Put to Sleep, or Power off?

Is it best for me to put my iPod Touch to sleep or power it off when I'm not using it?

are you sure? i read that turning off the iPod completely (and on again) actually drains the battery more.
since i read that (in a battery saving tips thread) i always leave mine sleeping. my battery behaves fine, it does get low after i've listened to a 3.5 hour radio show via wifi on the BBC iPlayer, or play power consuming games, but wifi/gaming does take up battery.
i do use it on pretty much a daily basis, and sync it (thus charge it, even a little bit) most days, but sleep mode works just fine for me.
i'd say if you aren't using it for a long period of time then powering off is probably better for it. otherwise sleep mode is definitely the way forward. (apart from anything else, loading the iPod touch up from scratch, takes a good few minutes, which can be a little grating if you want instant access to your music!)

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Lid won't latch - powerbook won't wake from sleep, must power off and on -

the catch on the lid of this 12" Powerbook G4 does not come out when the lid is closed; it can be brought out with a small tool. what is going on? the computer does not wake from sleep eitherl, must be turned off with power button and then turned on. If only the display is set to sleep, then it wakes up as expected. Are the two related? Is this a case for resetting the Power Management Unit, I could not be sure from the Apple article.

Bob:
Try starting up in Safe Mode, logging into your account, emptying Trash, then rebooting normally. I have found this helpful when I have had sleep problems with my Pismo.
Is this a case for resetting the Power Management Unit,
Wouldn't hurt to try.
In terms of your latch, it is likely a mechanical problem. When the tongue is pulled out try putting a very small amount of lubricant on the tongue and working it back and forth.
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cornelius

Sleep or Power Off

The little book says Shut Down when you're going to be away from the machine for a day or two. I know I almost always leave my iMac in sleep, but do I really want to be walking around with the MBP in a laptop bag while it's in sleep mode, or do I want to shut it down?

personally i leave it n sleep but then again the only times i take my machine any where it to class to take notes with it so i dont want to shut down and lose all the web sties i have open and have to reopen all the applications had or was working on.
if your traveling long distances or will have it away for a long time and you dont really need/want to keep all your stuff open you should probably turn it off. if the machine was hot right before you put it away it has the potential to over heat in the case and all that good stuff so turning it off would probably be better to help it cool down but its kinda a toss up just really depends on how long you are going to have it away.
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Is it ok to transport the MBP (in the back-bag) while it is in the sleeping mode? or should I turn it off totally before transport? Please let me know, thanks

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The MacBookPro actually has various possible sleep modes, but the default is one which both saves a 'sleep image" to disk (in case of a battery running out, etc - hence the slow "going to sleep" process, and maintains the contents of RAM - hence the fast wakeup unless the sleep image has to be accessed, but the continuing current drain).
Maintaining the contents of RAM necessarily uses power.
You can change the sleep mode using terminal if you wish, but a useful little utility called "SmartSleep" makes this easier.
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2) "sleep only" mode - in which power is maintained to the RAM, but no sleep image is written - fast both in going to sleep and waking up but less secure than the other options and still uses your battery.
3) "hibernation" mode only - doesn't maintain power to RAM, but writes the disk image - slow to sleep and slow to wake, but it substantially reduces power consumption while sleeping over any extended period and is safe if your battery runs out anyway.
(there are two additional modes which are relevant if you are using "secure virtual memory")
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Does sleep mode power off ext. HD?

I've got a My Book. The instructions say it only powers down if you unplug it, however the light turns off when I put the computer in sleep mode. It's powering down, right? (I've heard bad stories about external hard drives practically exploding because they're on all day long.)
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Hi there,
I don't think you have too much to worry about just as long as both your Mac and MyBook go through wake/sleep cycles properly. I've got an external and the lights go completely off when my Mac goes into deep sleep, prior to deep sleep, the external HD light does slowly "pulsate"...
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Put to sleep or turn off

Is it better to simply let the machine go to sleep, or should I turn it off every night?

