If you start and end your workday at the same times every day, you can putMacOSon a schedule. This allows you to wake your Mac in the morning and put it to sleep in the afternoon every day, on weekdays, or on weekends.
Instead of a wake and sleep schedule, you canhave your Mac shut downor even restart at the same time every day if you prefer.
Let’s walk through how to set up your wake and sleep settings on Mac.
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About setting a schedule for your Mac
Here are a few things to keep in mind before setting a schedule for your Mac to wake, sleep, start up, shut down, or restart.
Start up or wake your Mac on a schedule
To set up a schedule for your Mac to either start up or wake, follow these simple steps.
Step 1:OpenSystem preferencesusing the icon in your Dock or theAppleicon in the menu bar.
Step 2:SelectBattery.
Step 3:When the battery preferences open, pickScheduleon the left.
Step 4:On the right, mark the top option forStart up or wake.
Step 5:Use the first drop-down box to pick the days. You can useEvery day,Weekdays,Weekends, or a particular day of the week.
Step 6:Use the second drop-down box to pick the time. You can enter the hours and minutes in the box or use theArrowsto move up and down one hour or one minute at a time.
Step 7:When you finish, selectApply.
Sleep, restart, or shut down your Mac on a schedule
If you’d like to make your Mac sleep, shut down, or restart regularly, this is just as easy to set up.
Step 1:OpenSystem preferences>Batteryas described above.
Step 2:PickScheduleon the left.
Step 3:On the right, mark the second option forSleep.
In theSleepdrop-down box, you can chooseRestartorShut downif you prefer.
Step 4:Use the drop-down box to the right to choose the days or a certain day of the week.
Step 5:Use the drop-down box on the far right to choose the time of day.
Step 6:SelectApplywhen you finish.
If you change your mind about your schedule, you can edit it anytime inSystem preferences>Battery>Schedule. You can also go back to your last schedule using theRestore previous settingsbutton.
Once you set up a schedule, you can have your Mac awake and ready to work each morning when you are or go to sleep or shut down when you finish each day.
For more help with MacOS, look athow to fix Macbook startup problemsor how tostop your Mac from freezing.
