Put Macs to “Deep Sleep” hack…

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Put Macs to “Deep Sleep” hack…

Safe-Sleep-320“Up until recently, Mac users didn’t have a similar Sleep mode which required no power. When Apple announced new PowerBooks in October 2005, it also introduced Safe Sleep to Mac OS X, an extention to Sleep mode that allows for hibernation without power.” The article details how to put other Macs to deep sleep with a clever hack – the comments also have a lot of useful information. [via] Link.

2 thoughts on “Put Macs to “Deep Sleep” hack…

  1. jordan314 says:

    Anyone find a hack for this for the Imac G5 yet? I move my imac from my office all the time to watch movies and would love to be able to hibernate / safe sleep it…

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