[macvoiceover] Re: iMac - sleep or shutdown?
- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:31:51 -0500
no power supply shuts completely down otherwise you'd loose some settings after
a while. I've not seen anything on this but the manual that shipps with your
system would tell you.
On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:48 PM, carlene knight wrote:
It appears that the Mac Mini power supply does not shut clear off when the
machine is, and I've heard it's better for a Mini to sleep, so that's what I
do. I'm not claiming to be an expert though and I may be off base.
On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:53 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
> true, my issues with sle are braille display related but they are much better
> than they were before. Again though, I don't put my imac to sleep.
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:38 PM, carlene knight wrote:
>
> the only problem I have had on occasion upon awakening my computer was that
> VO wouldn't work and I had to press command f5 a couple of times to get it
> functioning. I've yet to see that happen with the new update but it's early.
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:45 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
>> the only caution here is that you should shut down all running processes
>> under your control. I've had mail crash on me while leaving it open for
>> sleep.
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>>
>> I always put my macbook to sleep, simply because it takes about a second to
>> wake up, which is really convenient. Of course, if I know I'm not going to
>> use it for two days, or I'm traveling or things like that I shut it down,
>> but if not I just close the lid and it goes to sleep. I didn't do this with
>> my Windows machines because after a few days everything would slow down, but
>> with the mac it works just great.
>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Russell, I usually shut my mac mini down, but I have a friend of mine
>>> who is trying to get me always to put my mini to sleep, because that's the
>>> way he does things, and there is a side of this argument for sleep or shut
>>> down that says that the computer will last longer if the electronics are
>>> kept at a warm temperature, but I like to shut mine down.
>>> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:21:52 -0700, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've had my iMac for 3 months now. I usually shut it down at the
>>> endof the day when I'm done using it, and wonder what other folks do?
>>> Do you all shut down your Macs each day or leave them running? Is one
>>> method preferable?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any and all help.
>>>
>>> Russell
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