Pop plugin · Files & System

Sleep Timer

Put your Mac to sleep, turn off the display, lock the screen or shut down after a while or at a set time. A last-minute note lets you postpone or cancel, and the volume fades out before sleep or shutdown.

Works with Always available, nothing to selectFree

How to use it

Select something, hold the right mouse button, swipe. The animation plays the steps one after another; click a step to see it again.

  1. No need to select anythingIt works wherever you are.
  2. Hold the right mouse buttonAbout a quarter of a second. A short click still opens the usual menu.
  3. Swipe to “Sleep Timer” and let goIt sits on the ring where you put it, and it’s always in All Actions.
  4. Sleep in 30 minutes
  5. A notice in the final minute
  6. Still listening? Add ten minutes

What it does

Schedule sleep, display sleep, lock or shutdown after 15–120 minutes or at a time you choose.

The final minute shows a notice. Postpone by 10 minutes or cancel if you’re still using the Mac.

Before sleep or shutdown, optionally fade the volume out. Apps can still ask you to save unsaved documents when shutting down.

Install it

Plugins aren’t part of the Pop download. Install this one when you need it.

1From Settings

In Pop’s Settings › Actions, find “Sleep Timer” under Plugins at the top and click Install. It downloads from Pop’s GitHub release in a few seconds and works right away, without a restart.

2Or from the ring

Open All Actions on the ring and search for “Sleep Timer”. Plugins that aren’t installed are listed after your actions: click it to install, and it runs right away if it can handle what you selected.

3Then use it your way

Put it on the ring in Settings › Ring, give it a shortcut, or run it from Shortcuts and scripts with its link:

pop://run?plugin=sleepTimer

Uninstall it from the same list when you no longer need it: the plugin and its settings are deleted. After Pop updates, installed plugins are updated with it, and with iCloud sync on, what you install syncs to your other Macs.