http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. Thu, 24 May 2012 19:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-44005 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 11 May 2012 00:05:50 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-44005 No. No reason to. No. No reason to.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-44004 Jesse Laird Thu, 10 May 2012 23:40:17 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-44004 Should I 'quit' the browser (Safari) before putting my iMac to sleep? Should I ‘quit’ the browser (Safari) before putting my iMac to sleep?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43917 JoeAllen Mon, 07 May 2012 05:08:38 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43917 Gary, you are correct; the "running light" on my external hard-drive gets turned OFF when I put my iMac in SLEEP MODE. Thanks for helping me discover the many advantages of SLEEP MODE ... ((<: } Gary, you are correct; the “running light” on my external hard-drive gets turned OFF when I put my iMac in SLEEP MODE. Thanks for helping me discover the many advantages of SLEEP MODE … ((<: }

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43879 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 04 May 2012 23:39:17 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43879 If your Mac is sleeping or shut down, then your external drive should be off (or in its own sleep mode). Of course that depends on how the manufacturer made it, but all the drives I have seen recently will shut down when not in use and use power wisely. If your Mac is sleeping or shut down, then your external drive should be off (or in its own sleep mode). Of course that depends on how the manufacturer made it, but all the drives I have seen recently will shut down when not in use and use power wisely.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43878 JoeAllen Fri, 04 May 2012 22:49:45 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-43878 Gary, you are VERY helpful !!!! A "joint issue" has NOT been mentioned so far, namely, the "joint use" of (1) TIME MACHINE and (2) an EXTERNAL HARD-DRIVE, to BACK-UP my software and data. Does my external-drive continue to run when my iMac is SLEEPING and does it stress my external hard-drive to be running all the time ??? When I choose to SHUT-DOWN my iMac, I also make sure to shut-down (turn-off) my external hard-drive and give it a rest. Gary, you are VERY helpful !!!! A “joint issue” has NOT been mentioned so far, namely, the “joint use” of (1) TIME MACHINE and (2) an EXTERNAL HARD-DRIVE, to BACK-UP my software and data. Does my external-drive continue to run when my iMac is SLEEPING and does it stress my external hard-drive to be running all the time ??? When I choose to SHUT-DOWN my iMac, I also make sure to shut-down (turn-off) my external hard-drive and give it a rest.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42714 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:17:06 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42714 Look in the System Preferences, Energy Saver. You'll see that there is a setting for hard drive sleep. It is on by default. This means your drive will sleep even before your display or whole Mac does. When it is asleep your hard drive is also asleep. So it does not run when in sleep mode. Using sleep mode will not damage your drive in the long or short run. Look in the System Preferences, Energy Saver. You’ll see that there is a setting for hard drive sleep. It is on by default. This means your drive will sleep even before your display or whole Mac does. When it is asleep your hard drive is also asleep. So it does not run when in sleep mode. Using sleep mode will not damage your drive in the long or short run.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42700 CadillacII Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:35:26 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42700 Hello Gary thank you for the info as I am a new iMac owner. But I have one question that I don't believe was answered in your video. My wife and I are going back and forth on if our iMac hard drive will have damage from not shutting it down. I prefer place our iMac on sleep mode but my wife is trying to explain to me in the long run it will damage our hard drive. She tells me that our hard drive needs a break and even in sleep mode it will run. So will it cause damage to our iMac in the long run. thank you Hello Gary thank you for the info as I am a new iMac owner. But I have one question that I don’t believe was answered in your video. My wife and I are going back and forth on if our iMac hard drive will have damage from not shutting it down. I prefer place our iMac on sleep mode but my wife is trying to explain to me in the long run it will damage our hard drive. She tells me that our hard drive needs a break and even in sleep mode it will run. So will it cause damage to our iMac in the long run. thank you

