While your Mac appears to be sleeping, it’s actually doing a lot! The good part of all of this is that when you get back behind the keyboard and you’re ready to start working, your Mac wakes up quickly from sleep and is ready to get to work.

Wireless base stations can wake your Mac using Wake on Wireless.

Mac App Store items (including software updates), download in the background.

If your Mac is plugged into AC and taking a Power Nap, it will also do the following:

Mobile Device Management can remotely lock and wipe your Mac.

VPN on demand continues working so that your corporate email updates securely. (Power Nap supports VPN connections that use a certificate to authenticate, not VPN connections that require entering a password.).

Find My Mac updates the location of the Mac, so you can find it while it’s asleep.

Photo Stream keeps up to date with changes made on other devices.

Documents stored in iCloud keep up to date with changes made on other devices.Notes keep up to date with changes made on other devices.Reminders keep up to date with changes made on other devices.

Calendar receives new invitations and calendar updates.Contacts keep up to date with changes made on other devices.So what does it do during a Power Nap? A lot. Apple actually has a term for this sleep mode - “ Power Nap”. The main reason for letting your Mac sleep instead of shutting it down is that your Mac can’t perform maintenance tasks during the night if you shut it down. macOS does a lot every night while your Mac isn’t being used and it is “sleeping”. Shutting Down Your Mac Keeps It From Running Maintenance Tasks The quick answer is that sleep is better for your Mac, and in today’s Tech Tip we’ll show you why it’s better to just let your Mac go to sleep than shut it down each day. One question that new Mac users often ask is whether they should shut down their computers at the end of the day or just let them sleep.

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