Leaving Mac On -- Advantages / Disadvantages
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From: TaliesinSoft on 16 Feb 2010 09:34 Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my computer on in this manner. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: nospam on 16 Feb 2010 09:38 In article <7tvontF194U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it > continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of > inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly > maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be > interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my > computer on in this manner. none. the nightly routines run when you wake it.
From: TaliesinSoft on 16 Feb 2010 09:41 On 2010-02-16 08:38:00 -0600, nospam said: > In article <7tvontF194U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft > <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > >> Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it >> continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of >> inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly >> maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be >> interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my >> computer on in this manner. > > none. the nightly routines run when you wake it. I somehow feel easier having the nightly maintenance routines run when I am not doing other things. I have my nightly backups scheduled to run at times other than when the nightly maintenance routines are themselves running. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 16 Feb 2010 12:27 TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > I somehow feel easier having the nightly maintenance routines run when > I am not doing other things. Why? You you expect that something might get corrupted if the two tasks run simultaneously? Or that you will notice some slowness? > I have my nightly backups scheduled to run at times other than when > the nightly maintenance routines are > themselves running. For the same reason? -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: heron stone on 16 Feb 2010 09:56
In article <7tvontF194U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it > continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of > inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly > maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be > interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my > computer on in this manner. ..i got my first mac in 1984 ..i've left all my computers on 24-7 since 1988 ..two have been MBPs ..i've had no problems related to leaving them on -- unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO(a)gendo.net |