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Illustrated Mac OS X power management settings

Mac OS X power management settings

  1. Click Apple Menu --> System Preferences.

    apple menu
  2. Click on Energy Saver.

    system prefpane
  3. Click the Sleep tab and make the following changes as shown below:

    energy saver
    • SlidePut the computer to sleep whenever it's inactiveforto 1 hr.
    • Slide Put the display to sleep whenever it's inactiveforto 10 min.
    • Check the box labeled Put hard disks to sleep when possible.
  4. Close the preference pane.
 Last Updated: 8/21/07