Putting Your Macbook to Sleep?

What is the difference between closing your macbook & pressing apple-sleep? My friend aid that it is better to put your computer to sleep by pressing the apple then hitting sleep. I have been just closing it. Is there a difference? Is one sleep mode better than the other?

I think years ago Macs did go into different depths of sleep depending whether you selected sleep or they dropped into sleep.
However with the MacBook, well certainly with my MacBook, the sleep is the same whether I select sleep from the Apple Menu or I shut the lid. There is no difference, you hear the disk running for about 20 seconds whilst the hibernate image is saved, then the disk shuts down, and the fans stop if running, and the sleep light starts to pulse.

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Macbook to TV, Works fine until I put the Macbook to sleep then tv display

Macbook to TV, Works fine until I put the Macbook to sleep,
I wake the Macbook with external keyboard and the display shows up on TV just fine for a second or two then it looks like something changes and then it starts rolling.
It does not do this when Macbook is awake it only does it after it's put to sleep.

Probably the resolution is switching from a mirrored resolution to some other resolution that the TV can't work from. Try this; shut down the MacBook. Cable up the TV to the MB and also the external keyboard and mouse. Hold down the Shift key on the external keyboard, hit the start button on the MacBook and immediately close the lid on the MB after you've hit the start button. Continue holding the Shift key down on the external keyboard until you see the grey screen with the spinning gear at which time you can release the Shift key. The MB should now finish starting up in Safe mode with only the external screen being on. Hopefully the screen will not be rolling.
Once the MB finishes booting, go into System Preferences/Displays and set the resolution to the optimal/desired resolution for your TV. Hopefully this choice will stick through subsequent restarts and also correct the issue of the rolling screen under the conditions in the scenario you described.

I cant put my macbook to sleep

to turn on my macbook pro i need to leave the botton press and there comprises and when i close automatic turn off not working the sleep mode ???

5 ways to fix MacBook /Pro/Air that won't wake up from sleep
Some MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air won't wake up from sleep. My MacBook Pro was one of them. I have been googling for two days, and I learnt different ways to fix the problem. Not all the MacBooks can be fixed by the same one solution. Here I collect five common ways to fix the waking up problem together (trying to save time for others). If your MacBook doesn't wake up from sleep, you may try and see which solution works for yours. If any solution works, you may leave a message including your MacBook model and the solution. It may help the others.
Solution 1.Select a Startup Disk in System Preferences
I learnt this solution from AJ's post. AJ said even in a single boot MacBook, a startup disk is rarely selected, and sometimes, this may stop MacBooks from waking up from sleep. Here is how to fix it:
Launch System Preferences from the Apple menu
Click on Startup Disk
Select the startup disk of the OS you are using (click the single disk if there is only one)
Solution 2.reset SMC
SMC stands for Mac's System Management Controller. Many strange behaviors are related to disorder SMC setting. By resetting SMC, you may fix sleep problem of your MacBook. Here is how to reset SMC of your MacBook.
Reset SMC of a MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with an internal battery you should not remove on your own:
Shutdown your MacBook/Pro/Air
Connect the MagSafe power adapter
Press the (Left side)Shift+Control+Option keys and the Power button at the same time
Release all keys and the power button at the same time
Press the power button to turn on the MacBook/Pro/Air.
Reset SMC of a MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with an battery you can remove:
Shutdown your MacBook/Pro/Air
Disconnect the power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
Remove the battery.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Install the battery back and connect the power adapter.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Solution 3.turn off Safe Sleep (hibernatemode)
Safe Sleep(or hibernatemode) was introduced in 2005. This Feature writes the content of MacBook's RAM onto the hard disk before you put the MacBook to sleep. Normally, when Macbook wake up, it does not need to read the hard disk for the RAM's content, because RAM is not turned off when Mac is sleeping. Safe Sleep is there just in case that the MacBook is short of power and turn itself off or you remove/change the battery. And that is why it is call SAFE sleep.
Sometimes, Safe sleep may cause MacBook can not wake up from sleep. You may try to turn it off, here is how:
Launch Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
run pmset -g | grep hibernatemode
If you see "hibernatemode 3", you may go on the process, or else you need to stop and try other solution
run sudo pmset hibernatemode 0
Enter your admin password
This very solution fix my MacBook Pro. If it doesn't fix your problem, you can restore the safe sleep feature with running following command line in Terminal:
sudo pmset hibernatemode 3
Solution 4.Switch system to another hard disk if you have two
If you have installed a second hard drive (or SSD) on your MacBook or MacBook Pro, and have waking up problem of the mac, you may try to install Mac OS X system on the other disk of the book.
I have removed my optical drive of my MacBook Pro, and installed a second hard drive. When I installed Lion on the second hard drive, my MacBook Pro could not wake up from sleep. Then I tried installing Lion on the original hard drive, the MacBook Pro did not have the problem.
Solution 5.Reinstall system
Backup all you data, and try re-install the Mac OS X system. It always will be a solution to Mac problem.
I hope some solution above will work for your MacBook. If not, maybe you just have a broken Mac, it is time call Apple.
Original Source:http://www.o-learn.com/content/5-ways-to-fix-macbook-proair-that-wont-wake-up-fr om-sleep

