Putting Your MacBook to Sleep or Shutting It Down

When you finish working with your MacBook, you can put it to sleep or shut it down.

Putting Your MacBook to Sleep

If you’ll be away from your MacBook for only a short time, put it to sleep. When the computer is in sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup process.

To put the computer to sleep, do one of the following:

ÂClose the display.

ÂChoose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar.

ÂPress the power (®) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.

ÂChoose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.

ÂPress and hold the Play/Pause () button on the Apple Remote for 3 seconds.

Warning: Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating that the computer is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before you move your MacBook. Moving your computer while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.

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Apple APLLE MACBOOK manual Putting Your MacBook to Sleep or Shutting It Down