On Mar 19, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Dan wrote: > At 11:48 PM -0700 3/18/2012, John Carmonne wrote: >> Upon closer inspection with TinkerTool I found a 16GB file called >> "sleepimage". and erased it. So I checked some more drives and some have >> it and some don't. > > Macs support two Sleep Modes. > > Normal sleep powers down everything except RAM. Keeping the memory > "refreshed" uses battery power. > > Safe Sleep (hibernate) snaps your memory's contents to the HD then powers > down everything. This makes waking take a bit longer, but it means you can > hibernate for a long long time without running out of battery power. > > Safe Sleep is supported by most Macs since Sept 2003. I think all the > laptops come with Safe Sleep enabled *by default*. > > The basic settings are in the Energy Saver system prefs. There are quite a > few apps that have the settings also. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. >
That's a good feature for my MacBook Pro's. So I guess the way it got on some of my iMacs and Mac Pro was due to a CCC that I used to set up those machines. So even though I erase the file from the "non laptops" will it continue to regenerate itself? If so will a system re install eliminate it? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacBook Pro i7 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
