Look in System Pref > Energy Saver > Schedule > you may have turned the 
scheduling system where it starts the computer up at a given time.

On Jul 22, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm just wondering what causes my MBP to turn on all by itself after having 
> been  off for several hours. It's a little un-nerving to be sitting at your 
> desk minding your own business on your Windows machine when all of a sudden 
> the MBP lights up and plays it's startup sound.
> 
> This happened to me a couple of times in a row with several hours in between 
> the other night.  Here I am a day and a half later and going to the MBP, and 
> finding it, - you got it, already turned on and booted up to my desktop when 
> I lifted the lid.  I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that 
> I forgot that I had it plugged into the AC all that time, meaning over the 
> last couple of days.
> 
> While I'm thinking of it, perhaps I should ask if leaving it plugged in does 
> any harm to anything.  I don't think so but maybe I'm wrong about that.
> 
> Thanks for any input on this  scary situation.
> 
> Johnny
> 
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