Help, new guy

[desi1983]

hi everyone, i have two questions. one, when i am truing off the mac, n before it shuts down, if i close the lid, it goes to sleep...so when i open it up again, only then does it fully shut down....how do i correct this....?

and two, ifs there a way to trun the sound that plays when i first turn the mac on?

ok guys thanx

 

[DeltaMac]

Your MacBook goes to sleep when you close the lid. If you have chosen shut down, and close the lid before that completes, then the MacBook will go to sleep. When you open the lid, the Macbook will wake up, then complete the shutdown
This is just what you described, and is normal - so nothing to fix.
You can:
Just close the lid, and don't shut down at all. The Macbook will sleep. Many Mac laptop users operate this way. Open the lid, and you are back to work. Close the lid, and the Macbook can sleep for several days (possibly a couple of weeks) with no problem, and wakes in just a couple of seconds without needing to reboot.
That would also answer your second question. If you don't have to restart, then you won't hear the boot chime. (I think that was your question 'to trun the sound'?
OR, you can wait to close the lid until your Macbook finishes a shutdown, usually only a few seconds.
If you try sleep instead of shutdown, you'll find that you prefer sleep.

 

[CharlieJ]

Most people leave their mac's on allthe time, I heard that it is good for them (I dont know if this is true) but Ihave left my powermac G3 which is 8Years old now on all day all night, and I leave my iMac, Mini Mac, and Powermac G4 on all night, and thwy all work beautifully, even this powermac G3 im on right now.
Happy Maccing

 

[barhar]

'... when i am [turning] OFF the mac[book], ....how do i correct this....?' - a man in his doctor's office says: 'Herr Doktor it hurts when I do this', and the doctor answered: 'Do not do that.'
Either be patient and allow the MacBook to shutdown, or do not select 'Apple, Shut Down...' and allow the MacBook to 'sleep' as you close the portable's lid.

'... there a way to trun the sound that plays when i first turn the mac on?' - I hope I correctly translated that to 'how do I prevent the startup sound when turning ON the MacBook?'; and thus provide this link.

 

[davebz]

"Most people leave their mac's on allthe time, I heard that it is good for them (I dont know if this is true) but Ihave left my powermac G3 which is 8Years old now on all day all night, and I leave my iMac, Mini Mac, and Powermac G4 on all night, and thwy all work beautifully, even this powermac G3 im on right now."

Ok, I've got a solution to this and some truthful information. First for the unix heads out there: OS X cron scripts run every day at 3am. These are maintenance scripts that move out old files in various system databases including whois, whatis, etc...

Second for those who'd like to save on electric bills and not have to futz with terminal to run: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly.

I use macaroni. Great program! Set it once and forget it. It runs the scripts for you automatically and even can repair permissions whenever you want and clean up localized files.