Random Shutdown of MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)

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Random Shutdown of MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)

My Macbook Air randomly shuts down. When it is running, it's running well, not sluggish, no odd noises etc, and without rhyme or reason, it will just shut down. Sometimes, I can press the power button and it will fire up quickly, other times, nothing may happen - then I have to force it to restart, it will start up again. What could be the cause of this? I have the latest updates on my MacBook Air - Using Monteray. I don't appear to have any lost data, except what I may have been working on at the time.

Cheers Kamahl

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jul 30, 2022 10:05 PM

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kaz-k

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Jul 31, 2022 3:44 AM in response to kamahl45

Hi,

If your MacBook Air has intel processor, resetting SMC could solve the issue.

How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

If it doesn't help, try to run Apple Diagnostics if it's caused by hardware related problem.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Apple Diagnostics reference codes - Apple Support

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kamahl45 Author

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Jul 31, 2022 3:50 AM in response to kaz-k

Hi Kaz-k

Thanks you for your input. I’m going to read those links now and give it ago. I have just tried to reset the SMC and the PRAM but I done believe anything happened. It seemed like a non event with restarting and holding this key and that key.

I will let you know how I got on

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Random Shutdown of MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)

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