WattGuard
Mac battery resources
A useful routine starts with a known purpose. These recipes separate what macOS can do directly from what WattGuard can coordinate while it is running, and explain the setup and edition requirements before suggesting an action.
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Set up a deliberate Bluetooth-off-on-sleep routine, test it safely, and understand the Shortcut and restoration limits in WattGuard.
RecipesTry a controlled Wi-Fi-off sleep routine, understand what it interrupts, and use WattGuard only for a repeatable, reversible test.
RecipesUse macOS power scheduling for supported events, inspect existing schedules first, and understand why WattGuard does not promise hardware wake.
RecipesSet Low Power Mode in macOS for battery use, confirm your Mac supports it, and understand why WattGuard does not offer it as a rule action.
RecipesUnderstand MacBook closed-lid external-display behavior, test sleep drain carefully, and separate intended desktop use from an unwanted wake pattern.
A schedule window in WattGuard and a macOS scheduled wake event are different mechanisms. Likewise, a Low Power Mode profile is not the same as a custom battery-triggered action. Each recipe calls out that boundary so you can choose the appropriate control.
Tell us what you’d like WattGuard to do, or share an unusual battery or sleep issue. We’ll help investigate your case, and what we learn could become a future WattGuard feature.
Include your Mac model, macOS version, what happens and what you’ve already tried.