Except that it won't. Unless you schedule it specifically in Energy Saver, the Mac won't wake up when it's sleeping...
-Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** On 19/12/05 11:08, "Caleb Cupples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, it lives in sleep mode when he's not using it, so it should > wake up and do the cron jobs on its own.. > On Monday, Dec 19, 2005, at 09:58 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: >> >>> I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but >>> he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was >>> new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its >>> behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3/400, 192 MB RAM) feels >>> more responsive than his Rev. A mini (G4/1.25 GHz, 256 MB RAM) >>> running Panther. Any help? >> >> >> Betcha he turns it off every night. Run a utility like Cocktail or >> MacJanitor to flush out the logs and do the daily cronjobs it's >> supposed to be doing at 3AM. >> >> betcha that speeds things up; when the logs get too big the consume a >> lot of memory while being written to, and on a marginal system like >> his, that really affects things. >> >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> >> This is the sig who says 'Ni!' > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
