{"id":60242,"date":"2020-04-01T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=60242"},"modified":"2020-12-29T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:10:58","slug":"should-you-shut-down-your-mac-laptop-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/60242-should-you-shut-down-your-mac-laptop-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Shut Down Your Mac Laptop at Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-284x284.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-284x284.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton.png 512w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-120x120@2x.png 240w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PowerButton-190x190@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can power off or shut down your Mac laptop, of course. Should you do it every night? Once a week? Never? Let\u2019s consider it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people leave their Macs running 24\/7, while others shut them down the minute they\u2019re done using them. Of course, if your MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro is running on battery power, you&#8217;ll want to put it to sleep or power it down when it&#8217;s not in use to save battery life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you shut down your Mac, all your open apps close and macOS shuts down, so the laptop users almost no power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In sleep mode, the Mac enters a low-power state. Its state is kept in memory, but other parts are shut down and won\u2019t use any power. When you turn on the Mac, everything opens up pretty quickly, whereas when you power it back up after a shut-down, it takes a few seconds. 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You can also set your Mac to go to sleep and wake up at a specific time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-most-mac-laptops\">For most Mac laptops:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On your Mac, choose Apple menu &nbsp;&gt; System Preferences, then click Energy Saver, then do any of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ShutDown1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60245\" width=\"476\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ShutDown1.jpg 952w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ShutDown1-106x120.jpg 106w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ShutDown1-284x323.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ShutDown1-168x190.jpg 168w, 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