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Apple Training Series: Desktop and Portable Systems, Third Edition
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Apple Training Series: Desktop and Portable Systems, Third Edition

by Marc Asturias, Moira Gagen
May 2007
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
10h 7m
English
Peachpit Press
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Lesson 6. Power Management

Time

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Goals

Explain the different power and operating modes in Apple systems

Describe power-saving techniques for Apple systems

Describe how to calibrate a portable system’s main battery to ensure optimal battery performance

Apple reduces a product’s energy consumption in two ways: by using hardware components that require less power, and by using power management software to modulate the energy consumption of these components. The combination of hardware and software that control power supplied to the computer is referred to as “power management.”

Power management in Apple computer products includes the PMU, the SMU or SMC, the battery, and the Energy Saver pane in ...

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