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Offline goodear

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« on: October 24, 2006, 10:57:20 PM »
What's the best way of saving wear and tear on the hard drive- putting the mac to sleep or shutting down?
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2006, 04:42:27 AM »
Oh my. If I had a nickel for everytime this subject is discussed...

You will hear people say sleeping is easier on the drives and the computer since supposedly the most strain is during the startup cycle. However the drive spins up anyway from sleep so there isn't much difference. It is obviously faster to get back to work from sleep.

Note that unless you have the computer connected to good power protection (UPS) your sleeping Mac risks lightning strikes and possible power interruption that could cause data damage.

Apple recommends with laptops that you shut down if you aren’t going to use your MacBook for a day or two. Some things you also should consider is whether your computer is able to go into deep sleep or regular sleep. Most older computers can't do deep sleep so some components are still 'awake'. Personally I shut down if I'm going to be away for 12 hours or more.
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2006, 07:29:40 AM »
Yeah, I think the overwhelming conclusion is that both are better. wink.gif
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2006, 01:27:29 PM »
QUOTE(Gregg @ Oct 25 2006, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah, I think the overwhelming conclusion is that both are better. wink.gif


I never let my machines sleep - they're either busy continuously (see sig) or turned off entirely.  I have the hard drive set to "never sleep" on all of them.  Since my first original Mac in 1984 I have had only one hard drive fail - one of the Maxtor 40 Gb ones from 2001 that suffered the dreaded "double-beep" failure mode.
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2006, 06:38:30 PM »
i prefer sleep mode.
When a mac is put into sleep mode, it's technically in what pc users would call "hibernation"
which means the computer's basically shut down.
or as they call it... "deep sleep?"


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Note that unless you have the computer connected to good power protection (UPS) your sleeping Mac risks lightning strikes and possible power interruption that could cause data damage.

Your computer is at risk for damage whenever it is plugged in to power
on or off
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