You do not need to unplug or turn off a Mac. The Mac actually takes care of general housekeeping duties while it sleeps. In fact the best way to keep a Mac up to snuff is to never turn it off. Just close the lid and let it go to sleep. The system handles the charging.
Nor do you need to worry about the batteries. They do not get a memory like older batteries did. They'll be fine. You do not ever have to discharge it to nothing. Just let your Mac handle it for you. Even if you do accidentally allow it to get to the point of battery exhaustion, the Mac will save whatever work you have in progress and shut down before exhaustion for you.
Well, that is really good to know! Thanks so much!
Darlin and I are going to have a late lunch, and then I plan to delve into it once more.
I confess to feeling trepidacious....
Will report back. ... or more likely - will holler for help and/or hints! *sheepish grin*
Thanks again for helping!
LOL! OMG!! You are going to think I’m an idiot... or at least a maroon! And you would be right!
First of all, the command F5 did the trick, [thanks!] but then I discovered that because I had never used a laptop before, I was forgetting that you have to use the little pad thing to boss around the cursor.
Where’s the picture of the head slap?
sheesh
Well, at any rate, now that we have our communication problems with the device solved, we can at least now deal with the other stuff! We think. That may be outrageously optimistic, but once in a while the sunshine does break through!
I’ll continue to check in with reports, and requests for clarification, I’m sure!Thanks for you and the other macFReepers for being there!