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Battery-Saving Tips

The amount of work time your PowerBook battery can provide before you need to recharge it depends on the equipment you’re using with your computer and the steps you take to conserve power while you work.

To save battery power, do one or more of the following:

mDisconnect bus-powered USB or FireWire devices when they are not in use.

mQuit open applications that you are not using.

mRemove CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs when they are not in use.

mReduce screen brightness using the brightness control on the PowerBook keyboard.

mUse a lighter desktop pattern.

mClose the display to put the computer in sleep whenever your work is interrupted.

Additional options are available in the Energy Saver control panel and Control Strip module:

mSet the hard disk to spin down after a short time.

mSet your PowerBook to sleep after inactivity of five minutes or less.

mMake sure that processor cycling is turned on.

mSet your processor to operate at a slower speed when using non-processor-intensive applications such as a word processor. (Operating at a slower speed conserves battery power. However, it may affect performance of processor-intensive applications, such as DVD playback.)

Use the Energy Saver Control Strip module to easily access your computer’s energy settings.

Energy Settings

For More Information on Your PowerBook Battery

Additional information is available in Mac Help (see page 36). Choose Mac Help from the Help menu and search for “battery.”

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