Hello everyone,
There is absolutely no reason to shut down a Mac unless it crashes or
is running slow. The amount of power drawn during the startup surge
is equivalent to a couple of days on Sleep. You should, however, do
Repair Permissions about once a week. Only badly-written programs
require the RAM to be cleared by a Restart.
HTH
Anne
On Aug 3, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Chris Hallsworth wrote:
James, as they always say, don't believe in what the papers say! I
might not use a mac, but I can sure tell you that what you heard
sounds like fiction to me, because, if you think about it, why
would shutting it down and/or restarting it damage computers? The
features are designed to clear the RAM that was filled up in your
computing session, and nothing else. Hope that helps!
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Jolley"
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Subject: To sleep or to shut down?
Hi folks,
Just to clear up something I was adviced and have read elseware.
Is it true that it is best not to shutdown your mac? I have been
told that it's best to put it to sleep rather than shutting it
down. Is this fact or fiction? It's said that if you restart it a
lot, you could possibly damage it! Is this true or just rumours?
Best
-James-
