A silly question from a mac newbie

[Freecity88]

Can I unplug the power cord when my iMac is sleeping? Is the machine still consuming power when it is sleeping? Thanks!

 

[Mindflux]

The machine still consumes power. If you unplug the power cord you will lose your current sleep image and you will 'boot' up as if you powered down the Mac last time you used it.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

A Mac is still actually on when sleeping, it's kind of like a reduced power mode until you need it again. By unplugging the power you'd actually shut it off completely, I don't think doing this regularly would be too healthy for your iMac to be honest.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

The iMac doesn't have a battery, so you can't unplug the power cord as you would with a macbook.

 

[Freecity88]

Thanks. So I have to keep the power on if I did not shut the machine down?

The machine still consumes power. If you unplug the power cord you will lose your current sleep image and you will 'boot' up as if you powered down the Mac last time you used it.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Shut it down before you unplug the cord.

 

[Killyp]

A Mac is still actually on when sleeping, it's kind of like a reduced power mode until you need it again. By unplugging the power you'd actually shut it off completely, I don't think doing this regularly would be too healthy for your iMac to be honest.

It should be fine from a hardware point of view, but from the software's point of view it could start to cause issues...