{"id":47473,"date":"2021-04-09T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=47473"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:36:42","slug":"tech-tip-should-you-shut-down-your-mac-or-let-it-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/47473-tech-tip-should-you-shut-down-your-mac-or-let-it-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Shut Down Your Mac or Let It Sleep Every Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-284x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56429\" width=\"213\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-284x209.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-190x140.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-163x120.jpg 163w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382.jpg 520w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-190x140@2x.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SleepOrShutdown-520x382-163x120@2x.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One question that new Mac users often ask is whether they should shut down their computers at the end of the day or just let them sleep. The quick answer is that <b>sleep is better for your Mac<\/b>, and in today\u2019s Tech Tip we\u2019ll show you why it\u2019s better to just let your Mac go to sleep than shut it down each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shutting-down-your-mac-keeps-it-from-running-maintenance-tasks\"><b>Shutting Down Your Mac Keeps It From Running Maintenance Tasks<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main reason for letting your Mac sleep instead of shutting it down is that your Mac can\u2019t perform maintenance tasks during the night if you shut it down.&nbsp;macOS does a lot <strong>every night<\/strong> while your Mac isn\u2019t being used and it is \u201csleeping\u201d. Apple actually has a term for this sleep mode \u2014&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204032\">Power Nap<\/a>\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-so-what-does-it-do-during-a-power-nap\">So what does it do during a Power Nap?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-lot\">A lot.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mail<\/strong> receives&nbsp;new messages.<\/li><li><strong>Contacts<\/strong> keep&nbsp;up to date with changes made on other devices.<\/li><li><strong>Calendar<\/strong> receives&nbsp;new invitations and calendar updates.<\/li><li><strong>Reminders<\/strong> keep&nbsp;up to date with changes made on other devices.<\/li><li><strong>Notes<\/strong> keep&nbsp;up to date with changes made on other devices.<\/li><li><strong>Documents<\/strong> stored in iCloud keep up to date with changes made on other devices.<\/li><li><strong>Photo Stream<\/strong> keeps up to date with changes made on other devices.<\/li><li><strong>Find My Mac<\/strong> updates the location of the Mac, so you can find it while it\u2019s asleep.<\/li><li><strong>VPN<\/strong> on demand continues working so that your corporate email updates securely.&nbsp;(Power Nap supports VPN connections that use a certificate to authenticate,&nbsp;not VPN connections that require entering a password.)<\/li><li><strong>Mobile Device Management<\/strong> can remotely lock and wipe your Mac.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-your-mac-is-plugged-into-ac-and-taking-a-power-nap-it-will-also-do-the-following\">If your Mac is plugged into AC and taking a Power Nap, it will also do the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Software updates<\/strong> are download.<\/li><li><strong>Mac App Store<\/strong> items (including software updates), download in the background.<\/li><li><strong>Time Machine<\/strong> performs backups.<\/li><li><strong>Spotlight<\/strong> performs indexing.<\/li><li><strong>Help Center<\/strong> content updates.<\/li><li><strong>Wireless base stations<\/strong> can wake your Mac using Wake on Wireless.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While your Mac appears to be sleeping, it\u2019s actually doing a lot! The good part of all of this is that when you get back behind the keyboard and you\u2019re ready to start working, your Mac wakes up quickly from sleep and is ready to get to work. There\u2019s no need for it to go through the startup procedure, and it has already done all of the maintenance jobs it needs to do, so it\u2019s ready to roll.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mac users new and old often say that their Macs are running slowly, and when asked they usually say that they\u2019re shutting down the Mac every night. It\u2019s not surprising that the machines seem slow, as the Mac needs to run through all of the maintenance tasks it should have been doing while sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-macs-support-power-nap\"><b>What Macs Support&nbsp;Power Nap?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Macs built since the early 2010s support Power Nap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MacBook (Early 2015 and later)<\/li><li>MacBook Air (Late 2010 and later &#8211; requires OS&nbsp;X&nbsp;Mountain Lion v10.8.2 and later)<\/li><li>MacBook Pro (all models with Retina display)<\/li><li>Mac mini (Late 2012 and later)<\/li><li>iMac (Late 2012 and later)<\/li><li>Mac Pro (Late 2013)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"footnote light-blue-bg\"><strong>[UPDATE]<\/strong><br \/>Due to the nature of Apple&#8217;s &#8220;always-on&#8221; silicon, M1 Macs do not have (or need) the Power Nap feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-i-enable-power-nap\"><b>How Do I Enable Power Nap?