Before you randomly press the power button amidst using your MacBook Air, think twice, there is a recommended method to properly reboot a MacBook Air laptop anytime. Therefore if you are facing any connectivity issues, slow performance, and any other weird activity, restarting your laptop will give you positive results. Here is how you can reboot a MacBook Air Laptop.
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When Should you restart your MacBook Air?
- Reboot if your MacBook Air is running slow.
- Restart if MacBook is freezing.
- Unsual slow internet speed.
- Driver or hardware error.
- If you are having connectivity issues with your MacBook Air.
- Reboot after a software or patch update
- Restart after hardware installation
- Immediately restart if you feel that your MacBook Air is acting weird.
Benefits of Rebooting your MacBook Air
- Speeds up the MacBook Air performance.
- Flushes RAM.
- Eradicates connectivity issues.
- Fixes internet connectivity issues.
- Flushes bugs.
- Stops Memory Leaks.
How to Restart the MacBook Air Laptop
1. Tap on the Apple menu at the left top corner of your MacBook Air screen.
2. Click on the Restart option.
3. If you don’t want app windows that are open to reopen when your Mac restarts, deselect “Reopen windows when logging back in.” However, if you want the app windows to reopen once your MacBook Air restarts, select “Reopen windows when logging back in“.
4. The MacBook Air will shut down and then restart in a few minutes.
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To restart your MacBook Air press and hold down the Command (⌘) and Control (Ctrl) keys along with the power button.
You can choose to forcefully quit an application rather than rebooting the Mac laptop especially if you strongly believe that the application is frozen. To do so, hold down the Option (⌥) key then right-click the offending app’s icon in the Dock and select Force Quit.