TUAW Tip: Scheduled Startup and Shutdown

By Scott McNulty

Hiding under the 'Engery Saver' systems preference in OS X you will see a button labeled 'Schedule...' What doth this little gem do, you ask? Once you click it you will see the above menu slide out. This allows you to schedule your Mac to startup or shutdown at specific times (or intervals like weekdays or weekends). You can also schedule your Mac to wake up at a certain time, which is what I use this for.

Before I go to bed I put my iMac to sleep,
but I have it set to wake up at 8am on weekdays, so it is up and waiting with my email and my news as I groggily get out of bed.

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