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My G5 refuses to go to sleep, everytime I try to put it in sleep mode it automatically starts up. Can anyone suggest a solution to this?

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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.
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Is it better to put your macbook pro to sleep or just closing the lid?... if you are just leaving for like a 5 minute.
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What is the difference between closing your macbook & pressing apple-sleep?

What is the difference between closing your macbook & pressing apple-sleep? My friend aid that it is better to put your computer to sleep by pressing the apple then hitting sleep. I have been just closing it. Is there a difference? Also, is it better to shut your computer down every once and a while. It seems like it gets slow if I just have it sleep after a couple weeks. ALSO, after it has been on sleep every night for a while, my computer has trrouble turning off. I get the problem that says, the application finder has failed to quit try force quitting and try again

None.
There's no particular need to shut down the computer except when traveling or moving the computer.
Whatever other problems you've described have nothing to do with sleeping or shutdown. More likely you need to do some maintenance and/or check that you haven't installed incompatible third-party software.
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts had been significantly reduced in Tiger and Leopard.
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1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
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1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com.
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Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
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Putting MacBook to sleep

Hi
Sorry, if this has been asked before. I have been told that I should just put my mac to sleep when I am done. Why is this? I am used to turning off my pc when I am done.
Is it safe to travel with my Macbook in sleep?
Does the OS do system maintainance when it is in sleep?
I know there is very similiar posts which will answer my Q. If someone could point me in the right direction.
Thanks
David

Putting your MacBook to sleep is the same as putting a PC in standby. It will use a small amount of power while in sleep which, over a period of a few days, will probably drain your battery. If you're going to be away from a charger for a while, you can still shut down your MacBook to save power. When a PC is running Windows, a restart now and then helps to flush the system of a bunch of junk. You dont' really need to worry about that in OS X. There really isn't any harm in shutting down your MacBook if you choose to do so... there just isn't a need to.

Put Mountain Lion to sleep when I close lid

Can anyone help me put ML to sleep when i close the display lid? I've benn hunting google and ended up with searchterm <mac lion sleep "close lid" -external -wake -battery -airplay> which gave me nothing.
What I need is: wifi off, disk activity off, roaming network connections off, geo Location off, internal microphone off ...and so on. You are probably thinking "Why not press power button and click Sleep or Shut Down?!?"
Well, first of all i'm stubborn, secondly I want to be able control, and monitor, my computers activity/network communikations, and thirdly force of habit, I close lid and walk away.
Is it even possible in Mountain Lion? Close lid = actual sleep?

You can put your Macbook on deep sleep (or hibernate mode) instead of putting it in sleep mode when the lid is closed.
Even in sleep mode, the memory is running in the background to perform some basic operations.
But deep sleep would put your MacBooks into a complete shutdown mode and resume when you turn it back on.
Terminal copy and paste:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25
This would prompt you to enter your password.
This would enable the Deep Sleep mode in MacBooks.
Press the Power button each time you want to wake your Mac from deep sleep.
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