Is it good to put mac to sleep or shut down?

Hello, I wanted to know which is better for my macbook air, putting it to sleep or shutting it down? I use it almost everyday, exceptions when I am at work and sleeping. When is best to shut it down?

I believe there's no right or wrong answer ... it's personal preference. I use my MacBook Air every day, and keep it asleep during the day when I'm not using it. But I shut it down every night.

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I have a Macbook Pro 2009, i upgraded from 10.5 to 10.8.2 and now when I put it to sleep it shuts down. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I have a Macbook Pro 2009, i upgraded from 10.5 to 10.8.2 and now when I put it to sleep it shuts down. Does anyone know how to fix this?

That disk from her computer is a machine specific version, you need this disk
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
and follow these instructions
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Should I put it to SLEEP or SHUT DOWN?

Greeting everyone. I recently purchased my first Macbook, my first laptop ever. I've pretty much grown up using a desktop pc. I turn it on when I get home, put it on sleep mode when I leave it to watch tv or what not. If I'm done with it for the day, I turn it off.
Now before everone jumps on me for probably doing the wrong thing please note that I come from a "Turn it off when you're not using it kind of family". Can someone give me some pointers in using my new mac? For example, someone told me that I can actually leave my macbook in sleep mode the entire day even when traveling to and from school/work. Is this safe for my macbook? I apologize if this is such an elementary question.

I have found that my machines respond better when I just close the lid (sleep). It is important to understand that the laptop caches everything in memory to the hard drive before it goes to sleep, so you want to make sure you allow the extra time for that to happen (wait until the sleep light starts pulsating) before you move the laptop if you can. Otherwise you're moving the machine while the hard drive is still spinning. I know that the newer laptops typically have a Sudden Motion Sensor that will automatically park the heads under certain conditions, but why tempt fate? Depending on how many applications you have running, and how much RAM you have installed, going into sleep mode can take longer than you might expect. Whether you adapt a sleep or shut down operating preference (I prefer sleep- only shutting down every once in a while for OS installs, restarts due to problems, etc.), it is much more important to follow Apple's guidelines for calibrating the battery. Not only does following these instructions allow the computer to more accurately report the battery charge level, it also runs the lithium ion battery through a complete cycle - something that is needed every once in a while to keep it operating in tip-top shape. The instructions for the procedure are found here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/9036.html

Put imac to Sleep or Shut Down

What's up guys
I'm just wondering, I use Logic pro
a lot and I would like have quick
access when I have a creative urge.
How often should I shut down my imac
as apposed to putting it to sleep?

Several schools of thought:
1) never shut it off (but it's OK to let the display sleep, i.e., go to screen saver, but never let the computer or the hard drives go to sleep)
2) turn it on and off as needed
3) put the computer to sleep (including display and hard drives) when not being used
Considerations:
1) "always on" --- if having immediate access to your computer to get down creative ideas ASAP is important then there should be no other factors to consider.
2) "on/off as needed" -- the exact opposite of #1
3) "sleep" -- a happy medium? It depends... Waking a computer from sleep still means that you have to wait a while before you can start to record. You should experiment with your system to see how successfully it wakes up after being put to sleep before committing to this practice. Sometimes a system won't wake up from sleep and you'll have to re-boot anyway.

Sleep mode shut down

i recently upgraded to 10.4.9 and everytime i put computer to sleep it shut down after about 5 min. i checked all energy set pionts and they are default to never shut down. what could be problem?

Try these diagnostic procedures:
1) Try trashing these 3 .plist preferences and reboot. Reset your Energy Saver preferences.
HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration > com.apple.AutoWake.plist & com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.systemuiserver.plist
2) Do an Open Firmware reset: Hold the CommandOption+OF keys during startup. At the '>' prompt type:
>reset-nvram
Return
>set-defaults
Return
>reset-all
Return
Reset PRAM:
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound (bong) for the second time.
6. Release the keys.
3) Reset your PMU.
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Sleep or Shut Down with Mac Pro RAID Card?

I'll be gone for a four-day weekend trip, which is longer than the 72 hours claimed for the Mac Pro RAID Card battery. If I shut down and come back four days later, the battery will presumably be discharged. What will happen when I restart?
Asked another way ... is 72 hours the maximum amount of time that the computer should be shut down or do I simply restart and wait for the battery to recharge and the write caches to be re-enabled?
The FAQ for the Mac Pro RAID Card http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1346 talks around this issue, but doesn't say whether it is a good or bad idea to allow the battery to discharge for "... any length of time." Please review the appended excerpt from the FAQ and advise on whether I should sleep or shut down.
Regards,
iPhoton
Question: Why does RAID Utility show a yellow light and report the status "Write cache disabled"?
Answer: The write cache is disabled automatically so data cannot be written to RAID volumes when the battery charge is not sufficient to back up cached data for 72 hours. This message is normally encountered when a RAID Card is used for the first time, when the battery enters a conditioning cycle once every three months, or when a computer with a RAID Card installed is shut down for any length of time.
If your RAID card's firmware is M-2.0.3.3 or later, or E-1.2.2.4 or later, you can use RAID Utility to force-enable the write cache while the battery conditions itself. Warning: If you enable the write caches before the battery is fully charged, you might lose some data if the power to your computer is interrupted.

