Are the New 24" iMacs able to stay on 24/7?

[joelw135]

How will my new iMac 24" 3.06 handle 24/7 in on position?

[ayzee]

Yes
I never shut my iMac down, it's running 24/7 as im always doing something. It Just goes to sleep if there is any inactivity. Id imagine there's also quite a large amount of people here who do this also.

There is an argument about if it uses more power keeping on 24/7 rather then shutting down/starting up.

[fohawk17]

yeah i know the old ones can. i have an imac g3 that i always leave on and it just sleeps when im not using it

[joelw135]

Yes
I never shut my iMac down, it's running 24/7 as im always doing something. It Just goes to sleep if there is any inactivity. Id imagine there's also quite a large amount of people here who do this also.

There is an argument about if it uses more power keeping on 24/7 rather then shutting down/starting up.

Thank you guys, I just read all the overheating threads and was hoping that I could leave it on. I also am always working on my computers and have left all on 24/7.

[ntrigue]

The OS counts on your iMac being left on in order to perform daily, weekly, and monthly tasks.

[joelw135]

The OS counts on your iMac being left on in order to perform daily, weekly, and monthly tasks.

Then 24/7 it will be!

[ViperrepiV]

i have a very noob question: if the computer goes to sleep, can you access it remotely? use it as a server? etc etc

[Aea]

i have a very noob question: if the computer goes to sleep, can you access it remotely? use it as a server? etc etc


No, you have to wake it. The iMacs support wake on lan so you can remote wake them up if you need to grab a file from it.

[Sdashiki]

Set one of the corners as "sleep display" corner, and when you walk away just move the mouse to that corner.

I find that 5 min of inactivity to sleep display isnt enough sometimes I dont like wiggling the mouse to make sure. And 10 min is too long to sleep when I walk away. Also, dim before sleep comes on far too quickly for my tastes. So, to the corner it goes.

[danny_w]

I have a late 2007 iMac 2.4 at work, and I leave it on 24/7 and set to never sleep (the hard disk and screen both sleep however). I have not had any issues with it. It does the normal hourly time machine backups and weekly SuperDuper! backups to a locally attached usb hdd.

[joelw135]

I have a late 2007 iMac 2.4 at work, and I leave it on 24/7 and set to never sleep (the hard disk and screen both sleep however). I have not had any issues with it. It does the normal hourly time machine backups and weekly SuperDuper! backups to a locally attached usb hdd.

My iMac is on the delivery truck and should have been here already, once it is here and set up I will find out.

[johto]

Set one of the corners as "sleep display" corner, and when you walk away just move the mouse to that corner.

I find that 5 min of inactivity to sleep display isnt enough sometimes I dont like wiggling the mouse to make sure. And 10 min is too long to sleep when I walk away. Also, dim before sleep comes on far too quickly for my tastes. So, to the corner it goes.

No need to have a "hot corner" for display to sleep. OS X has default keyboard shortcut already for this: ctrl+shift+eject :)