I always put asleep my mac but never shut it down, will this damage it?

Does never shutting down the computer damage it?

Never shutting down your Mac does not damage it in any way.
I suggest you Restart it at least quarterly, so that problems that may have developed (if any) can be eliminated by re-loading the Operating System and "starting over".

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Is it harmful to always leave several programs open and never shutting computer down?

I never shut down my computer and simply let it to sleep. I also let it sleep and leave several programs like illustrator open all the time. Is this good for the computer or should I be closing down applications regularly?

If your system is powered through an uninterruptible power
source, there is no issue at all.
If not, there is always the possibility of something going bad
should a power outage occur. This is true whether apps are
open or not. Modern systems can recover from such an event,
but nothing is totally bulletproof to such an event.

I backed up files onto an external hard rive form my old PC. Now I want to retrieve the files to put on my mac but it is telling me to format it to Mac. How can I do this without erasing all of the data on my hard drive?

I backed up files onto an external hard rive form my old PC. Now I want to retrieve the files to put on my mac but it is telling me to format it to Mac. How can I do this without erasing all of the data on my hard drive?

Your drive was used with a PC and formatted NTFS which is proprietary Microsoft format.
You need to install a third party program that will read the NTFS format.
There is various software from PARAGON, Tuxera and NTFS-3G
When you get the data off and have verified it to be good, reformat the drive either HFS+ for Mac use only, or for Mac and PC use then MSDOS (FAT32) for under 4GB files (best) or exFAT (for larger than 4GB files) is proprietary and Microsoft is appling for a patent, which would likely mean OS X won't be allowed to read it anymore without a licensing fee and you'l have to pay another third party software company to read the format, just like NTFS is.
The less you have to rely upon third party sources to read your drives the better, this way if you have a issue and need to read the drive on another machine you don't need the software, and a internet connection and a credit card and...and...and...

I have a desktop pc with iTunes. I just purchased a mac air book. Can I sync all of my devices, iPhone, iPod, iPad, to both computers or do I have to pick one. I would like to have iTunes on my mac, but I'm afraid I will run out of hard drive space.

I have a desktop pc with itunes. I just purchased a Mac Air book. Can I sync my devices, iphone, ipod, ipad, to both computers. Or do I have to pick one? I would like to have itunes on my mac, but i am afraid I will run out of hard disk space. Do I need to set up a seperate account on my Mac so I can load some music on it if I plan to keep my devices synced to my PC? Would it be possible to sync only my Iphone to my Mac?

To get that much storage, you need to look to professional online services. Pro-level hosting accounts may offer you that much (well, many will offer as much storage as you are prepared to pay for), or Amazon professional cloud services. You could also store the files on a home machine and pay for a professional hosting service so you could stream them over your own account (assuming your ISP connection and agreement allows for the bandwidth used). You would still need to deal with the issue of finding an app for the iPad that supported avi streaming.

I have just upgraded to an Iphone 5 and cant get my contacts to sync. My 4s Contacts default account was from my Mac - but I dont seem to ahve this option on my 5? How do I sync them?

I have just upgraded to an Iphone 5 and cant get my contacts to sync. My 4s Contacts default account was from my Mac - but I dont seem to ahve this option on my 5? How do I sync them?

The way I do it is I hook to my windows computer, it will pop up iTunes. I click iTunes off. The phone will show as another drive on your computer. Click it open then migrate to the photos folder from the iPhone.
Then select all, cut then right click on your pictures folder on your computer or make a new folder on your desk top like I do and right click on new folder and select paste.
Photos will be gone. Just remember to turn off the iPhone sync in your photos folder on the phone or they will come back
Good Luck

Using IMOVIE '08 to import from DV camera to 'BUSLINK' external hard drive( formatted for MAC ) but no success and kept getting this message: The import was canceled. You may not have permission to write to /Volumes/BUSLINK/iMovie Events.localized. Thanx

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I finally got a representative that was able to help me, she had me go to Get Info, by right clicking iMovie from the finder, and I had to click on Sharing & Permissions>Everyone>Read & Write

My apple extreme wireless network is working fine with the macs but ios devices (iPhone & iPad) will not connect. I can see the network though. Everything was working until the ISP went down. Any suggestions?

