Fwd: the difference between the sleep modes ?

2013-02-19 Thread Patricia Taylor
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 zaylyiala...@talktalk.net The past is history the future is a mystery the pressants is a gift . Begin forwarded

Re: the difference between the sleep modes ?

2013-02-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
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

Re: the difference between the sleep modes ?

2013-02-19 Thread John Panarese
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

Re: the difference between the sleep modes ?

2013-02-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
yeah. I drained my mac charging my iPhone all night once. and I forgot that I was on battery power and that I was in sleep mode when I crashed. Well, I learned my lesson that day when I could not practice for a performance. lol! Take care. On Feb 19, 2013, at 10:20 AM, John Panarese