Apple MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008) - Manual (Page 15)

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You can quickly make the desktop look the way you want using System Preferences.
Choose Apple ( ) > System Preferences from the menu bar or click the System
Preferences icon in the Dock. System Preferences is your command center for most
settings on your MacBook Pro. For more information, open Mac Help and search for
“System Preferences” or for the specific preference you want to change.
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.
 Choose Apple ( ) > Sleep from the menu bar.
 Press the power (® ) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.
 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.