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Putting your powerbook to sleep, Spinning down the hard disk – Apple PowerBook File Assistant User Manual

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Putting your PowerBook to sleep

With the Assistant Toolbox you can put your PowerBook to sleep with one
touch. Putting your PowerBook to sleep more often gives you longer battery
life.

To put your PowerBook to sleep:

1

Hold down the Shift,

x

(command), and 0 (zero) keys at the same time.

Your PowerBook goes to sleep.

2

Press any key to wake your PowerBook up.

Spinning down the hard disk

Sometimes (for example, in a meeting) you may want to use your PowerBook
without the subtle hum of its hard disk. You can do this by “spinning down”
the hard disk, which actually stops the hard disk from spinning. You can spin
down the hard disk without putting the PowerBook to sleep:
m

Hold down the Shift, Control, x (command), and 0 (zero) keys at the same time.

Your PowerBook’s hard disk spins down.

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