Tech Tip of the Week: Your Sleeping Mac – Shut Him Down Once a Week

When you are not using your laptop, do you shutdown your machine or just close the lid? If you’re like a lot of people, you just close the lid and let your laptop go to sleep. Doing so provides users an easy and fast way to resume work once the machine wakes up. It’s practically instantaneous to sleep a Mac, and when it wakes up, you get to pick up where you left off. However, doing this without ever shutting down or restarting your machine can cause some issues that might hinder the work you are trying to complete. If you do put your computer to sleep often rather than shutting it down, the Internal Technology Department recommends restarting your computer at least once a week. This will help to minimize the possibility of odd behavior with your computer.