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Can I stop OS X Lion from dimming the screen when using Skype, YouTube etc?

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Mar 15, 20262838 views
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I just got my first Mac and some things are not very obvious to me. Is there a way to stop it dimming the screen while on battery power when I'm on a Skype call or watching things on YouTube? I don't want to completely turn off this behavior; I'm just curious if OS X can detect if my computer is in…

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Fix for: Can I stop OS X Lion from dimming the screen when using Skype, YouTube etc?

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Generally deactivating dimming Do you generally want to disable this option? Under System Preferences » Energy Saving, you can disable the auto-dim for battery. Might look different in Lion. In YouTube, watching videos on full-screen will not trigge…

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