hibernate on a macbook pro

[calabi]

hello everybody! i have a macbook pro (loving it by the way!!!) but i can't work out how to hibernate it? i've tried using the sleep function instead of shutdown but it drains the battery? any ideas? am i being really stupid!?

cheers

 

[calabi]

i've heard of something called safe sleep? is this enabled by default?

 

[sjb]

i've heard of something called safe sleep? is this enabled by default?

Google has some good information regarding this. Check this link out:

http://gabrito.com/post/hibernate-with-the-macbook-pro

 

[aaronw1986]

This app is what you are looking for to use:
http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html

 

[tmoney468]

there's a dashboard widget that I use called "Deep Sleep"

Works great for me, if I ever need to hibernate my laptop all I do is go to the dashboard and click the moon icon, and then it hibernates.