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Lab Tick
Lab Tick
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Lab Tick free download for Mac

Lab Tick

Version 0.9.4

Gives total control of laptop backlit keyboard.

3.4
Based on 8 user ratesRead reviews & comments
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Application is not under development & not supported.

Lab Tick overview

Lab Tick allows you to turn on your PowerBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro's illuminated keyboard in the daylight

Have you ever been annoyed by your PowerBook's (or MacBook Pro's) backlit keyboard? You can not control it, you simply have to deal with the behaviour dictated by the ambient light sensor, which sometimes does not work really well. The idea of a backlit keyboard is awesome, but the implementation in Mac OS X has its flaws. Lab Tick aims to fix them.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 0.9.4

Updated on Sep 11 2009

  • Introduced full 64-bit-support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Information

License

Free

Size

867 KB

Developer’s website

http://labtick.proculo.de/

Downloads

45661

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
  • PowerBook or MacBook (Pro/Air) with a backlit keyboard
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artie505
artie505
Apr 30 2013
0.9.4
5.0
Apr 30 2013
5.0
Version: 0.9.4
April 2010 15" MacBook Pro/2.66GHz/Core i7/4Gb RAM/OS X 10.6.8 (Build 10K549) Backlight and SysPrefs were playing in two different ballparks...it wouldn't stay lit no matter what I did, but Lab Tick solved my problem. (Dev seems to have stopped looking at/updating his Website, which still includes a link to VERSIONTRACKER...that re-directs to Sweet Midi Player X, and a blog that hasn't been written to since Apr. 2011; I wonder whether this app is still in development?)
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Nov 17 2012
0.9.4
5.0
Nov 17 2012
5.0
Version: 0.9.4
It solves an annoying problem of not having enought keyboard backlight control
An-onymous
An-onymous
Nov 30 2011
0.9.4
4.0
Nov 30 2011
4.0
Version: 0.9.4
LT 0.9.4 has been working well on my Powerbook duocore with all versions of Snow Leopard from 10.6.3. Does it also work on Lion, where the same annoying problem of the keyboard lighting is still met ?
David-Clark
David-Clark
Feb 10 2011
0.9.4
1.0
Feb 10 2011
1.0
Version: 0.9.4
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. This app does resolve rather nicely a short coming of mac OS and it even functions quite nicely so I was very happy with it. Then I turned off my brand new macbook pro and I realised my error. Shutdown time went from almost instant to around 10s and start up when from ~20s to over a minute!! You may say its hardly the end of the world but since this app replaces a small inconvenience with a larger one it is NOT WORTH IT. Feel free to take a chance yourself, it may not affect you but since the problems remained after I removed the app, and googled it to death be careful. I even emailed the creator (a week ago) to allow him/her the opportunity to assist me before writing this review but I have had no response. Please help me fix the damage your app has done to my wonderful computer and I will gladly update the review.
Everyones-uh-critic
Everyones-uh-critic
Sep 30 2010
0.9.4
0.0
Sep 30 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.4
I've googled this issue like crazy but haven't found a true fix for it yet. Maybe someone can help me. I'm on Snow Leopard 10.6.4 The backlight of my Macbook keyboard flickers BAD after about 10-20 seconds of this application running. It's really apparent in the dark. The backlight level goes from totally off to full brightness repeatedly until I quit the app. Other times the backlight flicker is fairly severe and annoying but not overly drastic from completely off to full brightness. I tried reinstalling the app once or twice to see if that would resolve the problem because I LOVED THE APP SO MUCH, but that didn't help. I've spent lots of time searching for another app that will do the same thing but haven't found anything. Maybe I should've spent that time emailing the developer. Hmmm. Any suggestions to stop this crazy flickering? And yes, I've messed with the sliders and settings of the app. It didn't help at all.
Moocan
Moocan
Jun 29 2010
0.9.4
0.0
Jun 29 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.4
