When Mac is not in use, you should ensure that the power saving options are turned on in your Mac OS X system. You can enable the power nap option to ensure that the system stays high in performance. Users are also provided with the option to enable the sleep mode for the Mac system when the display is turned off. Here is how you can efficiently adjust your power saving setting in your Mac system.
Step 1
Go to ‘System Preferences’
Click the ‘Apple’ icon at the top left corner of the Mac Screen as shown below. From the list of choices, select the ‘System Preferences’ option to view all the settings for the system.
Step 2
Click on ‘Energy Saver’
From the wide range of 'System Preferences' options, the user must select the ‘Energy Saver’ option to adjust the power saving settings of the system.
Step 3
Check Mark the ‘Wake for Network Access’ Option
Click the ‘Power Adapter’ tab. You can now choose the option to ‘Wake for Network Access’ and also the display sleep time as shown below. The computer sleep time can also be chosen by moving the slide bar to save the energy of the power adapter.
Step 4
You can choose the ‘Battery’ tab to choose the computer sleep and display sleep time. The user can select the ‘Slightly Dim the Display While on Battery Power’ option as this will save a lot of energy while on the battery power. By enabling the checkbox in ‘Show Battery Status’ , you can view the battery status in your menu bar.
Step 4
Choose ‘Put Hard Disks To Sleep When Possible’
In the power adapter tab, you can choose the ‘Put Hard Disks To Sleep When Possible’ option to ensure that the hard disk sleeps when not in use.
Step 5
Click on ‘Restore Defaults’
Click the ‘Restore Defaults’ option to restore all the energy saver settings to the default values.
‘Here is how you can efficiently adjust your power saving settings on Mac OS X’.