MacBook Pro M2 Max, macOS Tahoe 26.1, restarts randomly while I'm using it. Just using Firefox for the most part when this happens. Avast Coordinator, Avast Security, Google LLC, LOGINserver (in Brother printer folder tree), Stocks.app, and Zoom Video are running things on startup.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.1
Random restarts can come from software conflicts. Since you have Avast and other apps starting up automatically, try removing Avast first — it’s known to cause issues on macOS.
Things to try:
If it still restarts after these steps, it may be worth having Apple Support check the hardware.
Hope this helps!
Random restarts can come from software conflicts. Since you have Avast and other apps starting up automatically, try removing Avast first — it’s known to cause issues on macOS.
Things to try:
If it still restarts after these steps, it may be worth having Apple Support check the hardware.
Hope this helps!
Boot macOS Safe Mode: hhttps://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac
This will not start 3rd party software, such as Avast, etc...
See if the problem continues. If it does not, then it is most likely one of the 3rd party additions.
NOTE: A lot of us long time Mac users do not care for A/V software, and depend on the protections built into macOS.
Avast appears to have been the problem. It came over in recent migration from my 2013 Intel MacBook Pro (I'm a late-adopter type). Thanks.
Good thing you found it
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MacBook Pro M2 random restarts
