Put some Blue-Tak on it, and take it off in the morning.
I used to stand a 2p coin in front of the LED, I couldn't bear to *stick* anything to my powerbook. Now I just leave the lid open and put it to sleep by powerbutton>sleep: the light is much less bright when the PB is sleeping with the lid open. It should this bright, max, anyway.
Closing the lid to put the computer to sleep is such an awesome feature though. Cool-wise and convenience-wise. Extra cool when you have an external display and speakers hooked up. Gives a real 'powering down' feeling.
It's funny, I've forgotten what PCs are like?do PC laptops have a sleep function? Can you close the lid while they're running without bugg**ing the system?
My fiancee has NEVER shutdown or rebooted her iBook since she got it in November.
iBook? How's she manage that?
I always forget to check how long my iMac is up. I rebooted it last night finally after installing the security update and Airport update. It was probably up for a month or so, since that string of updates just before Christmas.
I've heard the term "doze" as opposed to "sleep" used to describe the behavior of OS X in some cases. Is there a difference here? Is the Sleep option in OS X's Apple menu more of some people were calling hibernation or saved state power down, and doze something else?
Closing the lid to put the computer to sleep is such an awesome feature though. Cool-wise and convenience-wise. Extra cool when you have an external display and speakers hooked up. Gives a real 'powering down' feeling.
It's not cool it's annoying. Often to save battery it would be cool to just shut it and have the screen turn off but everything else run, but apple doesn't give you that option. PC's have standby (sleep) and hibernate (kinda cool)
It's not cool it's annoying. Often to save battery it would be cool to just shut it and have the screen turn off but everything else run, but apple doesn't give you that option. PC's have standby (sleep) and hibernate (kinda cool)
While it would be nice(for watching DVDs on an external monitor and such) if apple provided that option, I can't help but think that they don't because of heat issues. Didn't old pismos have this feature?, either way, I'd imagine, if the computer was actually RUNNING while the lid was closed, it would overheat, possibly damage the LCD in the process. \
I leave my Dual 2 G5 on 24/7 and set the display to sleep, I have a instant ready machine.
My G5 is quiet all the time as well, because the CPU's are working and this keeps the fans running at a nice high quiet speed, no rev's ups and fan noise either. I run Folding@home all the time and can use my machine like normal, even Halo.
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Can someone provide some power stats for a Mac in sleep? My mom gyps me about shutting it down, saying that she "doesn't want to pay for my computer being on all day".
You're supposed to be able to close the lid on a PowerBook and still use it as long as it's hooked to an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Says so in the manual. I never got it to work the one time I tried, but there's been a lot of software updates since then.
I got in the habit of turning my machines off every night because OS X often started to act funny after being in sleep mode. For all I know, that's been resolved, but I haven't changed my habits.
I used to put my CRT iMac to sleep every night, but now I don't even bother to do that. Energy Saver turns my screen off after 5 idle minutes, but the computer stays awake for network access and such.
The only times I ever shut it down are after software updates or when I'm moving the computer around.
I read a while ago that sleep uses approximately 2% of the power that the computer uses when sitting idle (everything running, but no apps running, no user active on it). So sleep really does use almost no power. I always sleep. I do restart about once weekly because of my sucky iSub and its tendency to not work for some reason.
My iSub has a problem sometimes too. After waking from sleep it won't be working. However, I have found if I just unplug the USB cable for it in the back of the computer and plug it right back in it will start working again. Hope this helps.
Actually it's better to leave your OS X machine on at night because the daily, weekly and monthly Cron maintenance scripts run at 3-4 am every morning. You can always set your display to sleep.
So it's obvious it was designed to remain on.
If you turn off your machine at night you have to run these Cron scripts with a utility like Cocktail's "Pilot" and restart every few days.
Cocktail can be a dangerous program, turning on invisible files etc. It also lets you turn on the Expose "blob" among other things.
