When a Mac goes to sleep, a disk image is saved to flash memory of your current open apps and work in case your battery drains or there is a power failure while the sytem is asleep. Basically, everything is suspended and only the most basic hardware is kept running, like power to USB or Firewire ports.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Feb 19, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Sarah k Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > The only sleep mode I'm aware of is stand by. where the system shuts down, > sort of, but leaves your system in a suspend state. It does not save all of > your work to ram disk though. Hibernate mode, which can be gotten through an > app I demoed a few months ago on this list saves the state of your > environment and puts the computer in to a suspended state, almost shutting it > down but not really, like the bares do in the winter. and shut down, shut > down the computer totally. > > Take care > > Feb 19, 2013, at 1:31 AM, Patricia Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello All >> Can you please tell me the difference between the three sleep mode, and what >> do they do? >> Any further information on this subject would be gratefully received. >> Zaylyia >> [email protected] >> >> The past is history >> the future is a mystery >> the pressants is a gift . >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: William Lomas <[email protected]> >>> Subject: which sleep mode >>> Date: 12 February 2013 15:23:46 GMT >>> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <[email protected]> >>> >>> hi all is ee three sleep modes are available for the mac >>> sleep >>> safe mode >>> and hiernate >>> >>> i think in hibernate the ram memory is turned off? and safe mode it is kept >>> active but all current state of the mac is written to it when i close the >>> lid but doesn't hibernate mode save more battery power? >>> i went 20 percent drain within 28 hours of non usage when i set it in >>> terminal, to be in hibernate mode >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure >>> that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >>> worm-free. 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