Hi. Wow Ricardo, that article was very helpful. The pros of leaving my Mac on outweigh the cons.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:49 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > nope. turning your computer on/off doesn’t damage any hardware. > > That being said, I leave my Mac on all the time as well. I’ll restart maybe > once every 2 or 3 weeks for any number of reasons. From updates, to general > maintenance. > > Bottom line though, you don’t really gain or lose anything either way you go. > > Here’s an article about this topic. > > http://www.dyminsystems.com/2012/10/04/turn-off-computer/ > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > >> On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
