Prior to macOS Ventura, macOS has a wake, sleep, startup, and shutdown scheduling tool built in, located in System Preferences > Energy Saver, or if you are on a MacBook, System Preferences > Battery. If you wanted to switch on a schedule so that your Mac would shut down every night and start up every morning at a certain time, then you could do this easily: Apple only lets you schedule two actions: a time to “Start up or wake,” which brings a Mac back to life whether it’s powered down or in sleep mode; and Sleep, Restart, or Shut Down. You can choose to have the action happen at a set time da…