I usually use the sleep schedule every night to turn off my laptop once I've fallen asleep Its a necessity for me! why did they take energy saver away it's literally a good thing even in its name.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
Hi clair115,
It seems that Apple did remove those options from System Settings starting in macOS Ventura, but you can still set a schedule if you're comfortable with using Terminal.
If you aren't familiar with Terminal, please ignore the below. It's safer not to use Terminal.
Apple's support article regarding this: Schedule your Mac to turn on or off in Terminal - Apple Support (CA)
I attached the relevant portion of the pmset man page below. To apply or change a schedule, you'll need to add "sudo " before the command, which runs it with system privileges.
Enter administrator commands in Terminal on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Enter a password in the Terminal window on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Hi clair115,
It seems that Apple did remove those options from System Settings starting in macOS Ventura, but you can still set a schedule if you're comfortable with using Terminal.
If you aren't familiar with Terminal, please ignore the below. It's safer not to use Terminal.
Apple's support article regarding this: Schedule your Mac to turn on or off in Terminal - Apple Support (CA)
I attached the relevant portion of the pmset man page below. To apply or change a schedule, you'll need to add "sudo " before the command, which runs it with system privileges.
Enter administrator commands in Terminal on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Enter a password in the Terminal window on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
I use terminal to auto shut down and start up each day. here is an overview:
Using Terminal to set start up and shut down each day
Separately:
Shut down each day at 9:30 pm:
Sudo pmset repeat shutdown MTWRFSU 21:30:00 and hit return
Enter PW if required
Startup every day at 6:00AM:
Sudo pmset repeat wake MTWRFSU 6:00:00 and hit return
To have both startup and shutdown:
Sudo pmset repeat poweron MTWRFSU 6:00:00 shutdown MTWRFSU 21:30:00
To check if these were set:
Pmset -g sched
To cancel all settings:
Sudo pmset repeat cancel and hit return
Monday=M
Tuesday=T
Wednesday=W
Thursday=R
Friday=F
Saturday=S
Sunday=U
There is a well established (been around for a very long time) Mac app (100% free, no subscriptions or hidden purchases) called OnyX that lets you control many low-level & hidden functions of your Mac. Amongst it's control functions is something called "Scheduling". It's located under Utilities > Scheduling. I believe this will accomplish what Apple used to provide to users natively under the UI but now requires Terminal commands.
Easy to find...Google "OnyX Mac"
Open system setting, go to "Lock Screen" then you will be able to do the settings. I hope it helps.
eveinmt wrote:
Apple, please bring back the ability to schedule my MacBook Pro turn on an turn off! So frustrating not to have this function any more. I'm not comfortable using Terminal so that option won't work for me. Put it back into the System Settings.
Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
Mac desktops have the option in Settings to take action when a UPS starts supplying backup power (assuming a USB cable is connected from the UPS to the Mac): Set when your Mac shuts down while using a UPS - Apple Support (CA)
The pmset command in Terminal can also manage this. To see what options are available and how to use the command:
It is hard to say what Apple was thinking here, or with some of their other recent design changes. You can always provide Apple with product feedback here:
I also think it was a poor decision to take away the ability to schedule my iMac to turn on and turn off. I do not want to mess with terminal to do it because I could screw up something and I don't like that. With all of the new "additions" why take away something beneficial to consumers. And even though it's a simple thing, I have to reconsider my computer purchases in the future.
My workstation is under UPS, and I'd like the Mac to shut down itself after a certain amount of time during a power failure, as if I'm not at my desk and can't save and shut down myself. If there is a string of code I could copy in Terminal, I'd gladly do it, I'll se what Encryptor5000 is sharing
Apple, please bring back the ability to schedule my MacBook Pro turn on an turn off! So frustrating not to have this function any more. I'm not comfortable using Terminal so that option won't work for me. Put it back into the System Settings.
HI, I need to remove as much junk as possible on my mac. I am using my mac in a development environment. Do you recommend Onyx? I used a long time ago but now I am a bit anxious to mess with my system
I've used OnyX for many, many years without issue. It does what it says it will do and nothing more. The user is in complete control over it's operation. OnyX is not really meant to cleanup "junk" files and files that "take up too much space". It will clean system caches, application caches & similar files. It will will not scan your HDD/SSD and tell you what it "thinks" is safe to delete. Please do NOT consider using apps such as "Clean My Mac" and other similar apps that claim to do it all to "fix" your system.
I absolutely agree! please bring is back I have been using it since my first fat black laptop!
Not all of us are confident with using Terminal: is there a macro available that will run this?
Your a hero Cheers
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