Apple Power Macintosh 7200 - Manual (Page 21)

Saving energy with the Energy Saver control panel
When you save energy, you save natural resources and reduce pollution. Your
Power Macintosh contains features that automatically save energy. You can
increase the energy savings by using the Energy Saver control panel to turn
your computer off if you won’t be using it for a while—for example, overnight
or over the weekend.
The Energy Saver dialog box (shown in step 3 of “Turning the Computer On,”
earlier in this chapter) appears every time you start your computer until you
open the Energy Saver control panel. Once you open the control panel, you
can accept the pre-set options shown there, or set your own energy-saving
options. If you do not want to set your energy-saving options when the
Energy Saver dialog box is displayed, you can click Close Message or press
Return (the Energy Saver dialog box continues to appear when you start your
computer).
Setting energy-saving options
You can get to the Energy Saver control panel by clicking Specify Settings in
the Energy Saver dialog box that appears when you start your computer or by
choosing Control Panels in the Apple (
) menu.
The Energy Saver control panel displays the pre-set options, which you can
accept or change. To learn more about the Energy Saver control panel, see the
information on saving energy in Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h)
menu.
Putting your computer to sleep
Your Power Macintosh is pre-set to put itself to sleep after 30 minutes of
inactivity. When your computer goes to sleep, the screen dims to save energy
and to prevent images from “burning” into the screen. You do not lose any of
the information you were working on, even if you did not save it before the
computer went to sleep.
To put your computer to sleep immediately, press the Power key on the
keyboard or choose the Sleep command from the Special menu. You can set
sleep options using the Energy Saver control panel, available under Control
Panels in the Apple (
) menu.
21 Getting Started