Hi Blake, You're perfectly correct that Option-Command-Eject works, but I usually give new users instructions that are less likely to cause anxiety. Knowing that you can cancel and check other options, and that you get these annoucements is generally less panic-making when you are first getting started than pressing the Option-Command-Eject and just hearing everything stop.
I also forgot to note that sometimes when you have an output connection display -- if you are giving a presentation or such -- when you put your laptop to sleep you might experience slight difficulties getting an immediate response in bringing the laptop back up. Scott's correct that sometimes having attached devices when you put your machine to sleep can introduce glitches in the sleep/wake action. Cheers, Esther Blake Sinnett wrote: > If you'd like, you can bypass that dialog and put your mac straight > to sleep with Option-Command-Eject. > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: when closing lid > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:46:53 -1000 > > Hi Donna, > > I usually take the precaution of putting my MacBook to sleep before > I close the lid. If you press the circular power just above the > rightmost key at the top of your keyboard, a system dialog window > will come up. You'll hear "loginwindow system dialog Restart > button". VO-left arrow and there will be an announcement: "Are you > sure you want to shut down your computer now?" VO-right arrow from > the announcement and you will get the buttons for "Restart", > "Sleep", "Cancel", and "Shut Down". If you VO-right arrow to the > "Sleep" button and press it (VO-Space), your MacBook should be put > to sleep. This should work even if for some reason your computer > does not correctly sense that the lid is closed and go to sleep. If > your fans are running, and you use this method to put your MacBook > to sleep, you should shortly hear them stop running. Close the > lid. If you want to bring the MacBook out of its sleep state (and > you didn't close the lid), just press any key. I usually press the > Fn key at the lower left of the keyboard to do this. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Aug 4, 2009, at 10:05, Donna Goodin wrote: > > No. I'll try it again later, and if it does, I will do that. Thanks. > Donna > On Aug 4, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Did you have an external keyboard attached? I have encountered > situations where even the PC laptop my employer provided has not > gone to sleep and I pulled it out of my backpack to find it nearly > melting down. :) If it continues, you may want to have a chat with > Apple Care. > On Aug 4, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Are there any situations when it doesn't do this? I ask because a > few days ago I closed the lid, wanting it to go to sleep, but it > didn't. About every 30 seconds, it made that noise that it makes > when VO first comes on. > Donna > > From: Marie Howarth <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: when closing lid > > hybernating? it's called sleeping on the mac and that is what it > does when you close the lid. > > On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > > Not necessarily What if you want it to hybernate? Wouldn't this be > in apple>system preferences>Energy Saver? > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: when closing lid > > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 01:22:40 -1000 > > > > > > What do you mean "control"? If you close any laptop if goes to sleep > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:14 AM, william lomas > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > hi how do I control the behaviour of the mac when i close the lid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
