For the latter, click on the Apple icon, then press and hold the Option key to change 'About This Mac' to 'System Information.' You can find it in Spotlight or Launchpad, open it from your Utilities folder in Applications, or right from the menu bar. Just open up System Information on your Mac. You can quickly see this information via the System Information utility, which is reminiscent of the Windows Task Manager uptime feature. If not, you're probably restarting to free of RAM or fix random glitches that happen. If your uptime is a large amount of time, congrats, you've got a smooth-running machine that can't be beat. Uptime is the amount of time your Mac has been running since it was last powered down or restarted. This data can then be used to help diagnose kernel panic issues, troubleshoot random restarts, handoff to tech support, or just satisfy your curiosity.ĭon't Miss: How to Control When Your Mac Starts, Sleeps & Shuts Down Step 1: Finding Your Mac's Uptime (via System Information) If you were ever wondering, Mac OS X's built-in utilities can give you information about your computer's uptime status, recent reboots, and recent shutdowns-and it's pretty easy to access.

For better or for worse, the computing landscape has accommodated this 'always on' trend, but you still need to periodically restart your devices-especially your Mac. I've also incorporated it into an Alfred Workflow.When was the last time you restarted or shutdown your Mac? In the post-iPhone era, most devices are now powered on almost constantly. Set the activity of the top left screen corner to givenActivty # Restores state of upper left hot corner. Set the properties of the top left screen corner to does not work Set givenActivty to get the activity of the top left screen # Gets the current state of the upper left hot corner, then sets it to sleep display. It can be downloaded on the developer's old website. I've gotten an AppleScript to work, though it requires a third-party, unmaintained, and un-registrable app-Extra Suites. Well, this is an old one, but it seems there aren't really good answers for this question anywhere.

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