Hi,
Just bought a new iMac last week and have been wondering whether is it better to off/sleep the machine.
Hi
Morries - well, you'll be getting a lot of different opinions, but I agree w/
Ashwin that many of us here let our Macs 'sleep' rather that shutting them down each night - here's a four year-old article by
OSXDaily that is still pertinent as to explaining the options, although power management has improved in recent years w/ Apple's introduction of the
Power Nap - check the links; also, pic below of my MBAir's System Preferences showing the latter activated.
For myself, I let our iMac (early 2013; 'Power Nap' on) sleep - only 'shut down' when we leave the house for more that a couple of days; for my two Mac laptops, I leave each attached to power - only shutdown/reboot when asked due to an upgrade/update/installation; so, my two cents!
Dave
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