Q: Force Shutdown: How Harmful?
Hello all,
My MacBook Pro (2012 edition, non-retina) bought in June 2015 has been subjected to a force shutdown 4 times in the past 13 months. There have been no visible side-effects or decrease in performance levels, however. Out of curiosity, how harmful is a force shutdown for MacBooks/Apple products?
To my knowledge, Apple is perhaps the only laptop manufacturer that, on its website, provides its customers with a step-by-step explanation for a force shutdown.
Cheers,
Vinayak.
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Posted on Jul 23, 2016 9:48 AM
Not very harmful - thanks to journaling: Mac OS X: About file system journaling - Apple Support
I've forced-rebooted quite a lot in my beta-testing days, and have never noticed any side-effects, aside from loss of data when I forgot to save a file. I wouldn't make a habit of it though.
Posted on Jul 23, 2016 10:34 AM