Apple MB463LL User Manual - Page 18

Putting Your Macmini to Sleep or Shutting It Down, Putting Your Macmini to Sleep

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Putting Your Mac mini to Sleep or Shutting It Down When you finish working with your Mac mini, you can put it to sleep or shut it down. Putting Your Mac mini to Sleep If you'll be away from your Mac mini for less than a few days, put it to sleep. When your Mac mini is in sleep, the display's screen is dark. You can quickly wake your Mac mini and bypass the startup process. To put your Mac mini to sleep quickly, do one of the following: Â Choose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar. Â Press the power (®) button on the back of your Mac mini. Â Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer. Â Press and hold the Play/Pause (') button on the optional Apple Remote for 3 seconds. To wake your Mac mini, press any key on the keyboard or any button on the optional Apple Remote. When your Mac mini wakes from sleep, your applications, documents, and computer settings are exactly as you left them. Shutting Down Your Mac mini If you won't be using your Mac mini for more than a few days, shut it down. Choose Apple () > Shut Down. To turn your Mac mini on again, press the power (®) button. NOTICE: Shut down your Mac mini before moving it. Moving your Mac mini while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or an inability to start up from the hard disk. 18 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go

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Chapter 1
Ready, Set Up, Go
P
utting
Y
our
Mac
mini
to
Sleep
or
Shutting
It
D
own
When you finish working with your Mac mini, you can put it to sleep or shut it down.
Putting Your Mac mini to Sleep
If you’ll be away from your Mac mini for less than a few days, put it to sleep. When your
Mac mini is in sleep, the display’s screen is dark. You can quickly wake your Mac mini
and bypass the startup process.
To put your Mac mini to sleep quickly, do one of the following:
Â
Choose Apple (
) > Sleep from the menu bar.
Â
Press the power (
®
) button on the back of your Mac mini.
Â
Choose Apple (
) > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.
Â
Press and hold the Play/Pause (
’
) button on the optional Apple Remote for
3 seconds.
To wake your Mac mini, press any key on the keyboard or any button on the optional
Apple Remote. When your Mac mini wakes from sleep, your applications, documents,
and computer settings are exactly as you left them.
Shutting Down Your Mac mini
If you won’t be using your Mac mini for more than a few days, shut it down. Choose
Apple (
) > Shut Down. To turn your Mac mini on again, press the power (
®
) button.
NOTICE:
Shut down your Mac mini before moving it. Moving your Mac mini while the
hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or an inability to
start up from the hard disk.