Schedule Assistant Tasks
Power Manager includes Schedule Assistant. Selecting Add, to create a new event, opens the assistant.
Schedule Assistant provides an easy way to create events and build an energy saving schedule. The assistant works in a step by step approach. Each step asks a few questions before moving onto the next. At any time, you can move back to change previous settings or dimiss Schedule Assistant entirely.
Below is a list of the tasks that Schedule Assistant can help automate.
Complete Schedules
Create a schedule suitable for a home based Mac: powering on and off around school hours in the week, and for extended hours during the weekend.
Create a schedule suitable for a Mac used in a museum, installation, or exhibit: powering on and off around opening hours.
Create a schedule suitable for an office based Mac: powering on and off around business hours in the week, and powered off over the weekend.
Create a schedule suitable for a school laboratory based Mac: powering on and off around laboratory opening hours, and automatically logging out inactive users.
Create a schedule suitable for a Mac in a school laboratory used for teaching: powering on and off around laboratory opening hours, and automatically preparing the Mac ready for the beginning of each class.
On-Demand
Execute a command line tool on-demand.
Launch an application, script, or process on-demand.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Run an AppleScript or shell script on-demand.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut on-demand.
Run an Automator workflow on-demand.
Open Events
Open a document at a specific time and date.
Open a document, if the user is inactive.
Open a document, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Open a document when a user logs in.
Open a document on-demand.
Open a document with a specific application at a specific time and date.
Open a document with a specific application, if the user is inactive.
Open a document with a specific application, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Open a document with a specific application, after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time.
Open a document with a specific application when a user logs in.
Open a document with a specific application on-demand.
Power Events
Execute a command line tool, if the user is inactive.
Execute a command line tool just before the computer sleeps.
Execute a command line tool after powering on or waking up.
Sleep, restart, or shut down at a specific time and date.
Power off, or sleep, if the user is inactive.
Sleep, restart, or shut down at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Power on or wake up at a specific time and date.
Power on or wake up at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Run a script just before the computer sleeps.
Run a script after powering on or waking up.
Sleep at a specific time and date, for a short period of time.
Sleep for a short period of time, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Power Source Events
Launch an application, script, or process when a battery reaches a specific percentage remaining; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Launch an application, script, or process after switching to a battery power source; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Launch an application, script, or process after switching to a mains power source; mains power includes power adapters and AC power.
Power off or sleep when a battery reaches a specific percentage remaining; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Run a script when a battery reaches a specific percentage remaining; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Run a script after switching to a battery power source; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Run a script after switching to a mains power source; mains power includes power adapters and AC power.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut when a battery reaches a specific percentage remaining; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Run an Automator workflow when a battery reaches a specific percentage remaining; batteries include internal and external UPS devices.
Presentation Events
Play a presentation in Keynote at a specific time and date.
Play a presentation in Keynote at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Play a movie in QuickTime Player at a specific time and date.
Play a movie in QuickTime Player at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Play a presentation in PowerPoint at a specific time and date.
Play a presentation in PowerPoint at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Stop a presentation in Keynote at a specific time and date.
Stop a presentation in Keynote at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Stop a movie playing in QuickTime Player at a specific time and date.
Stop a playing movie in QuickTime Player at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Stop a presentation in PowerPoint at a specific time and date.
Stop a presentation in PowerPoint at a specific time on specific days of the week.
User Events
Execute a command line tool, after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time.
Execute a Shortcuts shortcut, after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time.
Launch an application, script, or process, after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time.
Launch an application, script, or process when a user logs in.
Limit the maximum audio volume that can be set.
Limit the maximum audio volume that can be set between two times.
Log out after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time. Limits the maximum length of a user session.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file when a user logs in. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file when a user logs out. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Run a script, after the user has been logged in for a specific period of time.
Run a script when a user logs in.
Run a script when a user logs out.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut when a user logs in.
Run an Automator workflow when a user logs in.
Set the audio volume when a user logs in.
Set the audio volume when a user logs out.
Perform a user event at a specific time and date. User events include switching to the Login Window and Logging Out.
Perform a user event if the user is inactive. User events include switching to the Login Window and Logging Out.
Perform a user event at a specific time on specific days of the week. User events include switching to the Login Window and Logging Out.
Workflow Events
Execute a command line tool, at a specific time and date.
Execute a command line tool, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Launch an application, script, or process, at a specific time and date.
Launch an application, script, or process, after a specific period of user inactivity.
Launch an application, script, or process, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file, at a specific time and date. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file, after a specific period of user inactivity. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Take a snapshot of a folder or file, at a specific time on specific days of the week. Makes an identical copy of a set of files and folders; also known as mirroring.
Run a script process, at a specific time and date.
Run a script process, after a specific period of user inactivity.
Run a script, at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut at a specific time and date.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut, after a specific period of user inactivity.
Run a Shortcuts shortcut at a specific time on specific days of the week.
Run an Automator workflow at a specific time and date.
Run an Automator workflow, after a specific period of user inactivity.
Run an Automator workflow at a specific time on specific days of the week.