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Sleep can be temperamental for portable Macs (iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks, MacBook Pros) with systems sometimes exhibiting one or more of these symptoms: Does not properly go to sleep when the lid is closed, remaining on and often resulting in an extremely hot-to-the-touch state with excessive fan activity and eventual shutdown. This problem affects both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Mac portables.
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About SuspendNow! SuspendNow! is the only existing application that you can use to put your Mac in "Safe Sleep" mode with a simple double click without replacing the "Sleep" command of the Apple Menu. The "Safe Sleep" mode was introduced by Apple in the latest Powerbooks G4. It saves all the RAM memory datas to the Hard Disc and Shuts Down the computer, so at the next start-up the Mac starts, after some seconds, in the exact state that it was at the shutdown, with applications and documents opened, without wasting the battery, as happens when using the normal "Sleep" function, that "freezes" the RAM, continuing to use some power of the battery.
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SmartSleep
Just sleep means that the notebook will go to sleep fast, but you lose 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 you select each sleep state.The Boston Globe recently posted some tips to help you get the most from your naps . The information comes in the form of a chart with numerous facts about naps, including the timeline of events in a typical nap, information about chronotypes, and ideas on how to fall asleep quickly and stay asleep. Since our post on polyphasic sleep , we’ve been interested in sleep techniques that essentially trick the body into feeling as rested as possible (the crudest form of biohacking, in our opinion).
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How to Become an Early Riser
Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon. But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life.