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Do you... Shutdown or 'close the lid'?
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Shutting down is an abomination. If your OS forces you to reboot constantly you are trotting down the wrong path.
But seriously, rebooting and reloading apps puts more stress on the battery and shortens its lifespan. The same goes every time you have to reload apps. The best thing is just to keep things running in memory for the long run.
This should not even be on your radar unless your OS is grossly unstable.
But seriously, rebooting and reloading apps puts more stress on the battery and shortens its lifespan. The same goes every time you have to reload apps. The best thing is just to keep things running in memory for the long run.
This should not even be on your radar unless your OS is grossly unstable.
I use the same practice you do and it works great. Especially now that all my Macs have SSD's. There's no reason not to just let it sleep. Unless of course one is going to let it sit unused for a long time. But mine gets used daily.
I close the lid. I never shutdown except in cases of severe thunderstorms and I want to disconnect my electronics from the wall in case of a lightening hit. Or if I go on extended leave out of town.
I've never had any issues with my methods at all.
Because I keep it plugged into my external monitor most of the time I have to unplug it from the charger, unplug all USB devices, wait a few seconds, then close the lid to make it sleep. Pisses me off to no end to have to jump through all those hoops.
But yeah, I just close it rather than shutting it down. Only time I really shut it down is if I have to reboot it or the battery is very low or something.
But yeah, I just close it rather than shutting it down. Only time I really shut it down is if I have to reboot it or the battery is very low or something.
Haha, next time you want to put your Mac to sleep without closing the lid, it's also quicker to press the S key while holding the power button.
Haha the reason I said I wasted so much time is I also close the lid after doing power > sleep. I never leave the lid open after putting it to sleep so might as well just close it
I close the lid, then unplug it and cover up the light, otherwise it bugs me all night.
It's funny you mention that. Some guy made a thread wondering how to shut it off and got swarmed by people saying it's ridiculous to mind it.
I agree in an extremely dark room that light gets pretty bright.
I WISH I could shut it off, but that's ok.
It's the only thing plugged in in my entire room, so yeah, it is pretty irritating to see the light go in and out every second. I could just like, you know, turn around the other way, but then eventually I'll move back anyway while I'm sleeping and then it'll startle me and wake me up.
I WISH I could shut it off, but that's ok.
Gotta put electrical tape over it, doesn't leave any residue and doesn't let any light through, works well
I never shut down unless there is a problem or I am forced to due to an update or something.
I have had this laptop for 3-4 years now, and never once did this cause any problems.
Don't see the need to shut down unless you are traveling and want to save battery.
Of course I have an SSD as the main drive, if that matters.
You should also make a poll to save pages/time.
I have had this laptop for 3-4 years now, and never once did this cause any problems.
Don't see the need to shut down unless you are traveling and want to save battery.
Of course I have an SSD as the main drive, if that matters.
You should also make a poll to save pages/time.
I close the lid and forget about it.
I bought my first PowerBook back in 2005 and a MacBook Air in 2009 and I never shut either of them down. I only ever restarted when I needed to. Everything else was just sleep. Neither of those computers ever had any trouble.
I bought my first PowerBook back in 2005 and a MacBook Air in 2009 and I never shut either of them down. I only ever restarted when I needed to. Everything else was just sleep. Neither of those computers ever had any trouble.
So running bootcamp is an abomination?
This is why Apple will never fix the shutdown bug. Nobody ever notices it but the few of us that have to reboot.
If the laptop isn't going anywhere (like into a backpack for a trip) then I usually just close the lid. If it is going somewhere, I shut it down before putting it into the backpack.
Although it's never happened to me, I've heard too many stories of people closing their laptop without shutting it down, and putting it into their backpack. Couple hours later they take it out, and it's hotter than a June bride on her wedding night.