Power management commands are vital for fine-tuning your Mac’s power options.

There are also othermethods to turn your MacBook’s screen off.

However, for your Mac to go to sleep, the display needs to go off first.

MacBook on a table with Terminal on screen

you’re free to read Power Nap on a Mac doesin our dedicated article.

you might find this inSystem configs > Battery > Options.

But now, you have to use Terminal toschedule a startup, shutdown, and restart on macOS Ventura.

Sleep display timer in System Settings

you might set two types of schedules: a one-time schedule and a repeat schedule.

If this command doesn’t work, try deleting the quotation marks and typing it again in Terminal.

Wake for Network Access toggle in System Settings

Terminal window displaying scheduled wake command

Power management values in Terminal

Image displaying Restore Defaults button in System Preferences