How to schedule your Mac to turn off and on

imdb · Nov 2, 2022

Prior to macOS Ventura, macOS has a wake, sleep, startup, and shutdown scheduling tool built in, located in System Preferences > Energy Saver, or if you are on a MacBook, System Preferences > Battery.

If you wanted to switch on a schedule so that your Mac would shut down every night and start up every morning at a certain time, then you could do this easily:

Apple only lets you schedule two actions: a time to “Start up or wake,” which brings a Mac back to life whether it’s powered down or in sleep mode; and Sleep, Restart, or Shut Down. You can choose to have the action happen at a set time daily, on weekdays, on weekends, or on a particular day of the week. Unfortunately, you can’t schedule more elaborate combinations of options, such as restarting every Sunday night and shutting down at 6 p.m. during the week.

We’ll explain how to do that below.
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How to schedule your Mac to turn off and on by Glenn Fleishman and Karen Haslam

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