Thanks to everyone who replied to my message. I did a proper backup and normal shut down on Wednesday night and restarted on Monday morning. That was over 100 hours later and certainly more than the battery is specified (72 hours).
When I restarted on Monday morning I noticed ... no change! The battery was fully charged according to the RAID Utility, I received no warning messages, there were no new events in the RAID Utility log ... it's as if the extended shutdown never occurred.
So, an extended shutdown appears not to be a problem and I won't worry about it again, not even on my next extended shutdown for three weeks at the end of the year.
Regards,
iPhoton

My MAC mini looses the wi-fi connection to a Belkin N wireless router when it goes to sleep or shut down. I have to re select the network when restarting or waking the computer up. I think this just started with Lion. My iPod and iPad have no trouble.

My MAC MINI looses the wi-fi connection to a Belkin N wireless router when it goes to sleep or shuts down. I have to re select the network when re starting or waking up the computer. I think this just started with LION. My iPod and iPad have no problem remembering the wireless network.

Thank you BGreg. That is what I have been doing, and then it works just fine. I think it was doing the same thing in the previous version of Lion. I may be incorrect about that. I upgraded to 10.7.3 a few weeks ago, and then last week I reloaded the combo update, hoping it would help. Not so. Thank you for letting me know it is a common problem. I have tried permissions in Disk Utilities, and in Macaroni, both at least 4 times, plus numerous restarts. Nothing Improves. It still can not find the internet when it wakes up or gets up.

The fan on my mac runs as soon as the computer is idle, sleeping or shut down, i have tried resetting the SMC but it doesn't work i have to turn off at mains stop the fan.

My Mac is 18 months old and the fan has decided to run as soon as the mac is idle, sleeping or shut down, as soon as i touch the mouse pad or keypad it stops, i have to turn it off at the mains to stop the fan running, i have also tried resetting the SMC but to no avail, please can someone help?

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My mac won't restart, shut down, or go to sleep. And the volume and brightness does not work as well.

My mac won't restart, shut down, or go to sleep. And the volume and brightness does not work as well.

Connect the computer to the power.
Hold the power button down for 10 seconds or more.
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Best.

Sleep or shut down at night?

Hi, it just occurred to me that in summer with frequent lightning storms especially during the night, might it be a good idea to shut the computer down and disconnect the power adapter at night?
I tend to use the computer plugged in during the day, with short periods of battery use, and then at night I leave it plugged in and just close the lid. Even with old PC's I did this without a problem, but with my new MBP I don't want to take any chances!
Thanks,
Karen

karenr wrote:
Thanks.. re. shutting down at night, I thought there was an issue of wear and tear from starting up so often.. otherwise it would certainly be simpler to shut down and not worry about nighttime power surges.
I don't worry about wear and tear, because although technically it might be better to run your computer at full power 24/7 to avoid premature wear from thermal and power cycling, realistically nearly every Mac user either sleeps or shuts down their laptop at least once a day whether that's at night or merely to transport it (since it is a laptop after all) and therefore powering off is the norm, and it is not causing mass early laptop deaths.
We are also weighing leaving the computer plugged in versus the potential damage from a lightning strike, and we're saying the potential damage from sleeping or shutting down at night is assumed to be less severe than that of a direct lightning hit.
Re. sleeping the computer all night and draining the battery, I do that once a month to calibrate the battery, but isn't it recommended to not drain deeply too often?
You are right that is is recommended to not do deep discharges too often. But an overnight sleep does not drain the battery that far, maybe a few percent. What I didn't mention is that if your battery is new and fully charged, it will probably last around a week in sleep mode. One night off the charger isn't going to drain the battery unless, as I mentioned, it's an old battery with a fraction of its original capacity.

When waking from sleep, it shuts down

I use the energy saver to put the computer to sleep when I'm not using it. When I hit a button to "wake" the computer, it starts to spin up but then shuts down.
I was told by Apple (when I still had my call-in protection plan) that this was because there was no room on my hard drive. This first happened when I had about 1 GB left (60GB drive). I have subsequently bought an external drive on to which I have moved my music files and now have 25+ GB, so that should no longer be an issue.
Any ideas?

