You now know that it’s not necessary to shut down your computer every night. However, occasional shutdowns are beneficial, even if you use your desktop PC or laptop daily.

So there are times when you should shut down your computer. But if you have a computer that you use every day, and you prefer to just put it to sleep, I don’t think you should lose much sleep ...

Contrary to popular belief, shutting down your computer regularly will not harm your device. In the early days of computer technology, the inner parts were a little more susceptible to damage.

“A shut down is a deep hibernation that ensures that your computer is not wasting energy,” Walsh says. “A restart only momentarily turns the machine off to stop all processes, clear the RAM ...

One strange piece of advice you’ll see in some places is that you shouldn’t just turn your computer off at night using the system shutdown, but that you should also turn it off at the wall.

COMPUTER users fall into one of two camps – those who believe it should be shut down after every use and those who hit the sleep button (or shut the laptop lid) and call it a day.

Getty Images. There's more than one way to shut down a Windows PC. You don't always have to use a mouse. You can use your keyboard instead. Plus, keyboard shortcuts are faster, easy to learn, and ...

Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Win Back Your Mac’s Controls. So, that’s how you can use your Mac’s keyboard to sleep, restart, or shut down your Mac using keyboard shortcuts.

On Windows 11 (or if you are still running Windows 10), you can use these three ways to find out why the computer shut down unexpectedly using the system event logs. Skip to main content.

Inevitably, just like any laptop, your MacBook will freeze up on you. Here are some ways to use keyboard shortcuts to shut down or restart your Mac.