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Safe to keep iMac awake 24/7?
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Yes. But if you want, you can still have it go to sleep and it will sleep after it has finished downloads.
In actual fact, electronic items, such as computers, amplifiers etc can suffer less "ware and tear" if left on 24/7 and "sleeping" when not in use. This is because when the item is switched on there is a large initial surge of energy through the PSU etc which can ultimately reduce the life of components within the equipment.
Not to be a wise buy but if you had bothered to read your manual the answer is right there! If you can't find it you can download a copy from Apple's web site.
For me personally, I try and leave my iMac running. Its typically doing something and when its not, I personally prefer to keep it running and in a static state. I'm not a fan of sleeping the computer multiple times and causing the disk to turn on and off repeatedly. If I know I will not use it for a couple days I'll sleep it.
I also keep my disk spinning all the time and my monitor sleeps after 15minutes, or I'll sleep it manually with a hot corner if I know I'll be away for a few hours or sleeping.
I try and keep the on and off cycles of everything on my computers at a minimum. Thats my 3 cents.
I also keep my disk spinning all the time and my monitor sleeps after 15minutes, or I'll sleep it manually with a hot corner if I know I'll be away for a few hours or sleeping.
I try and keep the on and off cycles of everything on my computers at a minimum. Thats my 3 cents.
I think that whatever your preferred methods are, the iMac will be fine. Keep it on, put it to sleep, shut it on/off...it's a well-made machine and hopefully you have AppleCare if anything does go wrong.