My apple extreme wireless network is working fine with two Macs but ios devices (iPhone & iPad) will not connect. I can see the network and it's telling me I'm connected but Safari says I'm not connected to the internet. Everything was working until the ISP went down. Any suggestions?

Thank you, I've tried the support tips (resetting the network, checking security settings, etc.) and rebooting the network devices several times to no avail. I've actually been working on this for several days (when I can afford to have the network down).
What I have to determine is what has changed in the setup...from when it WAS working just fine with all devices.

Leave your Mac On or Shut it Down???...What the Genius Say?

Hi Guys!!!!!
What do you think about leaving your Mac On or shut it down when you are not using it????
Thanks.

Hi,
Sleep mode has to supply power to the RAM memory in order to facilitate rapid wake-up. On the MacBook, safe sleep is the default mode. The MacBook will wake itself up when the battery gets low, then save the memory image to a disk file before the battery runs out.
In another thread, the same question came up. Users reported sleep would use about 4% of the battery every day. That seems very reasonable since a lithium ion battery will often discharge a few percent per day just sittig doing nothing.
I turn my MacBook off when I am not using the MacBook. I am impressed at how quickly the MacBook boots up rom being totally off. If you are a heavy duty multitasking person, the obvious advantage of sleep is the applications you were usng last time are open with the files you were woking on already open when you wake up the machine.
If you worry about wearing out the battery, you can change the sleep mode with the command line tool called pmset. You can use pmset to set the default sleep mode to always deep sleep to disk. The disadvantage of deep sleep is it takes longer to wake up, but is does reduce unnecessary battery use.
This thread discusses the use of pmset:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5981685
Bill

My ipod uses 10.2 software, but iphone5 wants 10.7version, will this pose any problems with the content currently in itunes?

my ipod uses 10.2 software, but iphone5 wants 10.7version, will this pose any problems with the content currently in itunes if I downloand straight from itunes.com?

Your content is stored locally on your computer, when you update, it will not mess with your content at all.

I have a Mac running Photoshop Elements 6. Will this work on Yosemite?

I have a Mac running Photoshop Elements 6. Will this work with Yosemite?

Hi,
Photoshop Elements 6 is not supported on MAC platform.
Thanks
Andaleeb

Finder disappears, but never shuts down

I'll describe my problem.
Sometimes when I go to shutdown my computer, i'll click the little apple icon in the top left and then continue to shut down. However, sometimes, probably more often than not, it screws up.
Once i hit shutdown, it'll pause for a second and then say that "...failed to shutdown because the application _________ failed to quit, please force quit and then try again." It's usually stickies or word and sometimes safari that is the program that fails to quit, but after I force quit all of the open applications and try to shut down again, the finder bar will disappear, but it will never continue to shut down. Most of the time I have to just hold the power button.
Does anybody know why it does this? Thank you in advance
SSteezy

my new macbook does this all the time, after sleeping you cannot do anything to shut it down other than holding the power button. Even if i let it boot up fresh use simple apps as soon as i close the lid it's all over it will just hang. Force quitting and relaunching makes no difference, the desktop will just clear and all i can do is go and bring up the dock and click the finder icon and that gives it back it's blue dot and brings it back to life, then try shutdown, logout or restart same thing all over.
i'm not running anything fancy it has never ever happened on my power mac (PPC)
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edit, forgot to say not running stickies or spaces
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Shall I Put My Macbook To Sleep Or Shut It Down?

sorry for such a moronic question but I was wondering which would be better in the long run? I use my macbook for work from 8 to 2 in the morning and then shut it down. Then in the night around 9 Pm I sometimes use it again and leave it on for downloading stuff.
However around 1 am I shut it down and then the whole process happens again.
Being a windows user all my life, i have been in the habit o shutting down my PC, howver someone told me it affects performance in a Mac. Is that true?

