Running your Mac 24/7 vs. shutting down at night

[dotdotdot]

What about a PeeCee running 24/7 without restarting? (if you can make it that long without having to) ROFL 😛

For me, no joke. I leave my computer (PC) running 24/7, and it runs great the next day. I find it better, as when I wake up I almost always get a McAfee AntiVirus Update and some other good stuff, but I log off so I can't get hacked as easliy, etc. I've never been hacked 😉

 

[Lacero]

For me, no joke...as when I wake up I almost always get a McAfee AntiVirus Update and some other good stuff

Good stuff? It must be a JOKE! 😀 Good one.

 

[iGary]

I sleep all of my computers, unless I am going to be away from them while on vacation, etc.

As for normal maintenance, it's very easy to force in Terminal:

sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly

My PowerMac at home sleeps all but the couple of hours a day I use it, my iMac sleeps at night, and is off on the weekends, and I usually turn my iBook off when transporting it back and forth to the office.

We have a dual 867 MDD at work that has most likely been running for two years.

 

[Arodweb]

Thanks for the link, by the way. 🙂 Does the program "Onyx" do the same, or a similar, thing? What's the best one to use?

i've been using Onyx to run scripts,etc every night before i shut my G5 down and it works like a charm ! 😀