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I'll be getting a new MacBook Pro when the new ones come but I was wondering. I'll be using it a good percentage of the time hooked up to a display and using it like a desktop with an apple keyboard and Magic Trackpad. Is it ok if I leave it on 24/7 in clamshell mode? I'll have it sitting on a cooling mat if that makes a difference
 
Sure, just put it to sleep when you are not actually using it. Sleep goes to a very low power mode, nearly off, except for holding memory. It would completely cool down in a few minutes of sleep.

Unless you are planning to use it as a file server, or a P2P torrent server, 24/7 - not a reasonable use for a laptop, just my opinion :D
But, that by itself really won't hurt anything either. in Clamshell mode, you can turn off the external display, if you have to keep the MBPro powered up.
 
I'll be getting a new MacBook Pro when the new ones come but I was wondering. I'll be using it a good percentage of the time hooked up to a display and using it like a desktop with an apple keyboard and Magic Trackpad. Is it ok if I leave it on 24/7 in clamshell mode? I'll have it sitting on a cooling mat if that makes a difference
Don't do whatever if you don't really need to do. So in my case, I would unplug if the battery is already fully charged whenever I have time to do that but not very disciplined (i.e. setting up alarm just to wake up and unplug the chord) because battery obviously has tolerance level.
 
Sure, just put it to sleep when you are not actually using it. Sleep goes to a very low power mode, nearly off, except for holding memory. It would completely cool down in a few minutes of sleep.

Unless you are planning to use it as a file server, or a P2P torrent server, 24/7 - not a reasonable use for a laptop, just my opinion :D
But, that by itself really won't hurt anything either. in Clamshell mode, you can turn off the external display, if you have to keep the MBPro powered up.
I just wanted to keep it powered on all the time so if I was out and about and needed something on my MacBook, I could just remote into it through my iPhone or iPad. That wouldn't work if it was asleep would it?

I was thinking about getting a Mac mini since I mostly like to do programming on a big screen at home anyway, but I was worried if I go to school for computer science that I might need a laptop. That's why I was asking all this
 
So in my case, I would unplug if the battery is already fully charged whenever I have time to do that but not very disciplined (i.e. setting up alarm just to wake up and unplug the chord) because battery obviously has tolerance level.

I guarantee the Mac will manage its own battery better than you can by plugging and unplugging, there hasn't been any need to do that for about 5+yrs at least.
 
Don't do whatever if you don't really need to do. So in my case, I would unplug if the battery is already fully charged whenever I have time to do that but not very disciplined (i.e. setting up alarm just to wake up and unplug the chord) because battery obviously has tolerance level.
You don't need to do that.
 
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Is it ok if I leave it on 24/7 in clamshell mode? I'll have it sitting on a cooling mat if that makes a difference
That's what I do except I have it sitting in a wooden vertical stand I built si ti takes less desk space. It gets plenty of airflow around it. Anytime I take it out and run just on battery I get more than adequate battery life.
 
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I run presentations. Right before every presentation, I reboot the computer. So, my recommendation is that if you depend on flawless functionality for a public presentation, you would do well to reboot.
 
I run presentations. Right before every presentation, I reboot the computer. So, my recommendation is that if you depend on flawless functionality for a public presentation, you would do well to reboot.
That's rather unnecessary, this isn't Windows 95.
 
Having crashed three times right before and one time during a presentation... I disagree.

I have 16gb ram, 1Terrabyte solid state drive and 2.8 ghz MacBook Pro.

I do run videos in my presentations and I got this sage advice from another techy presenter.

Not only my MacBook but two (newer) iMacs at our church need that weekly reboot.
 
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Using After Effects and Premier Pro (among other things) to create the presentations throughout the week.

So, I have made it my practice (and our other media team's) practice to give a fresh reboot before our presentations.

Yosemite and ElCapitan both OS X versions and ProPresenter 4..5..6
 
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This happened 3 times in the last 2.5 years. I noticed that when I did some After Effects stuff and Premier Pro movies, the computer really should have been rebooted.

This is one example, in my opinion, where the adage "don't need to reboot" is just a bit overstated.

Going into a presentation, I always reboot to clear memory and any potential issues.
 
Having crashed three times right before and one time during a presentation... I disagree.

I have 16gb ram, 1Terrabyte solid state drive and 2.8 ghz MacBook Pro.

I do run videos in my presentations and I got this sage advice from another techy presenter.

Not only my MacBook but two (newer) iMacs at our church need that weekly reboot.

My guess is you have a buggy process running that is causing the crashes. When you reboot, that process is killed and is not started again at boot time. There is nothing unique to rebooting that is fixing it, though it's a convenient workaround.
 
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