Comments on: Tip of the Week: Free Up Hard Drive Space, Sleep Quicker!

By: caletz

caletz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:17:13 +0000

oh, i found it.

to go back to default

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sudo pmset hibernatemode 3
sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
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Source >

http://www.macworld.com/article/53471/2006/10/sleepmode.html

By: caletz

caletz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:06:31 +0000

How can i? undo this???

By: Larry Purcell

Larry Purcell — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:44:27 +0000

On laptops I would be concerned about the periodic battery calibrations we all should be doing as part of our preventative maintenance getting screwed up. For any unaware of Apple’s battery calibration recommendations (and how to) see:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284

I fully agree with BHs comments too. Too me this is not a good “tip” at all.

By: Victor Espina

Victor Espina — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:04:35 +0000

Good tip, but ujust usefull for laptops users. For desktop users, like me, safe sleep is the ONLY way to go, so there is no way I can get raid of that space (3 GB in my case).

By: Darcy Fitzpatrick

Darcy Fitzpatrick — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:13:24 +0000

This is definitely a cool tip and definitely a matter of personal preference.

All the same, it’s a bit like deciding to take your Time Capsule and use it as a regular external drive simply because you’re running out of space on the system drive.

Like backup systems such as Time Capsule in conjunction with Time Machine, SafeSleep is there to bail you out of the unforeseen.

I like that you’ve empowered us to have a choice in the matter of SafeSleep, because far too often Apple limits our choices in these matters, but I’d conclude by mentioning that it’s risky business to switch off a safety feature such as this.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve shuddered to find a dead sleep light on my MacBook only to be relieved by the sight of that pasty white screen you get when you plug the power back in and the SafeSleep backup goes to work restoring your session…

By: Alex Brooks

Alex Brooks — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:52:20 +0000

I appreciate that it’s not wise for everybody but I’ve never lost power when my MBP has been sleeping and I’ve never had an inclination to swap batteries.

It is a personal choice and it works for me, thanks for the link to the SmartSleep app, looks interesting.

By: BH

BH — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:25:05 +0000

This isn’t a good idea. The safesleep function is amazingly useful in the event of power loss. With safesleep, you can pull out your battery while the computer is sleeping (or lose power) and once power is restored or the battery put back in, you have an unchanged work environment. If 2gigs is really that much of an issue, you should look into a larger harddrive. If you’re concerned with the time it takes for the laptop to go to sleep after closing the lid, you should check out SmartSleep at http://www.jinx.de which only enables safesleep when the battery is under 20%.