How often should i shut down my new air? It's my first mac and with such fast boot times, i wouldn't mind shutting it down to keep it alive and healthy.
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How often should i shut down my Macbook Air?
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When you're not using it?
Yes, the wake from sleep times are impressive, but unless I'm in the middle of something I have to save my place in, I just shut down. I even have the "CleanShutdownS" script on my desktop. Double click and voila! Off.
I'm sorry but I missed that part in both those links. Can you kindly point me to where Apple recommends letting the laptop sleep?
Clever!
I shut down my PC each and every night, like clockwork (pun intended). But I had heard that a Mac is different and either doesn't need to or shouldn't be shut down each night, so I was curious. Still learning...
You sure missed out. Awesome show. I shut down just about every time I am going to step away from the computer for more than 6 hours or so. i.e- when I leave for work in the morning, when I go back to work if I come home for lunch or when I go to bed.
Per the manual:
"If you arent going to use your MacBook Air for several days, its best to shut it down."
No reason given.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Air_11inch_Late2010_UG.pdf
"If you arent going to use your MacBook Air for several days, its best to shut it down."
No reason given.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Air_11inch_Late2010_UG.pdf
Sorry, it seems that they didn't mention the sleep or shutdown issue in those links. I apologize for for the false advertising.
However, this is widely discussed topic on the Apple Support forums. After perusing the forums for a bit it seems that it comes down to personal preference as to what to do. For my personal use I sleep my computer far more often than I shut it down, probably shutting down for travel or updates about twice a month. This practice has been great for the number of Apple notebooks I have owned as I have never had battery or power issues with any of them. I will link a forum post with much useful information. Again sorry for the improper linking! https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3740114?start=0&tstart=0
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HAHA I knew I read that somewhere in Apple literature!
No point to shutting it down so I don't waste the time. Updates will force me to restart so why would I do it otherwise? I love opening the screen and being ready to go.
No worries. Sleeping uses up battery, little as it may be, which is probably why the manual says to shut it down if not using for several days. Closing the lid makes sense if you intend to pick back up within a short time. I prefer to shut down at the end of the day and not drain battery unnecessarily. To each his own.
You don't ever have to shut it down. Some Software Updates require a restart, but not a shut down. If you're exceeding your RAM capacity and paging out, restarting will reset your page outs to zero and free up swap file space on your Flash drive. Sleep will consume about 1% of battery for every hour of sleep. Standby mode drains even less battery, lasting up to 30 days.
I can't speak for the macbook air but for the last 5 years, I NEVER shut down my Powerbook and it's lasted me this long. Sometimes (maybe 4-5 times a year?) it shuts off automatically due to unknown reasons. Maybe not shutting down improves the life?