You're supposed to be able to close the lid on a PowerBook and still use it as long as it's hooked to an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Says so in the manual. I never got it to work the one time I tried, but there's been a lot of software updates since then.
I'm pretty sure this varies from PB to PB. For instance, I believe that Lombard's need the screen open because it dissipates heat through the keyboard. I may be wrong, though.
Anyway, the only time I shut down is when I'm installing RAM. My boss shutsdown/restarts his IBM every time he moves. It annoys the hell out of me.
I've always just put my 17" iMac to sleep every night. The only time I restart or shut down is when I'm required to after an update or install or going out of town for more than a couple of days. It's so nice to sit down hit a button or click the mouse and be good to go.
Yes, the blinking light in the dark is a little annoying, but I don't sleep with my computer in the same room, so it's not really an issue.
What method does everyone without a laptop put their computers to sleep? I've always clicked command/option + eject. Is everyone else doing this or just the usual method?
I have noticed lately my computer when left idle for the set time to sleep, simply doesn't work. The screen turns black, but the computer doesn't eventually go to sleep as it should. I've confirmed all of the settings in Energy Saver and even deselected "Put my display to sleep when the computer is inactive for:", just to see it this was causing the problem. Still, my computer won't sleep by itself. Any suggestions?
Can someone provide some power stats for a Mac in sleep? My mom gyps me about shutting it down, saying that she "doesn't want to pay for my computer being on all day".
Actually it's better to leave your OS X machine on at night because the daily, weekly and monthly Cron maintenance scripts run at 3-4 am every morning. You can always set your display to sleep.
So it's obvious it was designed to remain on.
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This is my thoughts exactly...
Also I like to do distributed projects, so well there always on anyway.
I used to put my CRT iMac to sleep every night, but now I don't even bother to do that. Energy Saver turns my screen off after 5 idle minutes, but the computer stays awake for network access and such.
The only times I ever shut it down are after software updates or when I'm moving the computer around.
I'd be careful of that... I remember quite a bit of discussion at MacNN regarding CRT iMacs dying early deaths when the display goes through many sleep/awake cycles. 5 minutes is REALLY excessive.
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Originally posted by CubeDude
I set the display to sleep, but I leave the rest of the computer running
Me 2.. SETI is running 24/7.
Originally posted by Merovingian
Put some Blue-Tak on it, and take it off in the morning.
I used to stand a 2p coin in front of the LED, I couldn't bear to *stick* anything to my powerbook. Now I just leave the lid open and put it to sleep by powerbutton>sleep: the light is much less bright when the PB is sleeping with the lid open. It should this bright, max, anyway.
Closing the lid to put the computer to sleep is such an awesome feature though. Cool-wise and convenience-wise. Extra cool when you have an external display and speakers hooked up. Gives a real 'powering down' feeling.
It's funny, I've forgotten what PCs are like?do PC laptops have a sleep function? Can you close the lid while they're running without bugg**ing the system?
Originally posted by torifile
iBook? How's she manage that?
I always forget to check how long my iMac is up. I rebooted it last night finally after installing the security update and Airport update. It was probably up for a month or so, since that string of updates just before Christmas.
I've heard the term "doze" as opposed to "sleep" used to describe the behavior of OS X in some cases. Is there a difference here? Is the Sleep option in OS X's Apple menu more of some people were calling hibernation or saved state power down, and doze something else?
Originally posted by SonOfSylvanus
Closing the lid to put the computer to sleep is such an awesome feature though. Cool-wise and convenience-wise. Extra cool when you have an external display and speakers hooked up. Gives a real 'powering down' feeling.
