Sleeper Sleeper is an energy-saving control panel
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Sleeper is an energy-saving control panel Sleeper is an energy-saving control panel that will dim your screen, spin down the hard disk(s), and power off Energy Star compliant monitors.Sleeper can also password-protect your screen and shut down or put your Mac to sleep after a period of inactivity.Why use Sleeper instead of Energy Saver?If you have a newer Macintosh, Apple already includes a power-saving control panel called Energy Saver on your system. There are a number of reasons why it makes sense to use Sleeper instead: * Sleeper works more reliably and consistently than Energy Saver. * It offers more precise control and numerous customization options. * Sleeper supports all SCSI and IDE drives, not just those supplied by Apple. * It provides a screen saver and password protection, which Energy Saver lacks. Here are some key features of "Sleeper":· Hard disk sleep · Energy Star monitor support · Password screen locking · A very frugal screen saver · Timed sleep and shutdown · Configurable hotkey options · Support for the Sleep command in the Finder's Special menu · Kaleidoscope and Mac OS 9 compatibility · PowerMac-native support for both IDE and SCSI disks · Support for multiple IDE and SCSI buses · Full SCSI Manager 4.3 compliance · Balloon help.What's New in This Release:· Sleeper now saves multiple configuration settings and will automatically switch between configurations when running a PowerBook from battery or ac adapter. Configurations can also be changed manually from the Control Strip. · Buttons have been added to allow keyboard entry of any desired delay (1-999 minutes) for the screen saver, disk sleep, password activation, monitor power-down, sleep, and shutdown. · Sleeper now supports desktop LCD displays, such as the Apple Studio and Apple Cinema displays. · There are now options to control processor cycling. · Sleep capabilities in 7450-based G4 PowerMacs (G4/733 and above) are now properly recognized. · Sleeper now unmounts servers before going to sleep, avoiding Mac OS 9's warning about "losing network services" if the computer is put to sleep. · On PowerBooks, the Finder's Sleep command is now intercepted by Sleeper, just as it is on desktop Macs. · The "flash keyboard LED's when attention is required" feature now works with USB keyboards. · When Sleeper was installed, Disk First Aid would sometimes stop scanning a drive, complaining that the disk was in use. This has been fixed. · A conflict between Sleeper and Iomega Zip and Jaz drivers has been fixed. The problem could cause the Finder to freeze after waking up from sleep on some Macintoshes. · The expert options (cmd-option-click on the Help button) now include a switch that prevents Sleeper from changing the backlight brightness of LCD screens. · Sleep and wake-up are now more reliable on the PowerMac G4 and iMac DV. · A conflict has been fixed between Sleeper's passwords and Orange PC. · Sleeper no longer leaves the backlight turned off on PowerBooks if they crash or are restarted while the screen is dimmed. · Problems waking from sleep under OS 9 have been corrected. · The clocks on G4 PowerMacs no longer lose time when they're asleep. · Sleeper now supports ORB drives. · Sleeper will put machines to sleep even if the monitor is still powered up and undimmed.

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