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SmartSleep

SmartSleep - 2.6

Pref pane to enable fast & smart sleep on mac notebooks.

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Current Version: 2.6
Release Date: 2009-10-22
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 581
Downloads (all versions): 7,089

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DESCRIPTION SmartSleep.prefPane is a preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. It's a successor to Hibernate.prefPane. The Problem Your macbook or macbook pro knows the following sleep states: sleep: machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents) sleep & hibernate: machine sleeps and hibernates. (default) hibernate only machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used) Just sleep means that the notebook will go to sleep fast, but you loose the ability to change the battery as the battery is needed to keep the contents of the memory (RAM). Just sleep and hibernate will wake the computer fast, but sleeping will take ages as the contents of the memory are saved to disk before entering the sleep. The solution SmartSleep lets your notebook just sleep while the battery has a high level. If the battery level drops below a certain point ( default is less then 20% or 20 minutes ) it will switch to sleep and hibernate. So you have the best of both worlds.

What's new in this version:

fixed permissions on installed directory.

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • mac notebook

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SmartSleep CommentaryBad English - Version: 2.6, 10/23/2009 04:05AM PST

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thomasmarch
"you loose the ability" should read "you lose the ability".

Language matters, folks ! It's how we communicate.
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SmartSleep CommentaryI'll wait - Version: 2.6, 10/22/2009 11:46AM PST

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sirron33
When is SmartSmart coming?
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SmartSleep Troubleshooting ReportMBP not waking from sleep... - Version: 2.4, 9/27/2009 03:26PM PST

restinglion
Has anyone had a problem with SmartSleep causing sleep-related lockups? I've got installed on my 13"MBP running 10.6.1, and when I set it to Smart Sleep, my Mac will, after a period of a day or so, fail to wake from sleep. When I hard restart it will boot to the blue screen but then go to sleep before getting to the login screen. I tried zapping the PRAM but that didn't help. The only way to get out of the sleep loop is to reset the PMU. It makes no difference if my Mac is plugged in or not. I looked at the developer's website but there's no place to request support. Anyone?
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