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Sleeper - 3.5

Energy Saver replacement enhances any Mac's sleep capabilities

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	3.5
Release Date:	2001-09-04
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	9,170
Downloads (all versions):	71
Price:	$25.00

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Product Description:

Sleeper delivers a host of energy-saving features that now work on nearly every Macintosh, from the Mac Plus to the latest iMacs and G4 PowerMacs. Sleeper provides more options, greater control, and broader hardwarecompatibility than Apple's Energy Saver control panel. This gives older Macs many of the energy saving features of Apple's newer hardware, and provides newer Macintoshes with more extensive and more flexible power management.Users have also reported that Sleeper has helped them overcome problems they've experienced with Apple's Energy Saver control panel. Sleeper's greater configurability, combined with its independence from many of the Mac's built-in power saving functions, allows them to avoid some of the common "insomnia" and "permanent sleep" problems that occur on iMacs and G3/G4 PowerMacs.

What's new in this version:

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

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

System 7 or higher

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Only used it… - Version: 3.5, 10/10/2002 08:55PM PST

billy_car

briefly, but with an external SCSI, and two internal IDE drives, I'm thrilled at the control I appear to be getting. Hope it will extend the life of my drives, and save a bit of energy as well. Don't always use my 80GB ATA, so I will hopefully keep it young by spinning it down regularly. Be nice to have some indicator on the screen that shows disk activity via LED blinks, as an option ... will we Mac Users ever be satisfied ?!?