Mac energy saving discussions

These discussions cover Mac energy saving and power issues.

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Discussions between 4 September 2008 and 4 October 2008.
Subject

iPod (on iPhone) sleep..

“How well hidden was that!?!”

Energy Saver: What takes precedence?

“That means I can make the machine wake up every day at say 7:55 AM even though the slider above is set to "Never".”

Not sleeping

“My iMac (late 2007) running 10.5.5 (and previously 10.5.4) seems not to sleep unless I make it do so manually.”

battery replacement in G 3 tower and Pram

“do I need to zap the pram or when the battery was out during replacement”

Long term shut down

“is there anything to be aware of for shut down and storage of these two machines for such a period?”

PB G4 Ti Battery evaluation ?

“Is there a way to determine if a PowerBook G4 Ti's battery is gone or if it is another problem?”

OSX dims my screen slightly according to amount of black...

“If I run terminal with a black background and make it full screen, the screen dims quite a bit.”

Fan Running on High

“The fan runs continually on high when I use either the "Automatic" or "Highest" settings on the Energy Settings Preference Panel.”

iBook battery dying...

“If it does, any ideas where the best (i.e. cheapest) place to get one?”

Problem with Mac after it's been put to sleep - fan turning full on....

“sleep, gone off to do something for an hour or so and returned to find it running with the fan full on.”
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