USB scanners are generally a red flag for sleep-related isuues but usually in terms of failing to wake or failing to sleep, not shutting down instead of waking up. You can check if the peripheral hardware is involved by disconnecting all peripherals other than keyboard and mouse, Starting Up in Safe Mode (to disable any peripheral drivers), and seeing if you can then sleep and wake the Mac without the shutdown problem.
The system.log messages indicate you have the Mac set to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN); I'm not familar wnough with that to be sure if it affects the wake-from-sleep issue. You may want to post that snippet from the system.log along with a statement of the problem in the Using OS X 10.4 Tiger forum part of the Apple Discussions in order to reach a broader audience than in the eMac part of the Discussions.
The 'SystemUIServer not responding' message may be helped if you try this:
-- trash /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
-- trash /Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist
-- reboot while resetting PRAM
To reset PRAM, restart, as soon as the screen goes dark, hold down command-option-p-r until you hear three sets of chimes, then release the keys and let the Mac finish starting up. You may need to re-do some System Preferences settings after resettings PRAM (see What's stored in PRAM?)
BTW, a viable workaround is to change the Energy Saver settings to slepp the display only after XX number of minutes, with put system to slepp set to Never and put hard drives to slepp when possible unchecked. That also ensures the Mac can perform the background maintenance tasks overnight. If you normally shut down an OS X Mac overnight or leave it in system sleep, the cron maintenance tasks cannot run in their nominal 3 am timeframe. (Display-only sleep allows the maintenance tasks to run). Tiger 10.4.2 and later will force the maintenance tasks to run after sufficient time has elapsed, but kust how long is long enough, and whether the timer is reset on shutdown, isn't entirely clear. You can leave the Mac in display-only sleep a weekend or two a month; you can manually Force Background Maintenance; or you can use a third-party utility such as OnyX to run the maintenance. Note that any system utility you use must be compatible with the OS version (e.g., use the Tiger version of OnyX with 10.4.x).

Cannot sleep or shut down when connected to TV through DVI

I recently reinvigorated my 2003 Power Mac G5 (Power PC) with a clean install of OSX Leopard and connected it to my TV via a VGA cable and DVI adapter. I soon discovered the computer would not sleep or shut down with the TV connected:
- Selecting "sleep" from apple menu, OR
- Pressing sleep button on original ADC monitor (with both monitors connected,) OR
- Waiting for 15 minute automatic sleep mode:
computer sleeps (tower clicks off as normal) but immediately wakes again
- Selecting "shut down" from apple menu:
computer shuts down completely but immediately reboots
When the G5 runs on only the original monitor, sleep and shutdown commands work as expected.
Aside from unplugging the DVI adapter every time I want to sleep or shut down, is there a solution to this problem?

I've seen the TV problem before, not sure there is a cure, but perhaps one of these...
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Showitem&id=ID15122041&partno =30011&search=VGA_SWITCH&rsite=&rcode=
The DVI ones don't have high enough resolution...
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Showitem&id=ID15122044&partno =81112&search=DVI_SWITCH&rsite=google.comsearc&rcode=

As soon as video touches my Source or Program windows the Mac Pro (3,1) shuts down

