How can I switch my Mac mini (M4) on and off automatically on specified times

[Lodewijk_Ramon]

In older versions of MacOS it was possible to enter a scheme for switching the Mac on and off. This option was a setting in the "Energy"-section. It disappeared..
Perhaps it is possible to do this using the terminal, but I can't find the right commands.
Can anybody help?
Thanks in advance.
Lodewijk

 

[kitKAC]

Yep, you can with Terminal commands: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl40376151/mac

 

[bogdanw]

"Schedule your Mac to turn on or off in Terminal" https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchl40376151/mac

 

[doogm]

The only caveat is that the turn off and turn on commands need to be in the same command in Terminal. So on one of my Mac minis that I have set to restart on Sunday mornings at 3:01, and which I want to turn on if the power goes out (it's attached to a UPS so the setting to start when power restores doesn't work 🙄) is:

sudo pmset repeat wakepoweron MTWRFSU 03:10:00 restart U 03:01:00



And on my other Mac mini which I have power off at 1 am and power back on every day at 5 am:

sudo pmset repeat shutdown MTWRFSU 01:00:00 wakeorpoweron MTWRFSU 05:00:00


If I tried this as two commands:

sudo pmset repeat shutdown MTWRFSU 01:00:00
sudo pmset repeat wakeorpoweron MTWRFSU 05:00:00


Only the second command would be recognized - it would supersede the previous command, and the Mac would not turn off at 1 am.

 

[Lodewijk_Ramon]

Thanks everyone. I think you helped me solve my issue