Apple FINALLY lets you do this!

You can finally remotely power on a Mac, even if it shut down normally! Things I referenced in this video (some links are affiliate links): - Apple's support article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/125517 - ThirdReality Zigbee Smart Outlet: https://amzn.to/4vxuhse - How I set up my power monitoring in Home Assistant: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-i-monitor-and-control-all-my-powered-devices-zigbee-ha/ - How to log into a Mac with SSH before FileVault is unlocked: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/you-can-finally-manage-macs-filevault-remotely-tahoe/ - 9to5Mac Article about the feature: https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/11/macos-26-5-adds-new-way-to-control-your-macs-power-state-via-switches/ - Reddit comment where I found this out: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1txnj04/comment/opyd44t/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - What it's not 00:44 - Why this feature is actually useful 02:00 - Zigbee power control 03:26 - macOS's new power setting 04:38 - Remote access with FileVault 06:09 - Potential security hole 07:41 - I found a bug 09:36 - prodigalAvian