Should You SHUT DOWN your Mac Every Day??

In this video I explain you how often you should shut down your Mac.

[Sayakawill]

Simply amazing, 30 seconds of messages and convert to a 8 minutes long video

[JJ-fqdh]

And you can find 100 articles that say its fine to shut down your mac everyday, basically its user preference, and there are no hardware issues shutting it down daily .

[AlansPower]

It's pathetic to see pseudo-engineers talking about computer engineering.
I'm a computer engineer myself, and I worked for Apple for 6 years.
IT IS NOT TRUE that shutting down your Mac will put "SOME STRAIN" on your computer that putting it to sleep will not.

First of all, he lacks basic physics knowledge on how computers work and tried to use the meaningless word STRAIN because he can't explain it (it's not a mechanical machine, lol).
So he uses "STRAIN" to appear "smart" to his viewers but exposes his vast ignorance on the subject.
All the tasks listed as supposedly causing the "strain" are done as pre-checks before constant use afterward. If you're smart, you will understand right there how his claim is total nonsense. Because the very strain is something the computer is undergoing all the time. These are just pre-checks. It doesn't mean if it's not checking them, these "components" won't be used. Quite the contrary, they are constantly used while it's on. And during sleep, a few of those will also be used because some tasks are kept alive. That's precisely the very same strain he was trying to convince people to avoid, which is stupid in the first place. It makes no sense. Sleep mode, using his own theory, will put MORE "STRAIN" on your computer than when it's shut down and turned on at the start of the day.
FINAL: Ignore these "Internet Experts" who use "keywords" to make claims without actually explaining the real engineering behind it. It's stupid to even think that these people know anything they're saying.

Note: The only reason we recommend users put their computers to sleep is just so our apps can keep track of and update data for users, to improve profits, conversions, and the overall experience. It has nothing to do with hardware or software integrity, "strain" (lmfao), or anything that could damage the computer. It's PHYSICALLY obvious that shutting down will wear the batteries LESS than sleeping in the long run. It's insignificant for most, but it will. It is PHYSICS; you can't WORK AROUND basic physics. It's high-school basic knowledge. You guys should know better.

These pseudo-engineers look like those fools who believe that someday we will create "anti-gravity" with high-tech, lol PHYSICS... lol.

[suzyalabama]

Ive been closing my Mac top but no matter how long I'm away, when I lift the top everything is still there. No sleep‼️😳

[itsmermaid_journal]

but my macbook pro was crash a year ago, then when I go to the service center at my country, they say it because I didn't shut it down, , now I'm confused~

[BarcelonasHotCrowd]

Interesting. Mac user since 1995 and yes, I shut my Macs down every night :) I don't really buy into what you say. Macs have always been built for the professional market and my gosh, they take everything into account when designing the architecture from the group up.

[royksk]

Useful information but far too long. Without all the repetition this could’ve been sharp, and to the point whilst saving 3 - 4 minutes 🙂

[im_heretic]

Then how often should I shutdown my MacBook

[mercy]

What if you don’t use the computer everyday and about once a week. I shut my down.

[AsvinThakur]

In short in this video the fellow youtuber said. Never shutdown you mac evryday as it do more harm than good as when bootingvmac will have to run Post (power on self test) . So his advice is as he has been using mac for 12 yrs (when the video was uploaded) to shutdown you mac once a week as it will guve bith the benefits and solve any issues that may come with overtime app in background running

[buddymorgan]

I wish I would have known this after going thru 2 MacBooks that my company provided me. The 2018 one I have now is starting to show its age but I am going to use these tips to try and make it go as long as I can. I have the Mac Studio in my office I shut it down once a week for 3 days, I hope I can make it last much longer. I am planning on buying a new Macbook Pro with M3 Pro and I am going to use all these tips to make it last as long as I can.

[jumanar]

I’ve been shutting down my MacBook Pro m1 pro 2021 every single day for one year, my battery health is 94% with 57 cycles . Should I be worried now ?

[_vtec]

Never shut down my MacBook air. I just put it to sleep and after a year of owning it the battery exploded. Thanks Apple

[oneDonly]

I loose about 20% a day when it’s asleep

[rezhaadriantanuharja]

Ah, that makes sense. I noticed that when I shut it down and turn it on, then run htop command, the processor is always at 100% for quite some time. Not shutting it down ever again then!

[tahamsalman]

Hey there, so recently I learned this new thing about not shutting down my mac, and a question popped up in my head, do I have to quit my apps everytime I'm finished with them ? Like adobe apps and productivity apps !! Please if you see this, I'll appreciate your answer thanks a lot

[ramelep]

you have been very helpful.. thank you

[KevinMillard]

sleep is pointless really we have a screen savers and yes your battery is in use when when its on sleep if your laptop its not pluged in to power but if its pluged into power then you never use the battery, as for the rest of your arugment on programs well you should clear the ram out so shutting down is a good idea it also prevents over nite hackers from getting into yout system while your sleeping. i always shut down my macs and my pcs and my ipads all the time my phone only gets shut down once in awhile because its my phone and closing down your apps that are not in use is a good idea as it frees up ram and processor etc and takes it eaiser on the battery as well and gives you longer battery run time when your on battery time. . a turned off ocmputer does not update by the way .

[ChaneltoSneakers]

Great video Daniel. This is very true!!!

[anyhow]

And this may apply in windows pc or laptop aswell?