Hello,
I feel really dumb posting this, but the EnergySaver pref pane just doesn't seem very intuitive to me. I'm clicking on tabs and toggling widgets and I haven't found a clear pattern to what it's doing (or should do)!!
Some background... this is what I'm expecting given the interface:
1) I am given 5 read-only configurations (Auto, Highest, Longest, DVD, Presentations).
2) I can select any of these and see the Apple-recommended settings for the setting.
3) Once I change a widget to something other than an Apple-recommended setting, the top-level setting should change to Custom.
4) I can continue to click through the settings, but when I come back to Custom, it should bring back the last known configuration.
5) The Auto configuration should have the Highest Proc Performance on AC power and Reduced Performance on battery power.
Here's what I see (while the Options tab is selected):
1) the proc performance is Highest while on battery power under Automatic.
2) clicking on widgets while in any of the top 5 settings does not change the setting to Custom.
3) I can click on Custom, set the proc performance to Reduced on battery power, select Automatic (which changes it to Highest), then go back to Custom, and it remains on Highest.
ARgghhh!!! The odd thing is, is if I log in as a brand new user, I get the expected behavior for a little bit, until I click too many widgets, and then the funky behavior occurs.
Can anyone tell me how this pref pane is supposed to work, and where I can find the plist so I can get back to a usable behavior?
thx!!
[Edit: Mod, I put this in the PowerBook forum b/c I thought that the readers here would have the most experience with this topic].