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What's your start-up time on Lion?
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i have no idea, mostly because I never reboot my Mac - one of the benefits of being a mac user
Why is it unnecessary to reboot a mac?
Doesn't it carry out somekind of maintenance tasks when booting and closing down?
I usually turn my macbook off and unplug when I've finished using it.
How long could I leave it before rebooting and would I notice any adverse effects?
It would be nice to just open up the lid and start working
As far as I've seen the past weeks (new Mac user), my Mac Mini works better the longer it runs, except Steam games. I put it to sleep every evening and it has been running for days now without a problem. The only time I restarted was to apply an update.
I was also an App Store upgrade. My start up times and show down times vary substantially. They never take more than 3 minutes, though, but that seems like a century. I wondered why sometimes it's lightening speed like the SL days, and other times it's not so quick.
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You make it sound like it's bad to shut down. I don't have to, but I take my laptop places outside of my home and don't want to waste the battery when I'm not using it and can't plug in somewhere...
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i have no idea, mostly because I never reboot my Mac - one of the benefits of being a mac user
You make it sound like it's bad to shut down. I don't have to, but I take my laptop places outside of my home and don't want to waste the battery when I'm not using it and can't plug in somewhere...
I didn't get that impression at all. I agree with the statement. The beauty of a Mac is you can run it forever without shutting down. The only time I reboot is when it forces me to (updates, etc.). It performs better with age
No - it's designed that way. Leave it running. It they wanted you to shut it down they wouldn't have given you sleep
No - it's designed that way. Leave it running. It they wanted you to shut it down they wouldn't have given you sleep
Windows offers sleep too, though. And well...Yeah. Haha.
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2010 iMac, i7 2.93GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD.
I don't know how long it takes to start up, because I never turn it off. But waking from sleep is only a few seconds.
2010 iMac, i7 2.93GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD.
I don't know how long it takes to start up, because I never turn it off. But waking from sleep is only a few seconds.
2011 iMac 2.8 GHz i7, 1 TB HDD = ~33 seconds
2008 early MBP 2.4 GHz, 200 GB @ 7200 RPM = 50 seconds
The latter wasn't a fresh install, upgraded it via MAS. It was worse before I reset PRAM, if you're having problems, do that!
2008 early MBP 2.4 GHz, 200 GB @ 7200 RPM = 50 seconds
The latter wasn't a fresh install, upgraded it via MAS. It was worse before I reset PRAM, if you're having problems, do that!
I think in practice it varies from ~80-200 MB/S. I'm not sure what my numbers are I just looked these up. I've had a positive experience so far with the XT, no issues that you might hear about. Updated the firmware twice now and everything is good, I'd recommend it.
DANG, this MBA boots quickly.
"Typical" boot time (cold boot or warm boot, doesn't seem to matter) is around 4 seconds.
"Typical" boot time (cold boot or warm boot, doesn't seem to matter) is around 4 seconds.
It depends. If you have sensitive files on your Mac, using Filevault 2 and shutting down the whole computer when you are away for a long period of time increases the security of the FDE a lot. If I´m away a few days and my Macbook is not with me, I´m shutting it down completely.
Shutting down is unnecessary to be sure but since I installed an SSD I've been doing it like every 5 minutes just to watch it all come back up in 15 seconds.
But that freakin' startup chime has got to go. It's really pissin' off the wife.
But that freakin' startup chime has got to go. It's really pissin' off the wife.
I'm an old Mac user from back in the day, that chime is music to my ears
I don't understand: Do any of you leave your home with your Mac? Who leaves their computer on to waste battery when they won't be near a plug? It's too difficult to imaging that you're always near a plug and never turn it off.