Sleep or shutdown

sheareb · Nov 16, 2013

Hi all, does it do any harm to continuously just close the lid and sleep the computer rather than shutdown? does this use much battery?

Weaselboy · Nov 16, 2013

sheareb said:
Hi all, does it do any harm to continuously just close the lid and sleep the computer rather than shutdown? does this use much battery?

It does not hurt anything at all. They are designed for that.

How new is your machine? The newer machines go into a deep sleep mode after three hours and use very little power. The new Macbook Airs can run up to 30 days asleep on battery power this way.

sheareb · Nov 16, 2013

Good to know, its a new macbook pro

ROLLTIDE1 · Nov 16, 2013

I run mine wide open 24-7 no sleep mode or silly screen savers

drxcm · Nov 16, 2013

Only time I ever shut down is if I have to for a software update or crash (i.e. rarely).

Sleep is fine

Voodoofreak · Nov 16, 2013

Mine is always in sleep mode. The only time it shuts down is when the battery is drained.

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