While Windows users often close down their PCs at the end of the day, those with Macs tend to leave them on indefinitely. Many Mac users engage in this behaviour because they want to pick up from where they left off, but also because experience has shown them that Macs tend to cope with this kind of behaviour – probably because Apple has designed macOS and Macs to be very efficient in terms of energy use and performance. But is this really a good idea?
Three options are open to every user when they’ve finished using the computer for the day: leave it on; put it to sleep or turn it off. But which one you should choose? Read on to find out.
DO I NEED TO SHUT DOWN MY MAC OR MACBOOK?
Over time, processes and apps can clog up your RAM (called unified memory in newer Macs) and cause performance to drop slightly, especially on older Macs. As a result, if it’s been a few days since you last shut down your Mac you may feel like your Mac is slowing down or not working optimally. You can rectify this by