There have been many, many studies done to answer exactly that question - and none of them have really come up with a conclusion that one is truly better than the other.
Leaving aside the ecological issues - after all, it's clear turning the system off uses less energy - it comes down to a question of which mode of use causes less wear or component degradation.
Switching the system off when not in use reduces potential wear on the continuously moving parts - hard drive and fan, and reduces time that current flows through components. Since components are generally rated in terms of 'mean time before failure', the implication is that switching off extends the time before something breaks.
However, it's not that simple. Switching off and thusly back on again when the system is next needed causes switching transients and thermal stresses on components - basically cooling when powering off, and fairly rapid heating when powering on. Additionally, the bearings on hard drive and fan undergo spin down and then spin up, where wear rates are higher than in steady-state running.
All in all, the studies have generally evened out to suggest that steady state constant running is perhaps marginally better for longevity than switch off/on cycles. However, in some ways it depends on how long the system switch-off/on cycle would be. Clearly there would be greater wear running the system constantly for 12 months than switching it on for 15 minutes in that period but otherwise leaving it off!
As a result, it seems reasonable to suggest that if you are leaving the system for relatively short periods, leaving it on is probably best, while if leaving it for a few days or so, it's probably best to switch it off.
A compromise of sorts is to set it to sleep - in effect this runs the system into a low power mode after a period of inactivity, then spins it back up to ready mode at the touch of a key or mouse button. From the standpoint of convenience this is a good thing, but is closely akin to powering down and back up again from the pattern of wear and stressing it causes.

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i tried fixing it but had no luck, although it was fixed for a brief time. I think the problem is with the wireless driver. I think if you uninstall the intel pro set wireless software and then disable the network adapter(from device manager) reboot and re-enable the issue should be fixed. My problem was that afterwards i tried sharing media from my desktop and the problem resurfaced.. So it was a short win.
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Sleep vs Power Off - battery usage?

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So, on a 5th gen iPod Touch, does sleep mode (e.g., overnight) significantly drain the battery or would it be more like my 2nd gen experience?
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Is it better to put Mac in sleep or just power off?

Hi there,
I am a new user for Mac, (i just have one Macbook Pro) would very much to know the suggestion: either we should close the lip, put the mac in sleep mode or power off every day when finished the work?
which one is better for computer? someone says better not turning on and off every day, do so unless you will not use Mac for days. but I also found people says keep the computer in sleep mode might have trouble to wake it up later...
any experts suggestion?
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I just added two external firewire drives and they keep going to sleep. I did not have this problem when using USB external drives. I have turned off "put disks to sleep" in power preference.

It is not clear if these are the same drives, just connected
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One thing that may be happening is that the drives firmware
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One day i was just flipping through my ipod i put it on sleep mode then next time i opened it without me doing anything it gave me an option of ''slide to power off'' i pressed cancel then it automatically went back to sleep mode it is still happening

One day i was just flipping through my ipod i put it on sleep mode then next time i opened it without me doing anything it gave me an option of ''slide to power off'' i pressed cancel then it automatically went back to sleep mode it is still happening my ipod is jailbroken and i didnt fiddle with the settings.. please help.

If it is jailbroken, we are not allowed to help you with that here. You'll need to seek out other sources of help. The jailbreaking could potentially be part of the problem, for all I know.
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Power Mac G4 MDD will not power up when put to sleep

When i put my MMD 1.42 G4 to sleep it does not wake up at all, even after restart the fans are blowing full speed and thats it, no video to screen nothing. There's also no power going to the keyboard and mouse.
I've notice that if I shutdown the machine for a few hours then power it up it will work fine, as long as i don't put it to sleep.
Doesn't anyone have any suggestions as to what my be causing this issue. Is it a bad logic board or power supply?
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There are some preferences that deal with power management and sleep, and some people find that those can become corrupt. I don't know if there are any in the top level /Library/Preferences.
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G4 mirror/when put to sleep computer shuts down, power up problems

I'm having some strange problems here, and I've looked through the topics and I can't find one that exactly fits my issues.
Recently my mac shut off when I put it to sleep and It would not turn back on, also the button would not light up when pressed. I unplugged it, checked the power source and when I plugged it back in the button light would come on when immediately touched and then go out, again not starting(note: my external hard drive comes on and after a few seconds shuts off). After trying it several times I gave up. About 4 hours later I tried it again and it started.
This has happened every time I've either shut down or put it to sleep. I feel very uncomfortable leaving my computer on all the time.
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