Q: Macbook goes to sleep randomly
I've had my new Macbook for about a month. I have noticed an issue where the screen goes to sleep and the trackpad has no feedback at random times. I do everything I can to try to get it to turn back on, but nothing I do seems to wake it back up. Then it suddenly just comes back to life after random periods of time. I read somewhere that it might be a thermal cutoff, but I am not doing processor intensive tasks when it happens. Anyone else have issues like this?
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Posted on Jul 23, 2015 7:08 AM
I might have found where this issue is coming from!!
I was reading this post regarding the same issue on Macbook Pro:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4207800?start=15&tstart=0
And I realized that I as well am using a sleeve from Snugg with a magnet on it's lid. And then I realized that this issue only occurs when I use my Macbook on top of this sleeve! And it kinda makes sense you know. The Macbook display probably contains a magnet as well so the Macbook know's when the lid is closed. So the magnet in my sleeve is probably interfering with a magnetic sensor in the Macbook thru the bottom of the case.
This explains the fact that I couldn't reproduce the issue all the time, and it was't happening when I picked up the Macbook and fiddled around with the hinge of the lid.
I will try a few things for the next couple of days, but I'm quite confident that this will solve my issue.
Posted on Sep 9, 2015 12:25 PM