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hanzo · 13th July 2008, 17:17

I've not experienced this, but then again I don't use shutdown ever.

If you are looking to turn the system completely "off" to conserve power, but want a "faster" shutdown, you may want to try changing the default sleep pattern to "deep sleep". This isn't an option readily available from any of the SysPrefs, but there is a handy widget to do it for you.

Deep Sleep

You can also change this behavior from Terminal, but this accomplishes the same thing (and is much easier).

Coming from a Windows background, Deep Sleep is reminiscent of Hibernate in the sense that it writes out the current state to hard disk. As such it takes a little bit longer than regular sleep, but I typically see it run for about 45 seconds. Booting back up alternates between faster than normal boot or longer than normal boot. Really depends on the systems state at shutdown.

Your Mileage May Vary, Caveat Emptor, Beware of Dog, etc.

13th July 2008, 17:17	#3 (permalink)
hanzo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 178	I've not experienced this, but then again I don't use shutdown ever. If you are looking to turn the system completely "off" to conserve power, but want a "faster" shutdown, you may want to try changing the default sleep pattern to "deep sleep". This isn't an option readily available from any of the SysPrefs, but there is a handy widget to do it for you. Deep Sleep You can also change this behavior from Terminal, but this accomplishes the same thing (and is much easier). Coming from a Windows background, Deep Sleep is reminiscent of Hibernate in the sense that it writes out the current state to hard disk. As such it takes a little bit longer than regular sleep, but I typically see it run for about 45 seconds. Booting back up alternates between faster than normal boot or longer than normal boot. Really depends on the systems state at shutdown. Your Mileage May Vary, Caveat Emptor, Beware of Dog, etc.