News and Updates – DssW

Power Manager 5.16.0 Released

DssW — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.16. This update extends support for macOS back to 10.13 (High Sierra).

Power Manager 5.15.0 Released

DssW — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.15. This update adds a cron based trigger and await action, and a few small quality of life improvements.

Power Manager 5.14.0 Released

DssW — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.14. This update adds a new live log view within the macOS application, a duration based trigger, and a notable bug fix.

Modernisation

DssW — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Three years ago, in late 2023, we launched a new Scheduler for Power Manager. The launch was the first release of a transliteration task that had begun many years before.

Despite being transliteration rather than rewriting or reimagining, mistakes and oversights made their way across into the new version. Updates since then have largely focused on fixing those mistakes, ensuring stability, and some minor improvements.

Power Manager 5.13.0 Released

DssW — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.13. This is a significant update with changes to the macOS application, passwordless authentication, and the introduction of a new event editor.

Power Manager 5.12.0 Released

DssW — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.12. This update introduces a new notifying section in the menu status bar, notification options for non-administrator users, and continued improvements to the Scheduler.

Creating Hourly Triggers

DssW — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

In this recipe we show how to create hourly triggers for a Power Manager event. This recipe shows how an event can be triggered each hour, between two times, on specific days of the week.

Power Manager 5.11.0 Released

DssW — Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 5.11. This update introduces a modernised status menu bar item, multiple-display support for warnings, and a new software update API.

Legacy Guides

DssW — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Power Manager’s history goes back to 1997, when we launched version one. Back then the software’s requirement was Apple’s System 7.6. The original documentation was written in HTML and thus has been incredibly resilient to technological change in the intervening decades.

Two Steps Forward

DssW — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, we unfortunately confirmed a critical encoding bug in the then latest release of Power Manager. While we fixed the problem, we reverted to an earlier version of Power Manager.