Why Would you better Turn Off Your MacBook’s Screen?

The first and foremost reason you might need to turn off your MacBook’s screen is for privacy.

Away from a shared table to visit the bathroom shortly?

A Blank MacBook Screen Off on a Chair

While privacy underscores all the other reasons, the second most important is conserving your battery life.

Want to take a quick nap?

Out at the coffee shop with no charging outlet in sight?

MacBook screen turned off on the desk

Then, turn your screen off if you don’t need it.

This is especially useful for some professions like DJs and programmers.

If your setup is off or asleep, this option will no longer be available to you.

Brightness Buttons on MacBook Air

you’ve got the option to identify the brightness buttons on the top left by their sun icons.

The Power Adapter section in Battery controls the way your MacBook behaves when plugged in.

While on battery power, you should push theTurn display off afterslider as far as you need.

Prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping when the display is off

The configs here control how your MacBook behaves when unplugged.

This method will still leave your keyboard backlight on and drain more battery.

However, hot corners can be more beneficial than you think since they are customizable.

Battery option turn display off after

Now, you’ll get a pop-up showing the active screen corners.

Click any one you prefer and selectPut Display to Sleepfrom the dropdown menu.

Turning off your display this way works like the previous method where you clickCancelor pressEscapeon your keyboard.

Image of Lock Screen

However, it won’t lock your screen unless you press the power button.

you could also turn your display off and put your gear to sleep with Siri.

Say, “Hey Siri, put my computer to sleep.”

Setting up Hot Corners in System Preferences

to turn off your screen and pause your processes.