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by mikae1 593 days ago
> Only time I touch my macbook power button

I almost never use it either, but I don't see how that comparison is relevant. That's a portable computer with a battery. I always turn off my desktop computer at the end of the day.

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If I may ask: Why?

The last time I turned on my M1 Mini was when we moved. The previous time was when my desktop UPS kicked the bucket and I had to swap a new one.

It sleeps in a low-power mode and is 100% silent, why would I bother turning it off and waiting for everything to boot up every morning?

> If I may ask: Why?

Because I don't have an UPS. If the power goes down, the desktop computer crashes and there could be file corruption.

I don’t really think I would bother powering off a device like a Mac mini. They seem to sleep just fine.
i believe you can enable “power on with space bar”?