reboot occasionally

[jchuzi]

Unless you reboot every once in a while, your Mac will get kicked offline every 49 days I shut down nightly so I haven't seen this. Still, many people never reboot so beware.

[Xairbusdriver]

Thanks, Jon! I've set my iMac to reboot every 48 days, 17 hours, two minutes and 46 seconds. I don't like odd numbers! U kant bee two safe! 🤯

[Sooz]

Oh goodness, I’m still stuck on those little openings on the back of my new computeer. How do I set up a reboot? and I have to relearn about getting the thingies so I can use my “hefty size” pin drive and put some artsy-fartsy stuff on my new iMac from my old iMac. My “excuse" is that I had to go to the ER again recently—gosh that takes a lot out of me … as always, prayers appreciated if you feel confortable doing that.
Smiles,
Sooz

[jchuzi]

To reboot, go to the Apple menu and click Restart. You can also opt to click Shut Down and then start up manually by pressing the Power button. In older systems, you could automatically schedule a shutdown via System Preferences (or Settings, depending on you system) via its Energy Saver option.

If you like keyboard shortcuts, holding Control and Command and then pressing Eject will restart the computer.

I wish you the best for your health!