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42513 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:23:47 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42513 Well, you might want to unplug it if you don't have a good surge protector and your area gets thunderstorms or power outages. Well, you might want to unplug it if you don’t have a good surge protector and your area gets thunderstorms or power outages.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42512 Vadim Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:12:33 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42512 I'll be away from my apartment for a while. Wasn't sure whether to leave the computer unplugged. I’ll be away from my apartment for a while. Wasn’t sure whether to leave the computer unplugged.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42511 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42511 I don't know. I'd imagine it doesn't use it while plugged in. But either way it doesn't matter. Why would it not be plugged in? I don’t know. I’d imagine it doesn’t use it while plugged in. But either way it doesn’t matter. Why would it not be plugged in?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42508 Vadim Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:34:02 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42508 Thanks for the reply. But still, strictly out of curiosity, does an iMac use that battery when shut down but still plugged in? Or only when unplugged? Thanks for the reply. But still, strictly out of curiosity, does an iMac use that battery when shut down but still plugged in? Or only when unplugged?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42507 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:31:16 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42507 Your iMac doesn't have a battery. Well, not the sort of battery that people usually talk about when it comes to computers. Sure, there is a tiny little battery for keeping the clock going and PRAM value when it is not in use. But that's nothing you need to worry about -- it should last many years past the useful life of your iMac. Your iMac doesn’t have a battery. Well, not the sort of battery that people usually talk about when it comes to computers. Sure, there is a tiny little battery for keeping the clock going and PRAM value when it is not in use. But that’s nothing you need to worry about — it should last many years past the useful life of your iMac.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42506 Vadim Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:42:45 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42506 Thanks, Gary. So the iMac only uses its battery when unplugged? Thanks, Gary. So the iMac only uses its battery when unplugged?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42505 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:32:41 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42505 Internal backup battery? Not sure what you mean by that. There's no battery that the iMac uses when it is in sleep mode or shut down. Internal backup battery? Not sure what you mean by that. There’s no battery that the iMac uses when it is in sleep mode or shut down.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42504 Vadim Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:25:13 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42504 For my iMac, with regarding to the internal backup battery, is there a difference whether the computer is shut down or put to sleep? Also, does the iMac use the backup battery when it's shut down if it is still plugged in? For my iMac, with regarding to the internal backup battery, is there a difference whether the computer is shut down or put to sleep? Also, does the iMac use the backup battery when it’s shut down if it is still plugged in?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42439 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:48:27 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42439 Sounds like there is a problem with that particular MacBook. Maybe some software on it is still running, or the battery is too old. I wouldn't expect to lose more than 10% of my battery if it slept for 24 hours. "Hibernating" is closer to shutting down than sleeping. But it saves memory to the disk first and then reloads it when you start it again. A slower process than sleeping. And with Mac OS X Lion you get most of the benefits of that by using the resume feature (defaults) and shutting down. Sounds like there is a problem with that particular MacBook. Maybe some software on it is still running, or the battery is too old. I wouldn’t expect to lose more than 10% of my battery if it slept for 24 hours.
“Hibernating” is closer to shutting down than sleeping. But it saves memory to the disk first and then reloads it when you start it again. A slower process than sleeping. And with Mac OS X Lion you get most of the benefits of that by using the resume feature (defaults) and shutting down.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42429 Ryan Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:55:53 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42429 I would generally put my Windows XP laptop into hibernation instead of shutting down and when I came back to it a few days later it would have only lost 5-10% battery life. Fresh out of the box I noticed my Macbook didn't last longer than a day when putting it to sleep. I put the machine to sleep when I'm plugged in and I shut it down when I'm trying to stretch every last mile out of the battery. I can't believe how much this thing drains while only sleeping. I'm looking forward to eliminating Apple from my workflow. I would generally put my Windows XP laptop into hibernation instead of shutting down and when I came back to it a few days later it would have only lost 5-10% battery life. Fresh out of the box I noticed my Macbook didn’t last longer than a day when putting it to sleep. I put the machine to sleep when I’m plugged in and I shut it down when I’m trying to stretch every last mile out of the battery. I can’t believe how much this thing drains while only sleeping. I’m looking forward to eliminating Apple from my workflow.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42142 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:38:31 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42142 Don't know. You'd have to ask the Minecraft developer about that. But a "server" would disconnect if a computer is "sleeping" most likely. Don’t know. You’d have to ask the Minecraft developer about that. But a “server” would disconnect if a computer is “sleeping” most likely.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42111 Shams Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:06:41 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-42111 Gary, my son refuses to put his iMac to sleep because it disconnects his Minecraft server. Is this correct? Is there a way around this? Thanks! Gary, my son refuses to put his iMac to sleep because it disconnects his Minecraft server. Is this correct? Is there a way around this? Thanks!

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41673 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:57:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41673 That's what I do. I never shut down any of my Macs. That’s what I do. I never shut down any of my Macs.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41671 Josh Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:35:13 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41671 So putting my Macbok Pro to sleep at night instead of shutting it down before I go to bed is more recommended in your opinion? So putting my Macbok Pro to sleep at night instead of shutting it down before I go to bed is more recommended in your opinion?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41615 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:33:29 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41615 It should be able to be accessed by hackers at any time -- awake or asleep! Set your user password and stay off of public networks, etc. It should be able to be accessed by hackers at any time — awake or asleep! Set your user password and stay off of public networks, etc.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41610 cmduncan Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:32:38 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41610 Hi Gary, I love your website. I am little perplexed about sleep v shut down. Can my computer be accessed during sleep mode, i.e. hackers etc. thank you kindly, Hi Gary, I love your website. I am little perplexed about sleep v shut down. Can my computer be accessed during sleep mode, i.e. hackers etc. thank you kindly,

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41153 Anne Layzer Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:48:23 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-41153 What about MacInsomnia? Too often I come back to find my iMac has woken up and the fan is roaring. I've wondered whether iCal reminder messages are the culprit. What about MacInsomnia? Too often I come back to find my iMac has woken up and the fan is roaring. I’ve wondered whether iCal reminder messages are the culprit.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40819 nic Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:47:54 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40819 never mind,that's fine but thanks a lot for the video,that's very useful....thanks for the advice gary! never mind,that’s fine but thanks a lot for the video,that’s very useful….thanks for the advice gary!

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40739 Gary Rosenzweig Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:42:14 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40739 :) Yes. Sorry. :) Yes. Sorry.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40737 nic Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:40:25 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40737 sorry,did u mean "watch the video" sorry,did u mean “watch the video”

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40681 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:44:31 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40681 Lots of little things. Restarting means documents get closed and then re-opened. Older apps (with no resume feature) are a bit harder to deal with this way. Web pages get reloaded on open windows. Things like that. Lots of little things. Restarting means documents get closed and then re-opened. Older apps (with no resume feature) are a bit harder to deal with this way. Web pages get reloaded on open windows. Things like that.

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40677 Bradley Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:40 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40677 I have a SSD MBP. Takes 5 seconds to start up and 2 to shut down. .5 seconds to sleep and .5 to wake up, so no complaints either way lol but any other advantages/disadvantages on the SSD? I have a SSD MBP. Takes 5 seconds to start up and 2 to shut down. .5 seconds to sleep and .5 to wake up, so no complaints either way lol but any other advantages/disadvantages on the SSD?

]]> http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40657 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:28 +0000 http://macmost.com/shut-down-or-sleep.html#comment-40657 What the video. What the video.

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