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Macbook: sleep vs. shutting down
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaygray" data-source="post: 752947" data-attributes="member: 50033"><p>There is nothing wrong with putting the MB to sleep when not in use or while transporting. At night mine is usually plugged in, but I put it to sleep for the night. It will drain the battery very slowly though, so if you're not going to use it for a few days, you might as well shut it down. If it's just for the night, I'd just close the lid.</p><p></p><p>Macs are designed to be used. You can't overuse them (unless you're abusing them). OS X is also designed to run for long periods of time without restarting. Occasionally, if you notice it bogging down a little, a restart can help. But don't feel bad about using it for endless hours everyday. And don't feel obligated to restart it unnecessarily. If it's running smoothly, just keep using it.</p><p></p><p>As far as it waking itself up at random--was there anything plugged into the USB ports? Sometimes a device such as a cell phone can hiccup and wake it up. (phone receives text message while plugged into USB, etc.) Usually it goes back to sleep on it's own though. But if it does stay on for a long period with the lid closed, it will generate some heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaygray, post: 752947, member: 50033"] There is nothing wrong with putting the MB to sleep when not in use or while transporting. At night mine is usually plugged in, but I put it to sleep for the night. It will drain the battery very slowly though, so if you're not going to use it for a few days, you might as well shut it down. If it's just for the night, I'd just close the lid. Macs are designed to be used. You can't overuse them (unless you're abusing them). OS X is also designed to run for long periods of time without restarting. Occasionally, if you notice it bogging down a little, a restart can help. But don't feel bad about using it for endless hours everyday. And don't feel obligated to restart it unnecessarily. If it's running smoothly, just keep using it. As far as it waking itself up at random--was there anything plugged into the USB ports? Sometimes a device such as a cell phone can hiccup and wake it up. (phone receives text message while plugged into USB, etc.) Usually it goes back to sleep on it's own though. But if it does stay on for a long period with the lid closed, it will generate some heat. [/QUOTE]
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