What happened to automatic sleep / wake?

Since Ventura it seems it's impossible to set sleep and wake times on my Mac Mini without going into Terminal. I don't want to be bothered with learning Terminal just to set a time to automatically put my Mac to sleep and then wake it. Any other way?

Mac mini, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 8, 2023 06:21 AM

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Apr 8, 2023 06:23 AM in response to stufromhalifax

Schedule your Mac to turn on or off in Terminal


You can use the pmset command line utility in Terminal to schedule specific times for your Mac to start up, sleep, restart, or shut down. You can do this if you want to be sure your Mac turns on before you come to work and turns off when you aren’t working.


  1. In the Terminal app  on your Mac, enter a pmset command. See the pmset man page for the list of commands you can use. For example, try any of the following:
    • pmset -g sched: See the current schedule.
    • sudo pmset repeat wake M 8:00:00: Schedule your Mac to wake at 8:00 a.m. every Monday.
    • sudo pmset repeat cancel: Cancel the current schedule.
  1. Press Return.

Your Mac must be awake and you must be logged in for it to shut down at the scheduled time. If you’re not logged in or if your Mac is in sleep, it won’t shut down. 

If FileVault is turned on, you must log in every time your Mac starts up. No account is permitted to log in automatically.

Note: If you have any documents open with unsaved changes, your Mac might not go to sleep or shut down when scheduled.



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