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Putting your macbook pro to sleep – Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch) User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting Started

For more information about these features, see Chapter 3, “Using Your MacBook Pro,”

on page 53.

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 will be away from your MacBook Pro for only a short time, put the computer to

sleep. When the computer is in sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup

process.

To put the computer to sleep, do one of the following:
 Close the display.

 Choose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar.

 Press the power (®) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.

 Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.

 Press and hold the Play/Pause (’) button on the Apple Remote for 3 seconds.