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Sleep question

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Saberon

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Sep 16, 2008
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Whenever I put my MBA in sleep mode does that write the 8GB sleep "file" to the SSD? I have 8GB of RAM. Seems like that could add up to some serious writes over the months/years.
 
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Saberon

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Sep 16, 2008
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Sorry I wasn't clear.

I understand RAM=sleep image size

My question is... Does every single time the Mac goes to sleep does that file get written? That could add up to a lot of writes.
 
GBlansten

GBlansten

macrumors regular
Jun 13, 2012
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Thick Ascending Limb
Saberon said:
Sorry I wasn't clear.

I understand RAM=sleep image size

My question is... Does every single time the Mac goes to sleep does that file get written? That could add up to a lot of writes.
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This has been discussed on many forums regarding the read/write border on a ssd. You should be fine. The ssd can take it and the conveniences of sleep outweigh the wear and tear on the ssd.
 
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