Your issue seems to be related to power schedules, which isn't anything new. There's a
pmset command to view and set power schedules. I'm not familiar with the Antares Auto-Tune app, but I would be asking them why they've (presumably) added a schedule to turn on your Mac. Perhaps it was some sort of setting you have overlooked.
I believe this is the "network boot" feature. This, at least, can be disabled in battery settings.
As for the keys and touchpad, there is nothing you can do.
There are so many issues with these "features" that it's hard to know where to even begin.
1) one cannot determine if a given computer is asleep or shut down, since any of the usual checks (wiggling the trackpad or pressing a key) will boot it in the first place
2) it follows from (1) that the process for making sure the computer is off is to boot the computer and then shut it down - incredibly stupid
3) the computer is booted accidentally in a myriad of ways such as cleaning the computer, or simply setting it up on a workdesk - things that should not whatsoever be coupled - and whose coupling produces literally no benefits as far as I can tell
4) the computer frequently loses charge completely since there are a myriad of unintuitive ways it can be accidentally booted - image a kid opens the laptop, immediately booting it - this computer will die and have 0 charge - maybe right before your big board meeting!
5) from (4), since the computer will power down unexpectedly (since sleeping loses charge massively faster than being shut down), the NTP issues associated with complete battery loss will be more likely to crop up, as was the case for me when I last night tried to use my computer to do basic web browsing and spent an hour debugging NTP (for the curious,
https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/181ma10
)
Other than a laser thermometer I'm really not sure how I'm supposed to know if the computer is booted. Solving that problem is basically a matter of process. Not that you should have to waste brainpower on this, but the "algorithm" for me going forward will be, I think, to basically never
ever close it, unless it's completely powered off. This way, I can at least feel confident I'm not going to drain the battery (which is bad for the battery). I've also noticed the power supply light is "smart" in some way - green means a full boot is happening, or so I gather.
I'm trying to image how low your IQ would have to be before these features would be a benefit. Imaging furiously typing at the computer
unable to fathom why the screen is black! Whatever is this mystery??? Fear not, Apple has your back. Finally, a computer my cat and seismic activity can turn on!
It's not crazy to speculate that this won't be fixed, simply because en masse it wears out the hardware faster. This is the same company that slowed down phones to "save the battery" - batteries which, at the time, were replaceable.
My Macbook M3 was a pretty big investment and this feature is already souring my experience.
