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kwern426 Author

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Random shut down and pink square in bottom corner of screen

Hello Everyone!

My question is about my new MacBook Air M1 2020 (I've had it for maybe 2 months).

As I was simply reading an article, it shut down to the screen you see in the photo, and then powered back on as if nothing was wrong. Is there something I should be concerned about? Should I take it in to Apple?

Thanks for your thoughts!

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 4:37 PM

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K Shaffer

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Posted on Jun 25, 2021 6:02 PM

kwern426:

As matter of basic troubleshooting could be useful to try Safe mode to see

if anything happens; not just now, but an occasional practice (on restart.)

• How to use Safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

Perhaps a diagnostic could be run, however that may come later.

[The M1 Apple Silicon uses different means to run former routines

common to Intel-mac; this gets sketchy where 2+ methods exist.]

A variety of apps can be run with macOS Recovery in M1 Macs.

• Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple Silicon - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/macos-recovery-a-mac-apple-silicon-mchl82829c17/mac

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