My experience is like Troy's - I don't shut down for any routine event. Heat is nil and it comes right back up on it's network (unlike the Windoze laptop I'm forced to use at work which wakes up quite grumpy...) Never seen a problem in 5 years from this on my 3 Mac laptops.
Mine is set to automatically wake up on workdays when I do (System Controls energy conservation panel), then an iCal event downloads weather and traffic reports which are waiting for me when I sit down with my bowl of cheerios. As long as I was logged in when it went to sleep, that is, and it doesn't wait for a password. It's also set to Sleep after 3 hours of inactivity.
Battery life is generally thought to be better if they're on a charger and 'floating' when not in use, so while the drain sould be very small overnight - maybe 10 minutes of run time?? - I would leave it plugged in, assuming you have the power adapter always with it, or a second at home.
MacBook 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) Dual USB iBook, G3 PowerBook, ruby iMac (Windows-free home since 1984)

Why isn't Photoshop fully optimized for the Mac Pro (Late 2013), and when will this happen?

On the new Mac Pro (late 2013):
Currently, Photoshop CC 2014 seems to lag behind iMacs and Macbook Pros (even older ones) for some tasks.
I assume that this issue is related to either multi-core processing but seems more likely to be a problem with the ATI GPUs not being optimized as the Nvidia GPUs are.
Why is this the case, and when will this be addressed?
Any feedback from Adobe official would be appreciated.
Thanks

jameskachan wrote:
…The obvious reason [sic] seems to suggest…
That's what it suggests to you, in the limited scope of your vision and knowledge, and without your having provided detailed specs about your hardware.
Due to the current unavailability of clairvoyants and mind-readers in the forum, we respectfully request you supply sensible, complete details.
We don't even know what your specific issues are, and for all we know you may be running the pathetic, buggy Yosemite OS—which Apple is giving away for free.
In this case, you have been enormously fortunate in that you received a reply from none other than Gµrµ Chris Cox, a top Adobe engineer who has been writing Photoshop code since the last millennium.
It's hight time you drop the attitude and avoid further embarrassing yourself in a public forum. Just my two cents.

Mac Book Pro shut itself down during operating

my MacBookPro always shut itself down whenever the power cable is unplugged, so what's wrong with it? (it is not about running out of battery) please give me any advices.

To check, perhaps the simplest way is to click on the apple icon on the top left and access the menu item, About this Mac. There are two buttons: click the bottom one, "More Info...". That will open System Profiler (also in the Application>Utilities folder). On the left of the panel that opens in System Profiler, in the Hardware section, is the item, Power. Highlight that and an information panel will show and that will give you lots of battery information. The real part you want is "Health Information": cycle count and condition.
To calibrate, plug in the power cord and fully charge the computer/battery until the light changes to green. It should remain charged for at least 2 hours (you can use it while it is plugged in). Then disconnect and use it with battery only and keep on using it -- ignore any warnings -- until it goes to sleep (if your battery is not allowing this, then it is pretty much dead). Then turn it off or allow it to sleep for 5 hours or more, then reconnect the power cord until it is fully charged. You can find this information by accessing the Help menu at the top of the Finder screen and typing in "Battery Calibration."
I hope for your sake that you are within the 12 month warranty period and it has not been abused. It is possible that these batteries can die before that time.

IOS updates always fail on one Mac, but succeed on another

Hi,
unfortunately there is no general iOS subforum, so I post it here in the iPad forum in hope that someone has an idea.
Whenever I am trying to update one of my iDevices from my Mac Pro (10.6.4 and iTunes 9 or 10, both have the same problem) the update runs half way through and then gets stuck on the apple logo, progress bar at about half way through.
This is reproducable with any iDevice (tried iPhone 4, iPhone 3G and iPad).
If I plug the same devices into my Macbook Pro, the update (or then: restore) works without any glitches.
So it must be something with my Mac Pro, but I have no idea what might cause this.
Has anyone else experienced something like this before?
Thanks
Sascha

HI,
So it must be something with my Mac Pro
Boot from install disc, run Disk Utility in case the startup disk needs repairing and check for free disk space.
Insert your install disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu and launch Disk Utility.
(In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first from the installer menu)
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
While you have the Disk Utility window open, look at the bottom of the window. Where you see Capacity and Available. Make sure there is always 15% free space.
Carolyn

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