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Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down When you finish working with your MacBook Pro, you can put it to sleep or shut it down. Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep If you'll be away from your MacBook Pro 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 your MacBook Pro to sleep, do one of the following: Â Close the display. Â Choose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar. Â Press the power (®) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears. Â Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer. Â Press and hold the Play/Pause (') button on the Apple Remote for 3 seconds. NOTICE: 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 moving your MacBook Pro. Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk. To wake your MacBook Pro: Â If the display is closed, simply open it to wake your MacBook Pro. Â If the display is already open, press the power (®) button, or any key on the keyboard, or any button on the Apple Remote. When your MacBook Pro wakes from sleep, your applications, documents, and computer settings are exactly as you left them. Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 15

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Chapter 1
Ready, Set Up, Go
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When you finish working with your MacBook Pro, you can put it to sleep or shut
it down.
Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep
If you’ll be away from your MacBook Pro 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 your MacBook Pro to sleep, do one of the following:
Â
Close the display.
Â
Choose Apple (
) > Sleep from the menu bar.
Â
Press the power (
®
) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.
Â
Choose Apple (
) > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.
Â
Press and hold the Play/Pause (
’
) button on the Apple Remote for 3 seconds.
To wake your MacBook Pro:
Â
If the display is closed,
simply open it to wake your MacBook Pro.
Â
If the display is already open,
press the power (
®
) button, or any key on the keyboard,
or any button on the Apple Remote.
When your MacBook Pro wakes from sleep, your applications, documents, and
computer settings are exactly as you left them.
NOTICE:
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 moving
your MacBook Pro. Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the
hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.