Shutting down the Mac each night is actually not recommended as some maintenance utilities run during the night. If you shut down each night you should get a utility that will force these utilities to run when you choose like Mac the Janitor. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10491 The above link will allow you to download Mac the Janitor. Gerhard On Apr 10, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Paul Thomas wrote: > Yes, I do shut down the computer each evening and occasionally in > between. > > This is not after using a particular programme but often happens after > being idle for a period of time with just Firefox and Mail running and > sometimes Adium. > > Paul ----------------------------------------------------------- For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo -----------------------------------------------------------