Apparently you used to be able to hibernate or "deep sleep" on the old PowerBook G4, but Apple officially stopped supporting that with the newer notebook platforms. In fact, when I look in the Power Saver settings in Mac OS X, I don’t even see an option for hibernating or sending the current computer state into RAM prior to shutdown. I routinely utilize Sleep mode on my UMPC but if I know I’m not going to need the device for a few hours or more, I’ll occasionally Hibernate save some juice.
With the Midnight Dashboard widget, I’ll be able to Hibernate on the MacBook Pro now as well. Midnight allows you put put your notebook into the standard Sleep mode or you can tuck in your Apple for a deeper sleep and save battery power without losing your place.
(via Download Squad)
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