Sleep vs ShutDown

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iHaris

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Ppl, what do you suggest, sleep or shutdown?
As for the overnight and also for bigger time periods like weekends, day or two, even more.
I found some people said that sleep mode is better and not risky at all, can't do any harm to Mac, instead shutting down Mac every night can be more bad.

I was testing once, for about week i was just putting Mac to sleep when i don't need him, and it looks to me like it works ever faster, refreshed somehow, instead of little slowness after waking from being shutdown.

Whats are your experiences?
 
Desktop or notebook Mac? I'm only working with notebooks nowadays, and there sleep is certainly the better option. I guess a PowerMac, iMac or Mac mini might use a little more power when sleeping, but even so: It's simply more convenient to come back to where you left work instead of having to boot the Mac, re-open the important applications and files etc. ...
 
Well, with Apple now openingly selling the fact that Macs "never need to shut down", I'd say you'd be safe just sleeping. Personally, the only reason I shut my Macs down is to get through a particularly nasty storm, or to install a piece of system software.
 
The only time I shut my PB down is when I am transporting it, or a thunder storm. Outside of that, I do an occasional restart.
 
I only shutdown y desktop when i go away for a few weeks, and only restart my laptop after big updates. I'd say i have an average time between shutdown/resatart of 2-3 months, and my laptop is 3.5 years old now i think.
 
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