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How often do you turn off your computer.
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I've had my MBP for a year, and I've turned it off twice: Once to replace the DVD drive and once to replace the hard drive. I might be upgrading the RAM soon so that'll be a third time 
Yes, but if the system's not turned on then it'll reschedule them.
Yes, but if the system's not turned on then it'll reschedule them.
I've had my MBP for a year, and I've turned it off twice: Once to replace the DVD drive and once to replace the hard drive. I might be upgrading the RAM soon so that'll be a third time
Yes, but if the system's not turned on then it'll reschedule them.
Just curious, when does it reschedule them for, and also, if they run while you use the mac, do they slow down performance at all? How much?
I leave my G5 on all the time - but thats because I SSH into it. It also helps that I live on a college campus (and will be doing so for at least another semester and a summer) and energy costs are factored into the cost of my apartment on campus.
When I move off campus I'll definitely be monitoring my power usage and will set up a very low power linux box do to my SSH work and turn my G5 on and off as needed.
When I move off campus I'll definitely be monitoring my power usage and will set up a very low power linux box do to my SSH work and turn my G5 on and off as needed.
They do slow it down a bit: I was playing WoW the other day and the framerate suddenly dropped. Sure enough, the weekly maintenance was running. That's how I discovered that they get rescheduled
I can't give you any specifics, unfortunately.
They do slow it down a bit: I was playing WoW the other day and the framerate suddenly dropped. Sure enough, the weekly maintenance was running. That's how I discovered that they get rescheduled
I can't give you any specifics, unfortunately.
Thanks a lot for the information! Looks like I'll start putting my iMac to sleep now.
I never turn my MBP off. I'll restart for an update, or once every week or so to clear my RAM and such, but it sleeps all the time.
No, the computer is not active, only the RAM is fully powered, the processor is not running and neither are any disks.
No, the computer is not active, only the RAM is fully powered, the processor is not running and neither are any disks.
Is there a power button???
I bought my iBook G4 on November 14, 2003 and it has NEVER been turned off except to change the battery. Yes I've done the odd reboot for software updates and OnyX but otherwise it just falls asleep when I close it up. A refrigerator should be this reliable!!!
I bought my iBook G4 on November 14, 2003 and it has NEVER been turned off except to change the battery. Yes I've done the odd reboot for software updates and OnyX but otherwise it just falls asleep when I close it up. A refrigerator should be this reliable!!!
Beg to differ my friend, but all cron maintenance scripts are one-shot deals. If you miss a monthly script because your system is sleeping at 2am, it'll wait a month and try again. From the excellent Cocktail program documentation...
All UNIX systems have a mechanism for running certain tasks regularly. The mechanism is a daemon called “cron”. Mac OS X is preconfigured with three cron scripts designed to perform periodic maintenance on the computer. These scripts are set to run late at night and if the computer is turned off (or in the sleep mode) every night, maintenance does not occur. In this case, you may want or need to run these manually using Cocktail.
Run cron script “Daily” once a day to remove junk and scratch files from your system disk, back up NetInfo data, check the status of the subsystem and rotate the system log file.
Run cron script “Weekly” once a week to rebuild “locate” and “whatis” databases and rotate miscellaneous log files (this script usually requires more time to run than others).
Run cron script “Monthly” once a month for login accounting and rotate wtmp log file.
Note that OnyX runs these scripts too, and it is FREE!
mine never sleeps or turns off. I hate the environment. I would sleep it if it was bad for my computer, though.
I'm one to turn it off if I'm going to not use it for a few hours. But I do tend to believe turning off and on the computer uses more energy than putting it to sleep.
While true, it seems to be fixed in Leopard. The iMac running Tiger has problems starting these scripts when it wakes up from sleep. However, launchd does seem to work properly in Leopard.
For those interested in more information on how the scripts are launched on a schedule under the different OS, see http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html (Scheduling under Panther, Jaguar, and Tiger), although it hasn't been updated to include Leopard.
I only power down my iMac when I am going to be away from home for a few days. I put it in sleep mode when I am going to be away for more than an hour or so and at night.
Apple's official recommendation for the iMac is as follows:
from:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34571
Apple's official recommendation for the iMac is as follows:
from:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34571
Just a quick article from our friends at Microsoft...
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/hardware/do_you_need_to_turn_off_your_pc_at_night.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/hardware/do_you_need_to_turn_off_your_pc_at_night.mspx
same, no sense in wasting power. 5W is 5W
(and I use 'anachron' for housekeeping purposes)
In the winter months I tend to not turn it off at all, save for a reboot; because I fear the iMac getting cold and the bad effects of heat when it is turned on. Even in the summer months, unless I am out of town, it is never turned off.
My MBP on the other hand is almost always off.
My MBP on the other hand is almost always off.
Anything with 240 volts 13 amp going threw it 24 hours a day, is going to have a shorter life than one which is switched off every night.