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Close the lid or turn off the power?

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netfangwei

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Apr 30, 2010
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Xi'An, China
Hello all:

My ME294 arrived this morning. :cool:This is my first retina MBP, the performance is far better than its predecessor MB991.:D:D

I have only one question. Should I just close the lid or shut down the computer completely before going to bed? I just wonder which habbit is better for battery life, thanks.
 
netfangwei said:
Hello forks:

My ME294 arrived this morning. :cool:This is my first retina MBP, the performance is far better than its predecessor MB991.:D:D

I have only one question. Should I just close the lid or shut down the computer completely before going to bed? I just wonder which habbit is better for battery life, thanks.
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Usually mine is plugged into a monitor already closed, so I just turn off the monitor and plug it in. You don't really have to turn it off unless you notice it's starting to get slow. If you just leave it by itself, plug it in and close the lid. The battery is fine sitting plugged in over night.
 
none of the above run it wide open 24-7 no silly screen savers or sleep mode needed
 
netfangwei said:
Hello all:

My ME294 arrived this morning. :cool:This is my first retina MBP, the performance is far better than its predecessor MB991.:D:D

I have only one question. Should I just close the lid or shut down the computer completely before going to bed? I just wonder which habbit is better for battery life, thanks.
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There are dozens of "sleep or shutdown" threads where you'll find many Mac users run months at a time without shutting down. Either is perfectly fine. One thing to consider is that there are maintenance scripts that run on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule. If your Mac is in sleep mode at the scheduled time, the scripts will run the next time your Mac is awake. If your Mac is shut down at the scheduled time, the scripts won't run until the next scheduled time. If your Mac is always shut down at those times, the scripts will never run, unless you manually run them or change the default schedule. You can manually run the scripts using the Maintidgit widget.
 
GGJstudios said:
If your Mac is in sleep mode at the scheduled time, the scripts will run the next time your Mac is awake. If your Mac is shut down at the scheduled time, the scripts won't run until the next scheduled time. If your Mac is always shut down at those times, the scripts will never run, unless you manually run them or change the default schedule.
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I always wondered about this. How can you edit the default schedule for each script?
 
netfangwei said:
Hello all:

My ME294 arrived this morning. :cool:This is my first retina MBP, the performance is far better than its predecessor MB991.:D:D

I have only one question. Should I just close the lid or shut down the computer completely before going to bed? I just wonder which habbit is better for battery life, thanks.
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I have MBA, MBP 17, and new rMBP. I usually don't shutdown if not need to. I only close the lid and open the lid when I use it. That is what I do everyday. My laptops usually up more than 90 days most of the time. The only reboot/power is the update or something really bad happen.
 
A shame Apple got rid of the sleep indicator, I foresee people's computer burning up unknowingly from not sleeping properly with the lid shut.
 
puma1552 said:
A shame Apple got rid of the sleep indicator, I foresee people's computer burning up unknowingly from not sleeping properly with the lid shut.
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I miss the sleep indicator... :/ I used to look over at it when I slept and it was somewhat relaxing! I felt like it was personalized to me or something!
 
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