Apple 8500 Series appendix Putting your computer to sleep, Waking your computer from sleep

Putting your computer to sleep

Your Power Macintosh is pre-set to put itself to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity. When your computer goes to sleep, the screen dims to save energy and to prevent images from “burning” into the screen. You do not lose any of the information you were working on even if you did not save it before the computer went to sleep.

To put your computer to sleep immediately, press the Power key on the keyboard or choose the Sleep command from the Special menu. You can set sleep options using the Energy Saver control panel, available under Control Panels in the Apple (K) menu.

Waking your computer from sleep

To wake the computer from sleep, press a key on the keyboard. (It may take a moment or two for the computer to awaken.) The documents and application programs you had open when the computer went into sleep are still open and unsaved changes are preserved.

Accessing a sleeping computer over a network

If your computer is being used as a server, other users can still access it over a network while it is asleep. (The network connection does not have to be established before the computer goes to sleep.) You can set server options in the Energy Saver control panel.

Scheduling automatic startup and shutdown

You can set your computer to start up and shut down at specified times using the Energy Saver control panel. To learn more about the Energy Saver control panel, see the information on saving energy in Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.

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