How to turn off and turn on the Mac automatically? A little-known feature of macOS to some users is the ability to turn the Mac on and off at certain times. The function, as you can imagine, allows you to program specific times for starting, stopping, reactivating or shutting down the Mac; It is useful if, for example, we want our Mac to turn on before we arrive at work and turn off when we are not working.
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Here is how I program the switching on or off of desktop Macs:
- Open the System Preferences, select “Energy Saver” and from here click on “Program”.
- You can choose when to start or wake up your Mac and when to put it to sleep or shut it down.
On portable Macs (MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro) just open System Preferences, select “Battery” and from here click (in the left section) on “Program”.
In order for it to shut down at the specified time, the Mac must be active and you must be logged in. If we haven’t logged in or the Mac is asleep, it won’t shut down.
Keep in mind that if we have any documents open with unsaved changes, the Mac may not go to sleep or shut down when scheduled.
Some UPS (uninterruptible power supplies) with USB port can be managed directly from the Mac from the Preferences (on “Energy Saver” in the Desktop and “Battery” with the Notebook) and set the shutdown options, selecting one or more options to establish when turn off the system after a power failure.
