{"id":245972,"date":"2026-05-14T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:25:07","slug":"macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 26.5 has a new way to turn on your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3139918\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac.html\">macOS 26.5 has a new way to turn on your Mac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3139918\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac.html\">https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3139918\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-14 13:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.macworld.com\">www.macworld.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Summary created by Smart Answers AI<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"miso-summary-title\" id=\"in-summary\">In summary:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Macworld reports that macOS 26.5 introduces a new \u201cStart up when power is connected\u201d feature for desktop Macs including Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Studio.<\/li>\n<li>This automatic power-on option addresses accessibility challenges, particularly for users struggling to reach the Mac mini\u2019s power button or those using assistive technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The feature enables Macs to automatically start when power is restored or connected, found in System Settings under Energy alongside security updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple released macOS 26.5 earlier this week, and it\u2019s mostly filled with security updates, to go along with Maps\u2019 Suggested Places and RCS end-to-end encryption. However, Apple added a new option for desktop Mac owners who think it\u2019s too difficult to reach their Mac\u2019s power button.<\/p>\n<p>In the Energy section of System Settings for the Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Studio, there\u2019s a new option labeled \u201cStart up when power is connected.\u201d According to an Apple support document, \u201cYour Mac will now automatically turn on whenever you connect it to power, such as when plugging it into a power outlet or restoring power using an external power switch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Foundry<\/p>\n<p>This new option is meant to address complaints about the Mac mini\u2019s power button, which is located under the computer. You have to lift the computer slightly to access the button, which is awkward and a problem when the Mac mini is placed in a chassis or mounted in a specific way, as is somewhat common with the Mac mini due to its small size.<\/p>\n<p>This option also allows users to use switches and other assistive accessories to control the power. Unsupported Macs will see the old option to \u201cStart up automatically after a power failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To install the macOS 26.5 update, go to System Settings > General > Software Update. The Mac will need to restart, and the installation takes several minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3139918\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>macOS 26.5 has a new way to turn on your Mac https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3139918\/macos-26-5-has-a-new-way-to-turn-on-your-mac.html Publish Date: 2026-05-14&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4100.jpeg?quality=50&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[52,53,54,57],"class_list":["post-245972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macintosh","tag-imac","tag-mac-mini","tag-mac-studio","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245974,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245972\/revisions\/245974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}