to shut down or put in sleep mode. also, what is Mavrick?

2013-09-16 Thread Linda C. Knight
Hi all, As mac users, are you suppose to shut down the computer or just let stay in sleep mode. Or is it just a matter of preference. Also, what is Mavrick I've been reading about on here. Is that the future update to mountain lion? Thanks Hugs and 73 Linda C. Knight

Re: to shut down or put in sleep mode. also, what is Mavrick?

2013-09-16 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Linda -- In my opinion, shutting down versus sleeping is largely a personal preference. I normally shut down or restart all of my computers, tablets and smartphones at least once a day, but I'm a an old IT guy who was burned once too often by operating systems that would not reliably wake up

Re: to shut down or put in sleep mode. also, what is Mavrick?

2013-09-16 Thread Chris H
I shut down my mac but that's my own choice and this is coming from using i.t. for years. Maverix is the next major update to Os X. On 16/09/2013 14:46, Linda C. Knight wrote: Hi all, As mac users, are you suppose to shut down the computer or just let stay in sleep mode. Or is it just a

Re: to shut down or put in sleep mode. also, what is Mavrick?

2013-09-16 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Brian, I nearly always put my iMac to sleep rather than shut it down. I do this because it is then much quicker to startup the next day. I just have to enter my password to startup. the disadvantage of sleep mode is that the computer does consume a small amount of power while asleep.