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plan9 · plan9 #3 (**permalink**)

09-10-2003, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Murlyn

With my Powerbook I put the battery in with it on, with it off, etc etc.. so you shouldnt have to worry about that.

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Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for: (Never)
Use Separate time to put the display to sleep (15 min)
Uncheck - Put the hard disk to sleep when possible.

Excellent, thank you for the fast and useful response..

So let me add to that question - let's say I pop the battery back in, unplug it (still encoding this whole time) and close the iBook.. That puts it to sleep, correct? Does this automatically slow the hard drive, etc?

Also - have you noticed that the Energy Saver Sys Prefs panel doesn't always retain your settings? I just set it exactly as you specified, closed Sys Prefs, opened it up again, and now the settings are completely different! Is this a bug, or does the OS edit things if need be?