Lee, Thanks for letting us know about the change with Snow Leopard. I didn't know, ahhh to be knowledgable is a wonderful thing.
John On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Sandra Schreiber wrote: > >> do you all turn your Macs (MacBook) off at night? Sometimes I do, and >> sometimes I dont', and I don't know which is best. Sandy > > I never turn my machines off. I have the hard drives set to sleep "when > possible" and the monitors blank out after 15 minutes. With desktop machines, > I just get up and walk away after I'm done working. With laptops, I usually > close the lid. The only time my machines are rebooted is when it's required > by a software or hardware upgrade, or (infrequently) by a crash. > > The old advice that you should leave your machine on to do housekeeping > during the wee hours is no longer valid. With Snow Leopard, Apple switched > from cron to launchd for scheduled tasks. It is now smart enough to do the > housekeeping the next time it gets the chance, if it's sleeping or off during > the normally scheduled time. > > I've been thinking about setting my machines to sleep overnight in order to > save a little energy, but I run overnight jobs often enough that this seems > it would be a nuisance because I'd always be turning it on and off. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
