shut off or sleep?

[PaulCostello]

I'm still pretty new to iMacs, so forgive the newbie questions. Should i shut down system or leave to sleep?

 

[Mac'nCheese]

I'm still pretty new to iMacs, so forgive the newbie questions. Should i shut down system or leave to sleep?

I sleep my macs always unless I'm going on vacation. Never cause any problems and probably better for the machine then turning it off/on every time one of us at home wants to use it.

 

[PaulCostello]

ahh. I was thinking the same. I guess ill just leave it to sleep unless i know I'll be away for an extended time. Thanks for quick response!

 

[GGJstudios]

I'm still pretty new to iMacs, so forgive the newbie questions. Should i shut down system or leave to sleep?

Sleeping is fine. There's no need to shut down, except for some Software Updates.

Is it 'bad' to never shut an iMac down, but instead sleep it?