Like Sean, I rarely shut down anything. If I have to restart during an update or if I notice something not running right or for a few other reasons, I shut down or restart. I've been doing this for years on various computers with no consequences that I notice except, as I mentioned, that if anything does seem slow I then shut down or restart. This isn't at all to contradict the advice given in the sense of belittling it or anything; this is just the experience I have. If I found I was having problems, I would of course change my habits and shut down more frequently.
-- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 3, 2015, at 10:49 PM, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com> wrote: Shutting down a mac or any computer is important to refresh the memory. If the memory isn’t refreshed often enough, the machine will eventually slow down over time. > On Jan 3, 2015, at 8:42 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I've said it before and I'll say it again. I never shut down my MacBook > unless I take it somewhere. I don't see the reason to. I don't know if this > is the same thing with newer Mac models, but I heard from a trusted computer > technician that turning off and on a computer damages a hard drive after a > time. I keep my Mac on all day and night and it doesn't bother anything or > suck up power. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > >> On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I’m having trouble getting my Mac mini to shut down. I press the button and >> vo-right arrow to shut down and vo-space on it but it doesn’t shut down. I >> think the reason is because torrent is running in the background. sometimes >> I can tell it hasn’t shut down, but more often it doesn’t talk so I don’t >> know until I go to turn it on next day. what can I do to make sure it >> actually shuts down? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
