[Ti] Locations in Apple Menu Was:Nasty habits

[Justin R. Miller]

On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 01:06  PM, John Pariseau wrote:

> I used to have a few more than 10, but then my prefs got trashed (ran 
> out of space on my HD, so OSX decided those prefs could go!), and I am 
> slowly building them up again. My favorite one (I made) is "Low Power" 
> - I basically removed all the interfaces from the network pane, in the 
> vague hope that it will turn off power to my various ports (modem, 
> ethernet, ir). I use this "location" when I am on battery power. I 
> haven't tested the system to see if this aids it in power saving.

I have heard that it does, though I haven't had too many occasions to 
try it myself.  But supposedly all of the active interfaces are checked 
regularly for a new connection, and removing them from the list for a 
location turns this off, so it's got to have some positive effect :-)

--Justin