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Q: Macbook pro shutting down while in use

While I'm working on my laptop, a macbook pro, it has begun to shut down arbitrarily. It comes back on, and opens the applications I was using. But I have no idea why this has been happening. It happens when it's plugged in, as well as when I'm operating on battery power. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 12:33 PM

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  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Mar 31, 2016 12:57 PM in response to BBportsmouth
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    Mar 31, 2016 12:57 PM in response to BBportsmouth

    If it is a kernel panic then log the panic and post it here

    Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic

     

    Otherwise

    • Note the time of the next unintended reboot. After rebooting open the Console app in Finder>Applications>Utilities and look for log entries at the time of the reboot. Post suspicious ones here.

    Look before the log entry that starts with BOOT_TIME since that is the first line of a bootup


    This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum or other suitable forum.