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SafeSleep lets you use safe sleep on demand on your Mac

by TJ Luoma (Oct 20th, 2010)

Editor's note: This app is no longer being developed or supported by the original developer. If you've ever wanted more control over Apple's "safe sleep" mode, the free SafeSleep.app from Side Tree Software is for you. If you've never heard of it before, you might be wondering what "safe ...

Ask TUAW: Clocks, screen guards, MacBook hard drive replacement, NFS automount, and more

by Mat Lu (Mar 14th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about replacing a MacBook hard drive, refreshing a NFS mount, getting a simple clock on screen, improving iCal's note handling, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave ...

Leopard's Boot Camp brings 'fast switching' between Mac OS X and Windows

by David Chartier (Jun 11th, 2007)

Thanks to you TUAW readers, tips are rolling in on all the tiny and not-so-tiny features that Mac OS X Leopard will be bringing in October. One feature that is definitely not-so-tiny is something I'll dub 'fast switching' between Mac OS X and your Boot Camp Windows installation. While this isn't ...

Widget Watch: Deep Sleep

by David Chartier (Nov 28th, 2006)

Safe Sleep is basically a 'deeper sleep' feature that debuted on the 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBooks last year, and as far as I know, it's included (and enabled by default) on all of Apple's MacBook/Pro portables (and yes, I hear it's basically like the Windows 'Hibernate' state). This deep sleep ...