Turn off deep sleep / hibernation

Question

Hi all,
I do not want to let my MBP go to deep sleep mode every time I close its lid or send it to sleep by one of the other ways. Before the MBP I had a PowerBook G4 which went to "normal" sleep mode in 2-3 seconds. The MBP takes 20-30(!) seconds and I really don't need deep sleep.
Is there any way to turn this feature off in order to get a faster sleep mode like my PBG4 had?
Thanks everyone
Björn

Answer 1

Your MBP is not going into deep sleep. Normal sleep operation on the Intel laptops when you close the lid is:
1. Write current state to the hibernation disk file.
2. Enter "normal" sleep. Computer is not shut off and memory state is maintained (this is Safe Sleep.) Wake-up will be very quick.
In Deep Sleep the following occurs:
1. Current state is written to the hibernation disk file.
2. Computer shuts off. Memory state is not preserved. Upon wake-up there will be a delay during which the operating system loads the saved state from the hibernation disk file. Usually a progress bar appears on the screen as the saved state is loaded into RAM.
From what you describe your computer is set for normal sleep, not Deep sleep.
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