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Mon Oct 8, 2012 8:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen
yes. i that is the page i used to try to get rid of it copied and pasted into terminal. but, it came back. and, yes, it matches closely my amount of RAM which is
16 gigs. and it happens after i put computer to sleep, or restart. but, it wasn't always this way.
doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:06 AM, Tim O'Donoghue <tjod@drizzle.net > wrote:
> It seems that Doug likely has 16 gb RAM on his system so the sleepimage file is the same size:
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> http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/
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> On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@snet.net wrote:
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>> Doug,
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>> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
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>> ...........Mike
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>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Doug Yelmen <dougyelmen@...> wrote:
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>>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> doug
>>> Doug Yelmen
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16 gigs. and it happens after i put computer to sleep, or restart. but, it wasn't always this way.
doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlin
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:06 AM, Tim O'Donoghue <tjod@drizzle.
> It seems that Doug likely has 16 gb RAM on his system so the sleepimage file is the same size:
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> http://osxdaily.
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> On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@
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>> Doug,
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>> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
>>
>> ...........Mike
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>> --- In macsupportcentral@
>>>
>>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> doug
>>> Doug Yelmen
>>> dougyelmen@.
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>>> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
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Mon Oct 8, 2012 8:29 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen
thanks, Mike.
the page Tim put in his reply is the same page i used to try to get rid of it.
http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/
i might call Apple.
doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@snet.net wrote:
> Doug,
>
> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
>
> ...........Mike
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> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Doug Yelmen <dougyelmen@...> wrote:
>>
>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>> thanks,
>>
>> doug
>> Doug Yelmen
>> dougyelmen@...
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>> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
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the page Tim put in his reply is the same page i used to try to get rid of it.
http://osxdaily.
i might call Apple.
doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlin
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@
> Doug,
>
> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
>
> ...........Mike
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@
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>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>> thanks,
>>
>> doug
>> Doug Yelmen
>> dougyelmen@.
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>> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
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Mon Oct 8, 2012 8:32 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Chris Jones" bobstermcbob
On 08/10/12 16:29, Doug Yelmen wrote:
> thanks, Mike.
> the page Tim put in his reply is the same page i used to try to get rid of it.
> http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/
> i might call Apple.
What do you expect them to say.... This file is *needed* when your
machine is put to sleep. You can delete it if you want, but it will
always comeback eventually, unless you never put your machine to sleep
again... I'm afraid but you are just going to have to accept it I think.
cheers Chris
> doug
> Doug Yelmen
> dougyelmen@earthlink.net
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> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
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> On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@snet.net wrote:
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>> Doug,
>>
>> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
>>
>> ...........Mike
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Doug Yelmen<dougyelmen@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> doug
>>> Doug Yelmen
>>> dougyelmen@...
>>>
>>> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> thanks, Mike.
> the page Tim put in his reply is the same page i used to try to get rid of it.
> http://osxdaily.
> i might call Apple.
What do you expect them to say.... This file is *needed* when your
machine is put to sleep. You can delete it if you want, but it will
always comeback eventually, unless you never put your machine to sleep
again... I'm afraid but you are just going to have to accept it I think.
cheers Chris
> doug
> Doug Yelmen
> dougyelmen@earthlin
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> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
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> On Oct 8, 2012, at 7:43 AM, mpstupinski@
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>> Doug,
>>
>> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
>>
>> ...........Mike
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@
>>>
>>> i suddenly inherited 17GBs of sleepimage. i've read it can be gotten rid of. i entered the command line i read from some guy off of google.
>>> but it came back. it wasn't there until recently?
>>> can someone tell me how to get rid of it. it is important (to me) because it is on my only 120GB SSD. (i shoulda)
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> doug
>>> Doug Yelmen
>>> dougyelmen@.
>>>
>>> I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." ~ Henri Matisse
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Mon Oct 8, 2012 8:32 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> For me and any others not aware of it, what the heck is sleepimage? 17GB of ANYTHING that shouldn't be there sounds like a major problem!
Google finds LOTS of useful stuff on this.
<http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/ >
<http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=291609 >
The MacOS has different levels of energy-saving sleep.
In SLEEP mode:
machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents)
In HIBERNATE mode:
machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used)
The default mode is sleep AND hibernate -- machine sleeps and hibernates.
In hibernate mode the system copies the contents of RAM to the hard drive so that it (the system) can go into DEEP sleep (hibernate) to save the power otherwise used to maintain data in volatile RAM. This obviously requires as much storage space on the drive as you have RAM. This is called the sleepimage.
There is also a neat little app called SmartSleep at
<http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html >
or in the Mac App Store at
<http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smartsleep/id407721554?mt=12 >
that lets you easily set and change this parameter.
Until the sleep parameter is reset away from hibernate, deleting the sleepimage is futile, because the system will re-create it.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
Google finds LOTS of useful stuff on this.
<http://osxdaily.
<http://forums.
The MacOS has different levels of energy-saving sleep.
In SLEEP mode:
machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents)
In HIBERNATE mode:
machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used)
The default mode is sleep AND hibernate -- machine sleeps and hibernates.
In hibernate mode the system copies the contents of RAM to the hard drive so that it (the system) can go into DEEP sleep (hibernate) to save the power otherwise used to maintain data in volatile RAM. This obviously requires as much storage space on the drive as you have RAM. This is called the sleepimage.
There is also a neat little app called SmartSleep at
<http://www.jinx.
or in the Mac App Store at
<http://itunes.
that lets you easily set and change this parameter.
Until the sleep parameter is reset away from hibernate, deleting the sleepimage is futile, because the system will re-create it.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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