Apple MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) User Manual download pdf (Page 16)

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Ready, Set Up, Go

You can quickly make the desktop look the way you want using System Preferences.

Choose Apple (

) > System Preferences from the menu bar. As you get to know your

computer, explore System Preferences, your command center for most settings on your

MacBook. For more information, open Mac Help and search for “System Preferences”

or for the specific preference you want to change.

Putting Your MacBook to Sleep or Shutting It Down

When you finish working with your MacBook, you can put it to sleep or shut it down.

Putting Your MacBook to Sleep

If you’ll be away from your MacBook for only a short time, put it to sleep. When the

computer is in sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup process.

To put your MacBook to sleep, do one of the following:

Close the display.

Choose Apple (

) > Sleep from the menu bar.

Press the power (®

) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.

Choose Apple (

) > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.

NOTICE:

Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating

that the computer is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before you

move your MacBook. Moving your computer while the hard disk is spinning can

damage it, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.

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