Energy Saver schedules- quick question

I probably know the answer, but when you schedule your powerbook, that has multiple user accounts, to wake up at a certain time, is it possible to set the computer to wake up in a specifc users account, or is the login screen the end of the road on that one?

Ribbs,
If you have "Auto Login" set for a particular user, the machine should start and automatically log in as that user.
Scott

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You should not be having "Energy Saver" problems on a new iMac.
Have you tried any of the following?Restarting your computer?
Doing a PRAM zap?
Since you are still under warranty, strongly suggest that you take full advantage of it by calling Apple tech support. Especially if you are within 90 days of your warranty and/or have AppleCare.

Energy Saver Schedule is backwards

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Does anyone have an issue with their schedule being backwards? I have my computer set to start up or wake everyday at 6:00 am and to shut down every day at 11:59 pm. I used to go to sleep knowing my computer was turning off and get up in the morning to have my computer - ready to use... but now for some reason, when I go use it in the morning, I notice the shutdown window is up stating that the computer is about to shut down unless I cancel. That should've happened at 11:59 pm. So, it seems that the computer is backwards somehow.
Is this a known bug with BootCamp and the fact that the Windows partition changes the clock? Once I reboot into OS X, the time auto corrects because I have it set automatically, so I'm not sure if thats correct or not?
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Test failed.
See my iTunes Alarm 213 in Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger > Discussions for details of many failed solutions.
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Energy saver schedule not working, can't set the time!

Hi, I was trying to schedule a shutdown today, only to find that it doesn't work, I can't select the time or input it, it only shows AM and PM, but no time! I can't input numbers in that box! I can delete AM or PM, but that's about it!
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Here is a screen pic of the problem: http://img709.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110127at403.png/
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Hmm. Very strange.
Does the date & time appear normally in your menubar, and on Finder windows, etc.?
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Can any one tell me how to schedule a job to run on Day-3 of the last working day of the month?

Hi Tanu,
One alternative as I think, you can write a program and program can schedule to run every day. During run of this program, you can calculate whether date is 'Day-3 of the last working day of the month'. If true, than you can start process chain in this program. To start process chain, function 'RSPC_CHAIN_START_SYNCHRONOUS' may help you.
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My MacBook Air has shut down and the power button doesn't work. But I had a schedule start up which hasn't happened. Please help ASAP!

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I have Tiger set to Shut Down at 4:00 AM but when I wake up in the morning, the computer is still on, only it's not logged in. It is at the login screen (I have automatic login turned off). Now, I'm not sure if it's restarting the computer or simply logging out so in order to test it, I change the Shut Down time to about a minute in the future but the computer doesn't do anything! Does anyone have an idea?

Your uptime results show that the computer is not switching off.
For example,
9:56 up 9:44, 2 users, load averages: 0.23 0.24 0.23
... means it's now 9:56am and the computer has been up for 9 hours and 44 minutes.
Don't worry about the "2 users" - every individual terminal window is an additional login (unless you have actually changed the default setting). Forget about the load average too - this is just referring to how busy the CPU has been.
Another check you can run is to run this command in the terminal:
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You can start off with the obvious mistakes and check that in the Energy Saver schedule you haven't got a contradictory "Start up or wake" time set.
You also need to bear in mind that when altering the schedule, you need to reboot the Mac once for the settings to take effect, so don't expect to change the setting to 1 minute in advance and see the computer shut down at that time.
The most likely problem is that your computer has already gone to sleep before 04:00 and therefore cannot shut down (see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1614.html). In Energy Saver, check that the slider labelled "Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for" is all the way to the right to indicate "never".
Another common problem is that you have some software running that is preventing your computer from shutting down. Do you see any warning windows on your desktop when you come back to your computer in the morning? If any software is in the middle of an operation when the automatic shutdown commences, you should see a warning pop-up. Unless you intervene at this point, the computer will not shut down. I have occasionally come back to my Mac in the morning to find a warning window asking whether I want to save and quit or similar.
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That's all I can think of right now - my bet is that your computer is going to sleep before 4am, which prevents the automatic shutdown.

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Test after each of the following steps that you haven’t already tried:
Step 1
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter ▹ Wake for network access: uncheck. You may need to unlock the preference pane by clicking the lock icon in the lower left corner and entering your administrator password.
Step 2
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Schedule… ▹ Start up or wake: uncheck
Step 3
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Print & Scan ▹ Open Print Queue...
Check all printers for unfinished jobs. Deal with any you find.
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Press the power button.
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Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
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Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, you can’t boot in safe mode.
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Step 7
Still in safe mode, launch the usual set of applications that are running when you have the problem, including your login items, one at a time, testing after each one. Some applications may not work; skip them. You might be able to identify the cause of the problem this way.
Step 8
If sleep is still working after you’ve launched all the usual applications, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test again. If sleep still works, you’re done, at least for the moment.
If you still have the sleep issue after booting out of safe mode, post again.

Can't get MAC to shut down and start up via the schedule button in system preferences energy saver. Is there another way?

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Can someone explain to me why "Put Hard Disks to Sleep When Possible is a separate option from put Computer to Sleep? Does this imply that Hard Disks can sleep while the Computer is still awake? If so, what determines suitable inactivity for Hard Drives to enter sleep mode?
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So if the Hard Disk box is checked, how long does it sit idle before it spins down?
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