I hate the autoboot feature of the new MacBook Pro touch bar so I did some research and found a way to disable it. Follow instructions below if you want to control when your computer is on and off again..

1) Navigate through the finder to Terminal.

Go To/Applications/UtilitiesFolder/Terminal

2) To disable boot on power and boot on lid, paste the following line in Terminal window, then press Enter to execute the command (password may be required, type that in and press Enter again)

“sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00”

The change is permanent until you decide to reset the NVRAM.

To switch back, open Terminal and copy and paste this line in Terminal window then press Enter

“sudo nvram AutoBoot=%03”

This is only proven to work on 2016 or later MacBook Pro 15” Touchbar as far as I know. As a tech working on location, I like to have full control of my battery savings and power options so I don’t run out of power at a critical moment in the shoot.