When some symptoms occur listed below, you should realize that it's time to reset SMC on your Mac. If resetting PRAM/NVRAM cannot fix the problem, you might need to reset SMC on Mac. In this step, you are able to customize your settings on time zone, volume, or keyboard preferences etc.
With PRAM, you don't need to worry that data will be erased regardless if Mac is turning on or off. PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory) is a non-volatile random access memory which is used to store system settings on Mac, including sound volume, display resolution, startup disk selection, time zone, and recent kernel panic information.
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Top Mac Cleaner to Free Up Space (opens new window) What are PRAM/NVRAM and SMC? Resetting the PRAM/NVRAM or SMC can help users to fix some glitches and restore Mac's basic settings to initial status.īest Mac Files Recovery to Recover Data on Mac (opens new window) In this these cases, you probably need to reset the PRAM/NVRAM or SMC on Mac. Have you ever suffered from the problems that the keyboard backlight behaves incorrectly, Mac is power off suddenly, or fail to connect WiFi? You restart the computer, but it still doesn't work.