Shortcut to Turn Off iPad

[msackey]

Is there a way to create a Shortcut to turn off device (iPad Pro) after x amount of idle time? I do mean turn off completely and not just turn off the screen. I haven't found a way and guess this isn't possible.

 

[chabig]

I don't think that's possible.

 

[msackey]

I don't think that's possible.

Thanks. Yeah, I didn't think so. I don't see an action where the Shortcut can read idle time.

 

[jdb8167]

I don't think that's possible.

Seems to be available on the iPhone 15 Pro but not on the iPad mini 6. Not sure why. On the iPhone it still puts up an are you sure dialog.

Edit: Search for Shut Down (mind the space).

 

[msackey]

Seems to be available on the iPhone 15 Pro but not on the iPad mini 6. Not sure why. On the iPhone it still puts up an are you sure dialog.

Edit: Search for Shut Down (mind the space).

I see Shut Down, but I don’t see how to get the device to detect idle time.

 

[jdb8167]

I see Shut Down, but I don’t see how to get the device to detect idle time.

I think you need a third party app for that. I can do it on a Mac because I can run a shell script but that isn't going to work on an iPad.

Sorry, no idea how to search for an app that gives you a shortcut for idle time.

 

[msackey]

I think you need a third party app for that. I can do it on a Mac because I can run a shell script but that isn't going to work on an iPad.

Sorry, no idea how to search for an app that gives you a shortcut for idle time.

Thanks for looking!

 

[jdb8167]

Thanks for looking!

The shutdown probably wouldn't meet your needs anyway since it still requires confirmation. There is no way around that as far as I can tell.

 

[msackey]

Yeah, my basic idea behind all of this is that my iPad sometimes doesn't get used for days and in that case even putting it in lower power mode will deplete the battery. I'd love a function where after, say, 24 hours of idle time the iPad will automatically shut down to preserve battery life.

 

[jdb8167]

Yeah, my basic idea behind all of this is that my iPad sometimes doesn't get used for days and in that case even putting it in lower power mode will deplete the battery. I'd love a function where after, say, 24 hours of idle time the iPad will automatically shut down to preserve battery life.

Sounds very useful. Maybe suggest it to Apple. I have no idea how successful such suggestions are though.

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