When we are using our equipment and we want it to turn itself off and then turn on we have to do a programming, But if you’re afraid to do it because you don’t know what it is, how it works or how to program it, we’ll show you here.
We anticipate that, If you do this, it will not harm the health of your device at allbecause we imagine that this is one of the reasons that do not let you take the step forward to be able to do the programming.
As we are here to help you, we are going to explain the steps for each of the methods such as: Windows 10, Android, iOS and Mac, since if you have one of these you can help yourself right away.
Automatic on and off: what is it and what is it for?
Let’s just imagine that we can’t charge our phone, tablet or laptop, but we want its charge to last longer. What would we do? With the automatic on and off programming, we can put our device to rest for a period of time, which forces the computer to consume little energy.
Although this not only works to extend the charge of our devices, it also has other virtues such as:
- The necessary rest for our computers.
- If we are downloading software and not to leave the PC on all night, or to wait for the download to finish. Only we put the automatic shutdown programming and it will turn off.
- If we have our cell phone and we need to turn it off every day at a specific time, we can program it.
Well, the advantages, or him, what is this programming for, is defined by each of us, because we each have different reasons, although the ones we mentioned are the most common.
Steps to turn on and off automatically on all your computers and devices
In this section, you will learn how to make your equipment turn itself off and on automatically. Please read the information below carefully:
In Windows 10
In order to schedule the automatic shutdown of Windows 10, we have to use the options of the “Programmer of tasks” of the system. This tool has already been incorporated into this operating system for a long time, and despite this it is still unknown by many of its users. Such a tool can be very useful to us. For example now, when we need to schedule an automatic on and/or off.
In this way, when we are downloading a program or something that marks its download time for more than an hour, we can let it download alone without having to wait for it to finish and then turn off the PC, because automatically with the programming done it will turn off.
To do this, the first thing we must do is open the Windows 10 task scheduler. We simply have to write “Task Scheduler” in the search field located on the taskbar, and then click on the tool in the window that displays the results.
By doing this, it will open on the desktop, and we can begin to create the task that we need to allow the program, in order to choose when our equipment should be automatically turned off.
For the programming we only have to click on the option “Create a basic task” that we can find in the right panel that is in the programmer. Then a window will open with the appropriate wizard to proceed to create our tasks for the system.
Now we continue to indicate the name that we want to give to the tasks set by us, for example we will put “PC auto shutdown”and we can also leave a brief description to indicate that the task we have created is to automatically turn off our Windows 10 computer.
Once this is done, click on “Following” and we will see that It will ask us to indicate when this task is going to be carried out. So we choose if we want it to be done daily, weekly or perhaps monthly.
To finish what we have to do is indicate the action that the system will perform when the time comes, for this we mark the option “Start a program” and click on “Following”. Later we click on “Review” and select the process “Shutdown.exe”.
We can find this process in the Windows window under the path “C:\Windows\System32″ and then we just double click, and the task scheduler window will automatically appear.
We have to verify that everything works correctly. click on “Following” and immediately we will see a summary of everything we just did, Click on “To finalize” for the task to be created.
Logically, when a computer is turned off, no action or task is executed, so if you want the computer to turn on automatically we must go to the system BIOS and program it there.
The first thing we must do is restart the computer and enter the BIOS, and for this we only have to press the keys determined by the system. If you don’t know what it is, we recommend that you try the keys F2, F8 or del
After entering the BIOS we look for the option “Resume on alarm either Igniter by RTC alarm”, which is normally within the “Power Management Settings”.
By activating this function we can indicate the time at which we want the equipment to turn on automatically every day. Once this is defined, we save the changes and exit the BIOS and restart our PC again in the normal way.
on macOS
In this part we will see what to do to be able to program our Mac, so that, like the previous method, it turns on and off automatically. First we must go to “System preferences” and then to the menu “Economizer”.
We look in the upper right corner for a button that says “Program”, then we click and it will open a panel where we will see options such as “Start up” activate and a second one that gives us access to “Sleep”, “Restart” either “Turn off the computer”.
We check the corresponding box, and then we establish if we are going to do it every day, during the week, on weekends or only on a specific day. Then we define the start time. Thus combining both actions, for the ignition and when it is turned off. Also from there you can determine the automatic restart of the equipment.
on iOS
To set a schedule on our iPhone phone, we follow all these steps below. First we are going to “Additional features”, there we look for the option “Alarm” we locate where it says “Sleep Timer” and we set the time we want it to turn off (mostly it ranges between 15 minutes and two hours).
when we choose “Sleep Timer” , we will see a clock icon on the screen and the minutes remaining before the device turns off and these will appear at the top of the screen. For the iPod Nano and fifth-generation iPod, the sleep timer is used one clock at a time.
on android
Scheduling automatic power on and off on Android is very easy. Although this function is not included in these devices (however the interface is standardized) and for this reason it cannot be seen on the vast majority of mobile phones or tablets. Some brands like Qualcomm or Mediatek develop this function in their products.
If your mobile comes with the function already installed and you can program the automatic switching on and off, you will not have to search through the interface until you find the option. Since it can be found in the “List of settings”, at the bottom of the “Settings” of the system with the name of “Schedule On Y off”.
Once we enter the option we will find the time that the mobile will be turned on and at which it will be turned off. We can change any of the two times already defined and even determine the times we want it to repeat. But, we cannot add more hours. For example, that one day you work at a different time than the next day.
Turn on and off automatically How does it work and what does it depend on?
Automatic switching on and/or switching off depends on several things, but one of the most important things are the following:
the processor
The processor is computer base that processes or information entered into a computer undergoes a series of operationsor on a mobile.
When we schedule automatic on and off, many things influence it. Among them is the processor, because all the actions that are going to be executed are directed here, how to do the programming. Processors vary by manufacturer, so the ways to schedule these tasks also vary.
Battery
The battery is one of the things that is taken care of when we program the power on or off in our device, in order to save as much as possible what we want, since our device must have a minimum charge percentage of 15%, otherwise the actions would not be executed.
For example, if we want our device to turn off and it has a percentage of 5% (when it turns off or on, a somewhat considerable percentage of charge is consumed), it will probably not turn on because when it is going to start the ignition due to the low load it will not be completely executed.
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