[G4] Do a Task, Then Go to Sleep

Daniel Brieck djbrieck at mac.com
Sat Dec 6 05:41:44 PST 2003


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)
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