The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    a couple macbook questions..

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by greg1, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. greg1

    greg1 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hi, I just bought my 1st ever macbook (macbook pro) about a week ago, at the Apple store. I'm still figuring everything out, so please help me with a few questions.

    I recently downloaded yahoo messenger, using my college's wireless network. At first, there was a yahoo messenger icon at the bottom of my screen. It has since disappeared, and I don't know how to find it. Also, I know I can use Airport to connect to the college wireless network (using it now). How do I find the screen to connect to my dial-up service. I looked under the safari icon at top of the screen, but not sure how to find it. I know these questions must seem pretty basic, but I'm still new at all this. Also, I notice that if I have the screen open, but not typing anything, the screen dims in less than a minute. Is this standard? Is there a way I can change this or am I stuck with it this way? Thanks, Greg
     
    greg1, Oct 21, 2008
    #1
  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Yup, Apple set the dimming of the screen as a default primarily to conserve power. You can change it by clicking on the apple icon on the top left -> system preferences -> energy saver and choose the settings you want.
     
    David, Oct 21, 2008
    #2