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I just use electric tape and tape them all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by moltar 6y ago

vidarh 6y ago
Same here. So easy to pull off and re-tape if I ever need to actually see if a light is on. If I "just" want to dim a led instead of completely cover it, you can by packs of hundreds of small circular stickers in various colours for next to nothing. I bought 400 black ones several years ago, and most leds are dimmed enough to be a lot less annoying by one of them. Some take 2-3 - especially super-bright blue leds. But usually either one of the dots or electrical tape is what I want.
- mindslight 6y ago
  I use little bits of gaff tape instead of electrical tape, for less sticky residue. If I still want an indicator, I poke a hole in the tape with a pin. Stickers are probably a better idea though! Of course I've done this to myself too. "This network switch would look cooler with purple LEDs". oops. FWIW electrical tape transmits infrared. Not a concern here, but it can be if you're expecting it to trigger an optointerrupter!
mrspeaker 6y ago
SOoo much electrical tape around my house covering LEDs and displays. Products are designed in isolation - where one crazy-bright blue LED might be tolerable (in the bright testing environment). But get a house full of devices, and that's a lot of LEDs. The one that annoys me the most is my thinkpad. Apple made the slow, gentle "heartbeat" indicator when your laptop was asleep. It was a unique, delightful touch... for a while. Then everyone copied it (making it far less unique and delightful) - except they made the blinking faster, and the light red?! Then Apple realised it was annoying and useless, and got rid of it... but everyone else kept them. Thankfully there is electrical tape.
- viraptor 6y ago
  I hate both solutions. Many ThinkPads are okish with just a faint red led. But some also have a pulsing heartbeat blue light on the side when they're sleeping. How is that useful? On the other hand with Macs now you can't tell what it's doing sometimes. Doesn't turn on, but the haptic feedback works on the touchpad? Is it just waking up from the disk? Is it hanging? Is the battery below minimum? Who knows... The small red led on x1 carbon is my favourite.
- fanf2 6y ago
  Apple’s sleep indicator is more like breathing than a heartbeat - it is a 5 second cycle time on my old MacBook. Not many people have a 12bpm heart rate!
crooked-v 6y ago
I use a couple of sheets of pre-cut blackout dot stickers in various sizes. More expensive than just using the duct tape, but the cleaner look is nice.

I just use electric tape and tape them all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by moltar 6y ago

I just use electric tape and tape them all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Same here. So easy to pull off and re-tape if I ever need to actually see if a light is on. If I "just" want to dim a led instead of completely cover it, you can by packs of hundreds of small circular stickers in various colours for next to nothing. I bought 400 black ones several years ago, and most leds are dimmed enough to be a lot less annoying by one of them. Some take 2-3 - especially super-bright blue leds. But usually either one of the dots or electrical tape is what I want.

mindslight 6y ago
I use little bits of gaff tape instead of electrical tape, for less sticky residue. If I still want an indicator, I poke a hole in the tape with a pin. Stickers are probably a better idea though! Of course I've done this to myself too. "This network switch would look cooler with purple LEDs". oops. FWIW electrical tape transmits infrared. Not a concern here, but it can be if you're expecting it to trigger an optointerrupter!

mrspeaker 6y ago

SOoo much electrical tape around my house covering LEDs and displays. Products are designed in isolation - where one crazy-bright blue LED might be tolerable (in the bright testing environment). But get a house full of devices, and that's a lot of LEDs. The one that annoys me the most is my thinkpad. Apple made the slow, gentle "heartbeat" indicator when your laptop was asleep. It was a unique, delightful touch... for a while. Then everyone copied it (making it far less unique and delightful) - except they made the blinking faster, and the light red?! Then Apple realised it was annoying and useless, and got rid of it... but everyone else kept them. Thankfully there is electrical tape.

viraptor 6y ago
I hate both solutions. Many ThinkPads are okish with just a faint red led. But some also have a pulsing heartbeat blue light on the side when they're sleeping. How is that useful? On the other hand with Macs now you can't tell what it's doing sometimes. Doesn't turn on, but the haptic feedback works on the touchpad? Is it just waking up from the disk? Is it hanging? Is the battery below minimum? Who knows... The small red led on x1 carbon is my favourite.
fanf2 6y ago
Apple’s sleep indicator is more like breathing than a heartbeat - it is a 5 second cycle time on my old MacBook. Not many people have a 12bpm heart rate!

crooked-v 6y ago

I use a couple of sheets of pre-cut blackout dot stickers in various sizes. More expensive than just using the duct tape, but the cleaner look is nice.