Turn off keyboard/mouse during sleepmode???

Jonah82 · Jonah82 #1 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 04:46 PM

When I did the iMAC woke up looking for them. What is the correct way to put it to sleep? I did this to save battery power.

Or do I need to turn it off every night?

Jonah

Jellytoes · Jellytoes #2 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonah82

When I did the iMAC woke up looking for them. What is the correct way to put it to sleep? I did this to save battery power.

Or do I need to turn it off every night?

Jonah

I asked the same question last week....short answer was "Not really necessary"....but I still turn it off after shutdown and turn it on before startup.

It's a personal pref I guess.....let's see who else chimes in....

Chef_eam · Chef_eam #3 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 08:28 PM

When I am finished with my iMac for the day, I put it in sleep mode, leaving the mouse and keyboard turned on. I use the mouse and keyboard heavily and after a month, the battery level on both is still showing 100%, so I don't think that leaving them on when the computer is sleeping will cause significant battery drain. I always use sleep mode and I don't think I have actually turned the computer off in the month I have had it, other than restarts when doing updates, etc.

T_O_P12 · T_O_P12 #4 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 11:00 PM

I find my mouse battery drains a lot quicker than the keyboard. I just changed the mouse battery's for the first time since I got it in December but the keyboard still says 100% so I usually just shut my mouse off and let the keyboard sit on.

chas_m · chas_m #5 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 11:17 PM

For the keyboard, I wouldn't worry about it. For the mouse, I often turn it off before putting the computer to sleep (since I always invoke sleep via the keyboard), which seems to help the battery life of the mouse.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #6 (**permalink**)

03-11-2010, 11:34 PM

I sit my Magic Mouse on its cradle and then do Cmmnd/Option/Eject and even with caffeine enabled it goes to sleep.

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Jonah82 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2010 Posts: 5	03-11-2010, 04:46 PM When I did the iMAC woke up looking for them. What is the correct way to put it to sleep? I did this to save battery power. Or do I need to turn it off every night? Jonah
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T_O_P12 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 212 Mac Specs: 27" iMac Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz RAM, iPhone 4S	03-11-2010, 11:00 PM I find my mouse battery drains a lot quicker than the keyboard. I just changed the mouse battery's for the first time since I got it in December but the keyboard still says 100% so I usually just shut my mouse off and let the keyboard sit on.
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Collin Bl #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,291 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, MBP 13 & iMac 20, 2TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4S	03-11-2010, 11:34 PM I sit my Magic Mouse on its cradle and then do Cmmnd/Option/Eject and even with caffeine enabled it goes to sleep.
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