Does not work anymore for me on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 with last security Update. When active Lab Tick give me a strange Apple Menu which one come back normal when existing Lab Tick.
Yellowbuzzes
Yellowbuzzes
Jun 20 2009
0.9.2
0.0
Jun 20 2009
0.0
Version: 0.9.2
This program has been wonderful for a 70 year old Mac enthusiast with a 17" MacBook Pro and has trouble seeing the keys; the author should get an award from the visually-impaired folks!
Paladino
Paladino
Jan 20 2009
0.9.2
5.0
Jan 20 2009
5.0
Version: 0.9.2
V.0.9.2 works beautifully on my 17"MBP Core2 Duo w/OS 10.5.4, whereas in v.0.9.1 keyboard illumination would intermittently flicker and cut out. Far superior(more stable, more reliable) to MBP's own keyboard light sensing system which sucks,IMHO. A definitely big improvement over Apple's system.
Xypher
Xypher
Jan 7 2009
0.9.2
0.0
Jan 7 2009
0.0
Version: 0.9.2
Why does this disable the functionality of my MBP keyboard backlight? When I press F10 I see a cross sign going through it no matter what I do. Fiddling with the app doesn't help. Seems the old version was better.
asmeurer-2
asmeurer-2
Nov 7 2008
0.9.1
0.0
Nov 7 2008
0.0
Version: 0.9.1
I'm not sure if this app can do what I want it to do. I would like to keep the automatic enabling and disabling of the backlight, but I want to raise the minimum threshold of ambient light required to turn it on. The way it is now, I cant see the keys very well on my early 2008 MBP because the letters are so similar in color to the keys themselves. I would like for the back light to come on in lighter situations than it currently does. If this program cannot actually do this, could you add it as a feature?
B0ws3r
B0ws3r
Aug 14 2008
0.8.4
0.0
Aug 14 2008
0.0
Version: 0.8.4
This is buggy when set to turn the backlighting off in low light conditions. I have told it to over ride the built in settings for keyboard backlighting, but even so, the backlighting on my keyboard strobes on and off when I tell lab tick to turn off the backlighting in low light conditions. Only having it set to be on or quitting the app stops it from happening. A nice idea, but it doesn't work the way it is supposed to. MacBook Pro 15" 2.2/4GB/120, LED backlit screen.
anonymous-tapir-4715
anonymous-tapir-4715
Apr 12 2008
0.8.3
0.0
Apr 12 2008
0.0
Version: 0.8.3
And this little app uses up an excess of processor cycles why?
Dajnj
Dajnj
Nov 10 2007
0.6.3
0.0
Nov 10 2007
0.0
Version: 0.6.3
Great app. The developer will probably make a better one, but here is a menu icon that looks better on the semitransparent Leopard (10.5) menu: http://www.seinan-gu.ac.jp/~djohnson/LabTickRegularStatusBarImage To replace the menu icon, go to the Lab Tick application and control click it and choose "show package contents." Then drop the icon in Contents/Resources replacing the one there. Quit and restart Lab Tick.
Siliconaddict
Siliconaddict
Sep 23 2007
0.6.3
0.0
Sep 23 2007
0.0
Version: 0.6.3
Has this app become abandonware? I can't believe that I'm the only person with this issue.
Siliconaddict
Siliconaddict
Jul 25 2007
0.6.3
0.0
Jul 25 2007
0.0
Version: 0.6.3
Problems on my newly reimaged C2D MBP 2.33Ghz @ 10.4.10. The backlight just turns off after a few seconds. When I select labtick from the menubar it turns back on without needing to touch the slider (FYI the slider is at 100%.)
Wanderer
Wanderer
Sep 3 2006
0.6.2
0.0
Sep 3 2006
0.0
Version: 0.6.2
Does not work on 10.4.7 Chucked it.
Siliconaddict
Siliconaddict
Aug 9 2006
0.4
0.0
Aug 9 2006
0.0
Version: 0.4
Slick app. One request though. How about an easier way to turn it on and off. A slider with an on off radio button would be slick. Even slicer would be a menubar icon. *shrugs* Just a thought.
Ean
Ean
Jul 7 2006
0.2
4.0
Jul 7 2006
4.0
Version: 0.2
A great idea. Wish it could be "sticky" between restarts or a startup item that would launch, set the key lights to some predetermined level, then quit. Still, it's so handy, I'll be using it as is.
artie505
artie505
Apr 30 2013
5.0
Apr 30 2013
5.0
Version: null
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Nov 17 2012
5.0
Nov 17 2012
5.0
Version: null
An-onymous
An-onymous
Nov 30 2011
4.0
Nov 30 2011
4.0
Version: null
typuct
typuct
Jul 20 2011
2.0
Jul 20 2011
2.0
Version: null
David-Clark
David-Clark
Feb 10 2011
1.0
Feb 10 2011
1.0
Version: null
anonymous-sheep-6832
Jan 3 2011
1.0
Version: null
Paladino
Paladino
Jan 20 2009
5.0
Jan 20 2009
5.0
Version: null
Ean
Ean
Jul 7 2006
4.0
Jul 7 2006
4.0
Version: null
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