Power Manager 3.2 - Reduce your Mac's energy costs

UK, Europe - 7 February, 2006 - DssW, the leading developer of Mac energy saving software, today announced the launch of Power Manager 3.2 for Mac OS X. With this new version it is even easier to save energy by scheduling your Mac to switch itself on and off.

Power Manager is a program for saving energy by automating your Mac. You can schedule your Mac to automatically:

• Start up or wake;
• Shut down;
• Restart;
• Log out;
• Fast user switch;
• Sleep.

Download the free 30 day demonstration at http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/dsswpowermanager.dmg

New features in Power Manager 3.2 include:

• New fast user switch event;
• New inactivity event trigger;
• New Dashboard widget shows pending events;
• Automatically wakes for scheduled events;
• Command line option for installing new schedules.

The new Dashboard widget lets you quickly see pending events. The widget shows the active schedule including adjustments for events you cancel or delay.

The inactivity trigger lets you perform more than just the traditional sleep or log out on idle time. You can schedule your Mac to fast user switch or shut down after periods of no activity. With this functionality you can have your Mac shut down automatically after a couple of hours of no use; saving you running costs.

An improved scheduler ensures events occur even if your Mac is asleep. Power Manager will wake your Mac from sleep 30 seconds before scheduled events. No more missed events due to your Mac falling asleep.

The new command line option lets network administrators and advanced users apply schedules remotely. Power Manager 3.2 can load a new schedule from a web server or network file system; this makes managing your network even easier.

For more information about Power Manager visit http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/

Pricing and Availability

Power Manager is available today through the DssW web site http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/, for EUR20. System requirements are Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or later. A Universal Binary edition is coming soon.

Version 3.2 is free for registered users of Power Manager 3.

About DssW

DssW is a European software company set up by John Fancourt and Graham Miln. The company formed in 1997 to develop and distribute the first edition of Power Manager. Today DssW continues to develop leading Macintosh energy saving software. DssW also hosts Sleep Centre http://www.dssw.co.uk/sleepcentre/, the largest Mac energy saving discussion archive on the Internet.