I don't see it to be that big of a deal for a touch typist. And generally I don't type in the dark.
I am also a touch typist, don't need the lit keyboard and I tend to agree wth you. However, there are many users that need specific keys lit for easy access during certain programs that they have running. It's probably a feature they shouldn't of canceled on the late 2010 MBA, but I'm ok without it...
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