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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

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  • by brusby,

    brusby brusby Mar 24, 2016 1:11 PM in response to MultiplePerspectives
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    Mar 24, 2016 1:11 PM in response to MultiplePerspectives

    I'm having the same problem but there are no magnets or cases anywhere near my computer.

     

    Mine is a late 2012 Macbook pro 13".  It has worked flawlessly until about a month ago.  Now whenever it is in battery mode it goes to sleep when I move it, even if I'm just gently repositioning it in my lap. I have to hit the reset button at top right of the body to wake it up.

     

    It never seems to happen in charging mode.

     

    I"m wondering if the battery is swelling with age and pressing on some component that could cause the sleep mode.  It seems like exerting a little hand pressure on the bottom of the case or setting it down on something that presses there triggers sleep mode.

  • by Lainey666,

    Lainey666 Lainey666 May 26, 2016 1:42 PM in response to KoosG
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    May 26, 2016 1:42 PM in response to KoosG

       Oh my. It really does! I tend to sit mine on top of me as a little mat and I noticed it just now and thought, 'Is it something to do with it sitting on the incase case?'. I think it's when the magnet is near the socket for the mains adapter, what with it the end of that being a magnet.

  • by Bad Monk,

    Bad Monk Bad Monk Aug 20, 2016 4:22 AM in response to KoosG
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    Aug 20, 2016 4:22 AM in response to KoosG

    Thanks so much! i was using my MBP on top on my 'incase' sleeve and this was the problem lol

    Because of the magnet like you said, my macbook thought it was time to have a nap.

    Thanks again

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