Hi Anne, I think you can do that with the Dantz Retrospect software, it is built in. Launch the Retrospect application then go to the menu bar Retrospect > preferences > Unattended then select what you want the computer to do. Dan Brieck Jr. On Dec 6, 2003, at 4:20 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm playing with my Energy Saver options. > > I want to backup with Dantz, which should take about an hour, then > have the machine go to sleep. > > I think the reason the fan broke is I failed to understand the > difference > between screen saver and sleep, and had the computer set to sleep=never > because it messed up my iMate. (Not using the iMate anymore) > > Can I do this? > > I have it set now to sleep=never, display=15 min., checked=put hard > drive to sleep when possible. > > I want it to back up, but not go to sleep in the middle and abort the > back up. But I also do not want to have to get out of bed to put the > machine back to sleep. (It's 4am over here.) > > Anne Keller Smith > Down to Earth Web Design > G4 733mHz (OS X.2/Classic) | Graphite iBook 333mHz (OS 9.0.2) > mailto:earthpigz at earthlink.net > http://www.downtoearthweb.com