July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
13h 12m
English
To get the maximum amount of power from your portable's battery, you need to set the Energy Saver preferences properly and follow the usage tips that follow.
The most important tools for managing power consumption on a portable are found in Energy Saver preferences. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, and then click Energy Saver.
The Sleep tab controls the two biggest drains on battery power: the display and the hard drive. If you want, you can simply set the entire computer to go to sleep after a particular period of inactivity. You should get into the habit of putting the computer to sleep when not in use, as this conserves the most power. It takes only a few seconds to wake from sleep, but ...
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