Can I leave my eMac on for a long time?

[johnbro23]

Thanks for everyone's help. That really clears things up. Since I'm not paying the bills (my parents do), I'll leave it on all the time. No use worrying about putting it to sleep or shutting down.

 

[SuperChuck]

When I said my Mac had been on for 3 years straight, I wasn't trying to suggest that it had literally never been turned off. Although I usually go a week or so between reboots, my iMac gets a little confused after a long day of Photoshopping and needs a fresh start. Not sure why, really.

 

[saabmp3]

When I said my Mac had been on for 3 years straight, I wasn't trying to suggest that it had literally never been turned off. Although I usually go a week or so between reboots, my iMac gets a little confused after a long day of Photoshopping and needs a fresh start. Not sure why, really.

It's probably just full of page files and other crap. You could try leaving it on (not asleep) over night and letting the cron jobs take over. Might notice a big speed improvement. However, rebooting does the same thing.

BEN

 

[paperkirin]

Thanks for everyone's help. That really clears things up. Since I'm not paying the bills (my parents do), I'll leave it on all the time. No use worrying about putting it to sleep or shutting down.

You should put it to sleep whenever you can, really. Saves your parents money and is better for the environment. Your parents will thank you for the former, the rest of the world for the latter. 'sides, OS X wakes from sleep in about a second.
Kirin

 

[musicpyrite]

Although I usually go a week or so between reboots, my iMac gets a little confused after a long day of Photoshopping and needs a fresh start. Not sure why, really.

I also experience this problem, what fixes it for my is just loggin out, my compter seems just like it was after a fresh restart, and I don't loose uptime. 😎

 

[wowser]

yes, the wake up time on my eMac was superb. Recovering my Windows PC from sleep was like trying to wake up a 12 year old kid on a schoolday.

 

[Coolvirus007]

In w2k pro, to wake it up theres a progress bar at first showing the amount of time left for it to wake up. That take about 1.5 seconds to fill up. Then the screen goes black for 25 minutes. Then the computer wakes up.

 

[JLaFrance]

I think i've got you all beat, my old computer (imac 333) has been on for.....uhhh....6 1/2 years i think, i've got it working as a file server now so i ges thats why. no probs yet!

 

[Wyrm]

I think i've got you all beat, my old computer (imac 333) has been on for.....uhhh....6 1/2 years i think, i've got it working as a file server now so i ges thats why. no probs yet!

6 1/2 YEARS?!?!?! 😱
I assume it's OS... what... 7? Or Linux? That's 1998... if it's Linux please post the uptime. If it's not, then how do you know it's been up for that amount of time?

-Wyrm