your most commonly asked tech questions in 90 seconds or less.

用 90 秒以內的時間，向你解答最常詢問的科技問題

Today, we're turning it on and off again.

我們現在不斷開機和關機

Start the clock.

時間開始

We've all heard this advice before, right?

我們都聽過這項建議，沒錯吧？

"Restart your phone on a regular basis."

「定期將手機重開」

But, does that actually do anything?

但，這實際上有什麼幫助嗎？

Well, sort of, it depends.

嗯，算是吧，看情況

The number one reason to restart your phone is to fix a glitch.

重開手機的第一個原因是修理小問題

Maybe an app won't open up, or it froze up on you.

也許 app 打不開，或是卡住了

Maybe your GPS is acting all wonky.

也許你的 GPS 靠不住了

All very good reasons to restart your phone,

這些都是重開機的好原因

which will close down any processes

這樣會關掉任何程序

or apps that might be acting buggy.

或是運作上有點問題的 app

But, why restart your phone if everything

但，如果手機似乎跑得很順

seems to be working fine?

為什麼還要重開機？

The answer is RAM, or random access memory.

答案是 RAM，又叫隨機存取記憶體

Think of RAM like a storage room.

把 RAM 想像成儲藏室

Every time you do something on your phone,

每次滑滑手機時

some amount of data is stored in this room.

有部分的資料會存在這個空間

Modern phones are very good at managing this room

現代手機很擅長管理這空間

and moving things around when necessary.

以及在必要時移動東西

Every time you restart your phone,

每次你重開機

this room gets emptied out,

這個空間就會清空

and that's why restarting your phone can be helpful.

這是為何重開機可能會有幫助

It helps clear out that room every now and then,

它有時會幫助清除空間

so random bits of data don't start piling up in there,

這樣資料位元就不會堆積在那裡

as if you're some sort of RAM hoarder.

搞得你好像是某種 RAM 囤積狂

So, to answer the question, the most common advice

所以說，要回答這問題，關於重開機

around restarting your phone

最普遍的建議是

says to do it about once a week.

最好每周一次

To me, that seems like overkill,

對我來說，這樣有點過頭

especially considering how good modern phones are at managing RAM.

特別是考慮到現代手機很擅長管理 RAM

It's definitely the first troubleshooting step

如果有些東西怪怪的或變慢，

you should take if something feels buggy or sluggish,

這絕對是故障排除的首要步驟，

but you don't need to set a weekly reminder.

但你也不用設置每周提醒

Hey, thanks for watching this video.

嘿，感謝觀看這部影片

If you have other tech questions

如果你有其他科技問題

that you want me to try and tackle in 90 seconds or less,

想要我在 90 秒內想辦法解決

leave a comment below or email me.

就在下方留言，或是寄信給我

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