Press any key boots up MacBook Pro

emi0987 Said:

"Press any key boots up MacBook Pro: After shutting off my MacBook Pro, if I press any key it will boot up the MacBook. Is this very frustrating when I want to clean the keyboard or to check if the MacBook is in sleep mode or shutoff.[...]"

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Disable Auto Boot.

Use this command in Terminal:

sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00

emi0987 Said:

"Press any key boots up MacBook Pro: My MacBook Pro is Intel”

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Thank you for clarifying that.

Any Success with these Commands?:

auto-boot true

sudo nvram  auto-boot=false

Try all of these in Safe Mode.

emi0987 Saud:

emi0987 Said:

"Press any key boots up MacBook Pro: Thanks for the suggestion. I already tried that and it didn't work disable the auto boot."

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You are welcome.

Disabling Auto Boot:

Then you like you don't have an Intel-Based Mac, but rather a M1 or M2 Mac..

Two Other Terminal Commands to Try:

auto-boot true

sudo nvram  auto-boot=false 

emi0987 Said:

"Press any key boots up MacBook Pro: Just 'auto-boot true' is not a valid command. I tried 'sudo nvram auto-boot=false', no success. I used the command 'sudo nvram -p' to see if the value changed. It did not update the value for 'AutoBoot'. When I tried it with the command 'sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00' previously, it did change the value for 'AutoBoot %00', but still didn't disable booting up by pressing a key."

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Ask in the Developer Forums:

You might be able to create a Terminal code or even an application for this using Script Editor. Ask how to do this in the Developer Forums: Developer Forums - Apple Community. Reply back with a link to the post you've just created.

I don't believe there is any way to change this behavior. I believe the "Autoboot" option @TheLittles provided originally only affects the opening of the lid to turn on the laptop.