It's not cool it's annoying. Often to save battery it would be cool to just shut it and have the screen turn off but everything else run, but apple doesn't give you that option. PC's have standby (sleep) and hibernate (kinda cool)
Originally posted by ast3r3x
It's not cool it's annoying. Often to save battery it would be cool to just shut it and have the screen turn off but everything else run, but apple doesn't give you that option. PC's have standby (sleep) and hibernate (kinda cool)
While it would be nice(for watching DVDs on an external monitor and such) if apple provided that option, I can't help but think that they don't because of heat issues. Didn't old pismos have this feature?, either way, I'd imagine, if the computer was actually RUNNING while the lid was closed, it would overheat, possibly damage the LCD in the process.
My G5 is quiet all the time as well, because the CPU's are working and this keeps the fans running at a nice high quiet speed, no rev's ups and fan noise either. I run Folding@home all the time and can use my machine like normal, even Halo.
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I got in the habit of turning my machines off every night because OS X often started to act funny after being in sleep mode. For all I know, that's been resolved, but I haven't changed my habits.
The only times I ever shut it down are after software updates or when I'm moving the computer around.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
I read a while ago that sleep uses approximately 2% of the power that the computer uses when sitting idle (everything running, but no apps running, no user active on it). So sleep really does use almost no power. I always sleep. I do restart about once weekly because of my sucky iSub and its tendency to not work for some reason.
My iSub has a problem sometimes too. After waking from sleep it won't be working. However, I have found if I just unplug the USB cable for it in the back of the computer and plug it right back in it will start working again. Hope this helps.
So it's obvious it was designed to remain on.
If you turn off your machine at night you have to run these Cron scripts with a utility like Cocktail's "Pilot" and restart every few days.
Cocktail can be a dangerous program, turning on invisible files etc. It also lets you turn on the Expose "blob" among other things.
You can get Cocktail at Versiontracker.com.
by Influenza
You're supposed to be able to close the lid on a PowerBook and still use it as long as it's hooked to an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Says so in the manual. I never got it to work the one time I tried, but there's been a lot of software updates since then.
I'm pretty sure this varies from PB to PB. For instance, I believe that Lombard's need the screen open because it dissipates heat through the keyboard. I may be wrong, though.
Anyway, the only time I shut down is when I'm installing RAM. My boss shutsdown/restarts his IBM every time he moves. It annoys the hell out of me.
Yes, the blinking light in the dark is a little annoying, but I don't sleep with my computer in the same room, so it's not really an issue.
What method does everyone without a laptop put their computers to sleep? I've always clicked command/option + eject. Is everyone else doing this or just the usual method?
I have noticed lately my computer when left idle for the set time to sleep, simply doesn't work. The screen turns black, but the computer doesn't eventually go to sleep as it should. I've confirmed all of the settings in Energy Saver and even deselected "Put my display to sleep when the computer is inactive for:", just to see it this was causing the problem. Still, my computer won't sleep by itself.
Originally posted by Placebo
Can someone provide some power stats for a Mac in sleep? My mom gyps me about shutting it down, saying that she "doesn't want to pay for my computer being on all day".
If the computer follows energy star compliance (http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?...s&layout=print) a Mac is probably around 20W sleep mode, which is like $1 a month if you sleep it every night.
Originally posted by Sailfish
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Actually it's better to leave your OS X machine on at night because the daily, weekly and monthly Cron maintenance scripts run at 3-4 am every morning. You can always set your display to sleep.
So it's obvious it was designed to remain on.
< end quote >
This is my thoughts exactly...
Also I like to do distributed projects, so well there always on anyway.
Originally posted by Daver
I used to put my CRT iMac to sleep every night, but now I don't even bother to do that. Energy Saver turns my screen off after 5 idle minutes, but the computer stays awake for network access and such.
The only times I ever shut it down are after software updates or when I'm moving the computer around.
I'd be careful of that... I remember quite a bit of discussion at MacNN regarding CRT iMacs dying early deaths when the display goes through many sleep/awake cycles. 5 minutes is REALLY excessive.
I always sleep my ibook, but it's different I guess if you have a desktop.
In europe we are more energy aware but in the US you have nothing to worry about because it will make no difference anyway, the on of a computer.