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Mac 101: Put your display to sleep fast

by Robert Palmer (Jan 16th, 2009)

Quick! The boss is coming! Hide your screen! What, you don't have Spaces set up so you can switch to that handy Excel worksheet you've got open? That's okay -- just put your display to sleep. Of course, there are other reasons to want to quickly turn off your display, but they all have one simple ...

TUAW Sleep-off: Ambiance vs. aSleep vs. your Mac

by Brett Terpstra (Aug 3rd, 2008)

Everybody needs to sleep, and more than just a few hours each night. It's not just a matter of being in a foul mood all day; there are some pretty serious physiological effects of sleep deprivation. Since you tend to learn the most when you do things incorrectly, I know plenty about lost sleep. ...

Sleep Display, put your monitor to sleep instantly

by Mat Lu (Apr 21st, 2007)

Sleep Display does one simple thing: run it and it puts your display immediately to sleep, no fuss, no muss. Of course you could turn manually down the backlight, go to the Energy Saver Preference Pane, or even put the entire computer to sleep, but Sleep Display shortcuts all of this: run the ...

Widget Watch: Minutes

by Mat Lu (Apr 12th, 2007)

The best widgets, in my view, do one simple thing and do it well. That description would fit Minutes, a great little countdown timer widget. With Minutes you just grab the little blue triangle and spin it around to choose your interval (in whole minutes). When it reaches zero it gives you a Growl ...

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 ...

Terminal Tip: Keep your Mac portable from waking when the lid is opened

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 9th, 2006)

Although I'm a Mac Geek by trade, I tend to avoid the terminal unless I'm out of other options. I'm a GUI kind of girl. It's the Mac OS that I love, not its Unix underpinnings. I appreciate the power of the command line - I just don't want to spend all day there. Still, once in a while I come across ...

TUAW Tip: shortcuts for Sleep, Restart and Shut Down

by David Chartier (Jul 14th, 2006)

We here at TUAW are suckers for productive shortcuts, and since yesterday's System Preferences tip was such a hit, I thought I'd post a few shortcuts to speed up the Sleep, Restart and Shut Down commands. There's actually quite a few ways to accomplish these tasks, so I'll try to mention all the ...

Put your Mac to sleep fast

by Scott McNulty (Jul 5th, 2006)

The Apple Pro Tip of the week is geared toward keyboarders that want to put their Macs to sleep posthaste! The tip points out that if you hold Command-Option and the Eject button for about 2 seconds your Mac will be off to slumberland. Pretty sweet for the energy conscious Mac user on the go. Now ...