My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Making Your Macintosh Sleep on a Schedule

You can make your Macintosh fall asleep according to a particular schedule. (This is similar to scheduling your Macintosh to turn itself on and off, as described in Project 1.)

Here's how to schedule a time to make your Macintosh sleep and wake up:

1. Click the Apple menu and select System Preferences. The System Preferences window appears.

2. Click the Energy Saver icon under the Hardware category. An Energy Saver window appears (see Figure 9-1).

3. Click the Schedule button in the bottom-right corner of the Energy Saver window. A scheduling sheet drops down and displays different time options, as shown in Figure 9-4.

4. Select the Start up or wake checkbox.

5. Click the pop-up menu next to the Start up or wake checkbox and ...