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User profile for user: LucoBrasi LucoBrasi. Your Mac should not run through optimization tasks overnight. Feel free to turn it off. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: SeaPapp SeaPapp. Thus, closing the lid of your MacBook is not harmful to your computer; it is rather good for the computer and its battery. It is perfectly safe to leave the MacBook at all times. This is one of the benefits that users of MacOs enjoy. You do not need to shut down your computer at all times; you can simply allow it to sleep.
It allows maintenance tasks and processes to go on even when you are not using it. While some believe that shutting computers down is common with Windows users and not necessary for MacBook users, others believe that frequent shutting down does the battery of your MacBook a lot of good.
However, whether or not you should shut it down and the frequency with which you do so is entirely up to you. The way you use your MacBook and how much you want your battery to last affects the rate at which you shut down the computer system. MacBook uses lithium-ion batteries, meaning that they require low-level discharge to remain in optimum working conditions. Generally, it is advisable to shut down a MacBook computer when storing it. However, the length or duration of the storage period also plays a major role in determining whether or not to shut down a MacBook computer.
If you intend to store your computer for a few hours, not up to 36 hours, you may not need to shut down the MacBook. On the other hand, it is advisable to shut the computer down completely if you intend to store it for 36 hours or more. Shutting it down, in this case, will help save the battery life and lifespan. It also helps you optimize its operation, ensuring that the computer runs optimally the next time you use it.
Another important point that you should bear in mind while storing your MacBook is the temperature of the storage area. Temperature plays an important role in ensuring that a computer works efficiently. Thus, storing your computer within the temperature of 50 and 90 degrees Celsius, as anything below or above these two temperatures, can be detrimental to the operation of the computer. There are lots of differences between these two power states when dealing with a Mac computer. The difference between these two power states ranges from functionality, power consumption, and many more.
Below are some of the differences between the shutdown modes and sleep mode on Mac computers. You only need to open the lid, and your Mac will start working almost instantly. However, because of this, many people think they can keep their MacBook asleep forever, which is not the case. But when? While using your MacBook, you can log out of it, put it to sleep, restart, or shut it down at any time. Restarting is exactly what you think. I've been working with computers for more than 20 years and I am passionate about Apple products.
You can reach me at [email protected]. Since the Skip to content Twenty years ago, shutting down the computer every night was a normal thing to do. People who think that shutting down is necessary believe so for the following reasons: Powering off the MacBook will save on energy bill The fan will also be turned off and there will be no more noise from it Having the laptop constantly on will wear down its components This will help to increase battery lifespan Turning off the MacBook will force to clear its memory and as a result, the applications will have fewer bugs On the other hand, people have the following concerns about regular shutdowns: Updates, maintenance tasks, antivirus scans, other background activities will not happen when the computer is physically turned off.
If you set up your MacBook to be accessed remotely then this option will not be available. If you want to know more about remote access to the MacBook read my article here. It takes some time to start the machine and takes to start each individual application.
If you want to cut down on startup time, then do not shut down. Energy saving when turning off the computer A long time ago I was told a story about a restaurant manager who managed to save electricity by turning off all point of sale computers every night. Now when you know how much you can save you can decide if savings worth the efforts. Wearing down computer components A long time ago when computers had a lot of mechanical parts the ones that had moving pieces would often wear out and eventually crash.
Load fan noise One more mechanical part which still may fail is a fan. Increasing battery lifespan Regular shutdowns do not improve battery lifespan.
Turning off the MacBook will force to clear its memory Not all developers are superstars, so not all applications have zero bugs. Running maintenance tasks on MacBook All computers powered with MacOS run 3 sets of maintenance tasks: daily, weekly and monthly. When I ran the command on my laptop on April 4th the results looked like this: Maintenance tasks So, the last time the daily job ran was on April 1st at am, more than 3 days ago.
Beware that if you keep pressing the Power for a long time the MacBook will shut down instead of going to sleep. This is called forced shut down. If you want to learn more about issues caused by frequent force shutdowns check my post here. Choose Sleep from the Apple menu. Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner of the screen, scroll down and click on Sleep.
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