Schedules

Sometimes you need to carry out a task, such as rendering some video or a similar long job, and you need to be somewhere else at the same time. Either that, or you simply need to find your machine switched on when you get in to the office.

Whatever the case may be, the Energy Saver system Preference has a built-in schedule app which can start up and shut down your Mac when you’re not there.

Bring up your System Preferences (Apple Menu > System Preferences) and choose the “Energy Saver”.

Click on Schedule and input the appropriate startup and shutdown times - note the highly configurable “Day” options - just choose the option that suits you best from the pop-up.

Simple as that - you’re done.