#497843 - 03/04/1006:43 PMRe: To sleep or not
[Re: NucleusG4]
carp
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Originally Posted By: NucleusG4
I'm asleep during activity... just ask my wife.
I know thats what she told me last night just kidding
Mine is set to sleep as well after no activity , I figured the Mac is on idle , so sorta not using much energy , like some others , kinda afraid of a complete shut down .
As for the Mac , I thought when you shut down then the PRAM Battery kicks in , or thats for maybe when you unplug the Mac ?
Right. For desktops and towers when it's plugged in and turned off there is a trickle voltage put out by the power supply to hold PRAM settings. When it's unplugged or the power strip is turned off the backup battery takes over.
On laptops if the charger is plugged in, or the main battery is in and has any kind of charge it will use that to hold PRAM. If the power supply is unplugged and the main battery is out of the machine, or if it's discharged to the point that the battery shuts itself off to prevent total discharge (total discharge is bad for Lithium batteries) then the PRAM battery takes over.
No power source on any computer = PRAM battery time.
Most Mac laptops have backup batteries, except iBooks.
#499412 - 03/13/1004:37 PMRe: To sleep or not
[Re: drjohn]
dreed2
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I keep the Activity Monitor on my dock and occasionally check the amount of free RAM on the pie chart. When the green slice of the pie gets really low, I reboot. Otherwise, I just sleep it. Using lots of Adobe apps will eat up the free RAM, as will leaving Safari open for long periods of time (there is STILL a memory leak in Safari, after all these years!).
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