Apple Macintosh LC 550 - Manual (Page 29)

The buttons remain off until you tur
n them on again (by clicking
the Disable Buttons box to remove the “X
”).
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By the way
:
If you want to use a password to control access to
the Button Disabler control panel, consider using At Ease, an application program available through an Apple-authorized dealer
.
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Saving energy
Your Macintosh comes with sof
tware that reduces the amount of
ener
gy consumed when you are not using your computer
. The
sof
tware allows you to set the screen to tur
n off af
ter a period of
inactivity
, the length of which you specif
y. The image on the
screen reappears when you move the mouse or press any letter or number k
ey on the k
eyboard. Because the screen needs to war
m
up, it will tak
e up to 15 seconds for the picture to reappear
.
Tu
rn
ing off the screen conser
ves ener
gy
. It also protects the
screen from “bur
ning in” images, which can occur if you leave an
unchanging image on the screen for many hours or days. To
set the screen to tur
n off:
1.
Choose Control P
anels from the Apple (
K
) menu.
2.
Open the Scr
een control panel.
3.
Click the box labeled “
Tur
n off built-in scr
een when
idle.”
4.
Drag the slider to choose the number of minutes until the scr
een tur
ns off.
For example, if you choose 15 minutes, your screen will dark
en af
ter your computer has been inactive for 15 minutes.
The image will appear once again, exactly as you lef
t it, if you
move the mouse or press any letter or number on the keyboard. Because the screen needs to war
m up, it will tak
e
up to 15 seconds for the picture to reappear
.
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Important:
When the screen is off
, the computer is still on.
The green light on the front of the computer indicates that the computer is still on.
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Click here to activate the screen power saver
.