Linc,
You keep showing up when I search for this problem so I hope you can help.
I'm having the same issue in Premiere and Media Encoder (but not After Effects). My Mac just restarts itself as soon as video is loaded. I can start Premiere and open a project and go through relinking media, but as soon as video touches my Source or Program windows the Mac Pro (3,1) shuts down.
I've fixed the problem temporarily two times. The first time I was troubleshooting what was wrong and wound up putting in my old video card and after that fixed the problem, I switched back to my GTX 680. I also did a driver update. After doing that I was ok for a few days so I figured it was a driver thing or maybe the card just needed to be reseated. Then when it started acting up again I figured something was going on.
So I started searching again and came across one of your posts that recommended removing CUDA. I did that and it worked perfectly for a week until about 20 minutes ago. Crashed in the middle of an edit and now each time I restart Premiere it crashes as soon as video touches my monitors.
I found this post because I specifically searched for "com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(8.2.7)" from my Problem Report.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Darren
Fri Jan 16 14:43:42 2015
panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff7f999066a4): NVRM[0/4:0:0]: Read Error 0x00002100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x8a000000 0xffffff827e13b000 0x0e4000a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82776cbbe0 : 0xffffff8018c22f79
0xffffff82776cbc60 : 0xffffff7f999066a4
0xffffff82776cbd20 : 0xffffff7f999e0774
0xffffff82776cbd70 : 0xffffff7f99c1605d
0xffffff82776cbdc0 : 0xffffff7f99c4ea83
0xffffff82776cbe20 : 0xffffff7f99a05b8f
0xffffff82776cbe40 : 0xffffff7f9990ca2d
0xffffff82776cbef0 : 0xffffff80190b0a20
0xffffff82776cbf30 : 0xffffff80190af4c2
0xffffff82776cbf80 : 0xffffff80190af597
0xffffff82776cbfb0 : 0xffffff8018cd7607
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(8.2.7)[F79A7264-B40F-34B4-9999-D6F903ED90E0]@0xfff fff7f998b1000->0xffffff7f99b5cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f992bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f9989b000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f993a3000
            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.6.22)[91D61DEC-2946-3790-8134-B808C016C4 C9]@0xffffff7f998ab000
         com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb(8.2.7)[E7D6DD93-319A-39C6-AE77-19D08D903496]@0xf fffff7f99b6c000->0xffffff7f99d36fff
            dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(8.2.7)[F79A7264-B40F-34B4-9999-D6F903ED90E0]@0xfff fff7f998b1000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f992bf000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: nvda_drv=1
Mac OS version:
13F34
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the shortened log. Here's the full thing. By the way, where do you learn to read these things? Are there keywords like "error" that you just learn to look for or is it something for in depth?
Thanks,
Darren
Mon Jan 19 08:02:40 2015
panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff7f9cd066a4): NVRM[0/4:0:0]: Read Error 0x00504610: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x8a000000 0xffffff82813fc000 0x0e4000a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82927dbaa0 : 0xffffff801c022f79
0xffffff82927dbb20 : 0xffffff7f9cd066a4
0xffffff82927dbbe0 : 0xffffff7f9cde0774
0xffffff82927dbc30 : 0xffffff7f9d03e562
0xffffff82927dbc50 : 0xffffff7f9d015a35
0xffffff82927dbd10 : 0xffffff7f9d015e05
0xffffff82927dbd70 : 0xffffff7f9d016096
0xffffff82927dbdc0 : 0xffffff7f9d04ea83
0xffffff82927dbe20 : 0xffffff7f9ce05b8f
0xffffff82927dbe40 : 0xffffff7f9cd0ca2d
0xffffff82927dbef0 : 0xffffff801c4b0a20
0xffffff82927dbf30 : 0xffffff801c4af4c2
0xffffff82927dbf80 : 0xffffff801c4af597
0xffffff82927dbfb0 : 0xffffff801c0d7607
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(8.2.7)[F79A7264-B40F-34B4-9999-D6F903ED90E0]@0xfff fff7f9ccb1000->0xffffff7f9cf5cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f9c6bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f9cc9b000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f9c7a3000
            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.6.22)[91D61DEC-2946-3790-8134-B808C016C4 C9]@0xffffff7f9ccab000
         com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb(8.2.7)[E7D6DD93-319A-39C6-AE77-19D08D903496]@0xf fffff7f9cf6c000->0xffffff7f9d136fff
            dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(8.2.7)[F79A7264-B40F-34B4-9999-D6F903ED90E0]@0xfff fff7f9ccb1000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f9c6bf000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: nvda_drv=1
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x000000001be00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801c000000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 234985677156509
last loaded kext at 1019554175070: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.3 (addr 0xffffff7f9e577000, size 335872)
last unloaded kext at 421976737662: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9e428000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
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com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb 8.2.7
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 8.2.7
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com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 686.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
System Profile:
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 20 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 14 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, Display Controller, Slot-1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVDA,Parent, Slot-1
PCI Card: ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP, SCSI Bus Controller, Slot-2@2,4,0
PCI Card: DeckLink HD Extreme 2, Video, Slot-4
PCI Card: ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP, SCSI Bus Controller, Slot-2@2,4,1
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD, 480.1 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: USB 2.0 FD
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: External
USB Device: NS1068
USB Device: NS1068
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FCR-HS219/1 Mobile Reader
USB Device: Live! Cam Connect HD VF0750
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: Elements 10B8
USB Device: External USB 3.0
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: unknown_device, OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro, Up to 400 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 20 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x000000463732353142363245363830304600
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 14 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, Display Controller, Slot-1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVDA,Parent, Slot-1
PCI Card: ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP, SCSI Bus Controller, Slot-2@2,4,0
PCI Card: DeckLink HD Extreme 2, Video, Slot-4
PCI Card: ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP, SCSI Bus Controller, Slot-2@2,4,1
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD, 480.1 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: USB 2.0 FD
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: External
USB Device: NS1068
USB Device: NS1068
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FCR-HS219/1 Mobile Reader
USB Device: Live! Cam Connect HD VF0750
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: Elements 10B8
USB Device: External USB 3.0
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: unknown_device, OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro, Up to 400 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:

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http://eshop.macsales.com/item-specials/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/

When I click on my Imac to sleep, it shuts down instead

When I click on my Imac to sleep, it shuts down instead

Hello, Hank.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is an article that I would recommend when experiencing this issue.
OS X: When your Mac doesn't sleep or wake
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5357
Cheers,
Jason H.

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