For some reason, I believe around 10.5.5 or 10.5.6, the ability to change Energy Saver profiles from the menu bar was removed. Can anyone with a dev version of SL tell me if this ability was brought back? It was really useful for switching to "Custom" when I didn't want the screen saver to kick in or screen to go to sleep. I know Caffeine does this, but I'd rather not install something extra just to do that. Now I have to QS into the Energy Saver preferences to do it.
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Does Snow Leopard re-enable switching Energy Saver profiles from the menu bar?
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That is actually strange. In 10.5.4 we had that drop down menu in the menu bar. 10.5.5 made it disappear. 10.5.6 comes out and only a handful of people have said to see it come back. I, for one am one. I loved how it was there because it was hassle free for switching between energy saving profiles. I'm glad it came back for me but I don't know why it hasn't for everyone else.
I hope SL doesn't disable it again ~_~
-Tony
I hope SL doesn't disable it again ~_~
-Tony
It depends on what computer your have. The option was removed when intergrated-nvidia macs were introduced but restored in the next update for non intergrated-nvidia macs only.
Oh wow I'm an idiot! It actually is back for me! I just never checked cuz I never heard any reports of it coming back!
This may seem like a petty reason for not upgrading to SL for some, but for me it is the deciding factor. I simply cannot part with this invaluable feature. 
, once again, bring this feature back!
, once again, bring this feature back!