Low Power Mode — Toggle Low Power Mode for Battery or Power Adapter

[vitor]

Usage

Toggle Low Power Mode for your battery or power adapter via the lpm keyword. System Settings will open and change the preference automatically.

⤓ Install on the Alfred Gallery | Source

 

Edited March 21 by vitor

[vitor]

Saving the second post for debugging instructions, if they are ever needed.

[vitor]

Update.

• Base to support Ventura System Settings.
• Script Filter rewritten in JXA.
  

You should see no change in behaviour, but this change is working towards future-proofing against Apple’s changes.

[snoop182]

Hello,

 

Thx for your work, this workflow is a must have for MacBook users

• In release 2022.2 I see actions in live mode --> Alfred open preferences go to the battery Tab check/uncheck checkbox and close preferences window
• In release 2022.1 all this actions are "hidden" so I don't see them.

Continue using 2022.1

 

MacOS 12.4, MBP 2021 M1 pro

 

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by snoop182

[vitor]

Right you are! Restored the behaviour in 2022.3, while keeping the base for Ventura.

[snoop182]

hello,

 

thx 2022.3 seems OK  

[bo9]

Thank you so much for this super helpful workflow!!!  Good stuff. 👍🏽 

[vitor]

Updated to 2022.6.

Add configurable keyword.

[vitor]

Updated to 2022.7.

Update for Ventura System Settings.

[Jakeroid]

In 2023.2 version I see all actions in realtime. Is it possible to hide that system settings window?

[vitor]

Welcome @Jakeroid,

 

2 hours ago, Jakeroid said:

Is it possible to hide that system settings window?

Technically yes, but the drop-down will always show on top of other windows and be unreliable. So in practice it’s not.

[Alexander Willner]

What about using 

sudo pmset -b lowpowermode 1

and

sudo pmset -a lowpowermode 0

instead?

[vitor]

That would require authentication every time you change modes, which would take longer and be awfully inconvenient.

[Alexander Willner]

I see - I've Touch ID enabled for sudo commands, so it's as inconvenient as the current solution (which also requires authentication). Btw if the following helps:

 

**Version:** v2023.3 on macOS 13.5.2 (22G91) with Alfred 5.1.2

 

**Steps that will reproduce the problem:**

 

1. Invoke Alfred

2. Type "lpm"

3. Press enter

 

 

**What is the expected result:**

 

Battery's Low Power Mode enabled

 

 

**What happens instead:**

 

Battery's Low Power Mode still the same

 

 

**Possible workaround:**

 

Use CLI (see above)

 

 

*Any additional information:**

 

 

The systems settings app starts, the value is changed (via drop down), authentication via Touch ID is required and the settings app closes. However, the mode did not change

Edited September 14 by Alexander Willner

[vitor]

1 hour ago, Alexander Willner said:

I've Touch ID enabled for sudo commands

As explained in the linked issue, that’s not a solution most users will be comfortable with. The post you linked even says as much:

 

I don’t recommend messing around with this trick if you don’t feel comfortable working in the Terminal app and changing system preference files.

 

1 hour ago, Alexander Willner said:

authentication via Touch ID is required

You’re the second person to report that. Maybe your main account isn’t an admin account? Either way, that’s comparatively an edge case and the most common usage needs to be supported.

 

It’s unfortunate Apple doesn’t provide a better way to do this, but the only thing we can do about that is open a Feedback. No idea why changing low power mode isn’t an option on Shortcuts on macOS.