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Owners of any of the Macs listed above should have Power Nap enabled by default. To make the Mac \u201cgo to sleep\u201d, you can select &#8220;Apple menu &gt; Sleep&#8221; from the menu bar, close the screen on a MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or move the cursor into what\u2019s called a <strong>Hot Corner<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hot Corners are defined in the Desktop &amp; Screen Saver system preference. In the lower right corner of the preference pane is a button for Hot Corners. Click it and a diagram showing the four corners of the primary display appears \u2014 each corner can have something assigned to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the screenshot below, <strong>Put Display to Sleep<\/strong> has been selected for the lower right corner of the screen. Using the mouse or trackpad to place the cursor in the Hot Corner puts the device to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners.jpg\" alt=\"(Selecting a Hot Corner for putting a Mac to sleep)\" class=\"wp-image-47474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners-284x75.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners-190x50.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners-284x75@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Active-Screen-Corners-190x50@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>Selecting a Hot Corner for putting a Mac to sleep<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To make sure that your Mac has Power Nap enabled, go to &#8220;System Preferences > Energy Saver.&#8221; You\u2019ll see the following preference pane, and just need to ensure that Enable Power Nap is checked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"footnote\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: in macOS Big Sur, the Power Nap preference is found in &#8220;System Preferences > Battery.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver.jpg\" alt=\"(Power Nap is enabled on the Energy Saver System Preference pane)\" class=\"wp-image-47475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-168x120.jpg 168w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-284x203.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-190x136.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-168x120@2x.jpg 336w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-284x203@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Energy-Saver-190x136@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>Power Nap is enabled on the Energy Saver System Preference pane (Battery Pane in Big Sur)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-am-i-wasting-energy-or-contributing-to-climate-change-by-not-shutting-down-my-mac\"><b>Am I Wasting Energy or Contributing to Climate Change By Not Shutting Down My Mac?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re energy-conscious, you might be wondering if you\u2019re wasting power by putting your Mac in Power Nap mode instead of turning it off. Well, it turns out that your Mac uses energy even when it is plugged in and turned off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out exactly how much power your Mac uses by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/environment\/reports\/\">Apple Product Environmental Report page<\/a>. Near the bottom of this page, you can find <strong>environmental reports<\/strong> for every product Apple has made since 2009, and that information includes just how much power your device consumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use a 27-inch iMac with a Retina 5K Display as my primary computer. When it is idle (that is, not actively performing any tasks) and the display is turned on, it uses 69.1W of power. Put that iMac to sleep, and it uses only 1.22 W of power. Turning the Mac all the way off, but keeping it plugged in, power use goes down to 0.24W.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The difference in power consumption between sleeping the Mac and turning it off is only .98 W, meaning that over a year, I\u2019m using an additional 5.7 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of power (assuming I actively use the Mac eight hours per day). At the current average residential electricity rate in my part of the country (12.04 cents per kWh), turning off that Mac each night would only save me about $0.69 per year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That 5.7 kWh also adds only about 5.68 lbs of CO2 to the atmosphere per year. Considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fueleconomy.gov\/feg\/contentIncludes\/co2_inc.htm\">burning a gallon of gasoline creates 19.6 pounds of CO2<\/a> and the average car currently gets about 22 miles per gallon, just driving .26 miles would create an equal amount of CO2 as is generated to power a sleeping iMac instead of turning it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2022 This post was originally published on March 1, 2019<br \/>\u2022 Most recently updated on April 9, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-links\">Related Links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43532-tech-101-tips-to-extend-the-life-of-your-mac\/\">Tech 101: Tips to Extend the Life of Your Mac<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/57756-use-the-macs-energy-saver-preference-pane\/\">Use the Mac&#8217;s Energy Saver Preference Pane<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/14636-power-nap-not-available-to-all-models-announced-but-works-with-aura\/\">Power Nap Not Available to All Models, but works with Aura<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12851-owc-radio-62-the-naughty-or-nice-list\/\">OWC Radio #62 &#8211; The Naughty or Nice List<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One question that new Mac users often ask is whether they should shut down their computers at the end of the day or just let them sleep. 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