Is it safe to run Macbook Pro a whole month?
Remember, when people keep their personal computers turn on for a whole month or an entire year or so and people still do this.
I am new to laptops. Macbook Pro is the first laptop I am using. Is it okay to run a macbook pro with only ' Display Sleep '' option turn on and not the sleep mode option. I keep downloading files and they are big like 10GB to 20GB file size. So I keep my macbook turned on all the time.
I don't have a desktop anymore just a macbook. So It's on all the time and I don't use sleep mode because it disconnects from my wifi.
My macbook pro is always elevated with a book and there is a table fan adjusted such a way so my macbook pro is ventilated.
Is this okay to keep macbook pro running entire month? I do shutdown my mbp and turn it on after 10 mins. I think shutdown and keep it relaxed for 10mins everyday can do well. I don't render videos or play heavy game. I just download
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Late MBP 15 inch
OSX version : 10.8.2
Jon P D wrote:
Every week day I use my MBP and I do not have access to a charger so maybe 1 in every 2 days it drains completely.
It's on like 600 charge cycles now, 84% battery health, pretty good for 600 cycles if you ask me. It lasts the same amount of time as anyone else's on a full charge.
I guess I could be an anomaly but I don't think runningit down is the end of the world if it happens once in a while
It's not the end of the world at all, but your battery would probably be better if you didn't. Frankly it hardly matters, plug it in whenever you can, discharge it as circumstances dictate.
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