Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) User Manual

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Chapter 1

Ready, Set Up, Go

Important: 

You can set an option to reset your password in Users & Groups

preferences, in case you forget your login password. For help with system preferences,
open Help Center and search for “system preferences” or for the specific preference you
want help for.

Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down

When you finish working with your MacBook Pro, you can put it to sleep or shut
it down.

Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep

If you’ll be away from your MacBook Pro for only a short time, put it to sleep. When
the computer is in sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup process.

To put your MacBook Pro to sleep, do one of the following:

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Close the display.

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Choose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar.

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Press the power (®) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.

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Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.

NOTICE: 

Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating

that the computer is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before moving
your MacBook Pro. Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the
hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.

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