You don't even have to actually choose Sleep.
So what you want to do instead is choose Sleep. So it's either going to try and perform some of them while you're trying to use your Mac as well or it's never going to get around to doing them which is going to slowdown your Mac. Then you start it up and you expect your Mac to be fast and responsive and do all this stuff but you haven't let it perform these maintenance tasks. It's doing this while you're not there.īut if you shutdown your Mac it doesn't get a chance to do it. A lot of power is used by your screen anyway which is off. Like, for instance, index the files so you can do searches, perform backups, lots of different things going on in the background that it does in a very low power mode, it's not using very much power at all. There's all sorts of things that your Mac does. Maybe even prolong the life of your Mac.īut in fact what you're doing is you're preventing your Mac from performing some very simple, basic, everyday maintenance tasks that it's supposed to do while you're not using it. Choosing Shut Down you may think is a good idea when you're finished using your Mac. What I'm talking about is shutting down your Mac.
Video Transcript: So if you're new to Mac there's something you're doing, perhaps every single day, that you shouldn't really be doing. Check out A Beginner’s Guide To Whether To Shut Down or Sleep Your Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
