Mid-2013 Macbook Air continues to log me out when in use.

Good morning Ryane77!

I ran the hardware test that apple allows us to do while holding D during boot up, "No Hardware Issues Found" was prompted on the screen.

I've brought this laptop twice to two different apple stores already. They continued to tell me that I need a new logic board.. that has no issues?

I repeated the SMC reset procedure two times after the reinstall of the MacOS, same problem.

I can definitely purchase a new battery, but I would have seen a message telling me that wouldn't I? Battery holds and charges fine. I have disconnected the battery and booted up using the correct wall charger and all. Same problem.

Not the battery.

What a headache man. I appreciate you folks trying, running out of troubleshooting steps lol

Good evening Sarah!

That is correct, full wipe and clean. No third party apps with the all the latest updates.

Just recently repaired/reinstalled MacOS for the third time now. The backlight on the keyboard now seems to be operating correctly after the reinstall, but obviously continues to turn on and off when the laptop sleeps while in use.

I booted up in safe mode fine before will try that out once more since I reinstalled the OS

UPDATE:

Successfully booted up in safe mode, go to the usual YouTube test. I now have no keyboard backlight, no audio, and continues to go to sleep when in use.

After restarting the computer so it boots up normally, I know sometimes have a backlight when I log back into my user, and now after logging in about four times, it takes a couple clicks or space key strokes to respond to the log in screen.

Also, the apple logo flickers when the laptop is closed, trying to wake the screen thinking it is open.

Just wanted to thank you both for being active in the community trying to help folks out

Update:

Plugged in my additional keyboard and mouse and the problem continues, both devices work but will go to sleep whenever it feels like it. I should probably pour some coffee on it now to wake up as a last resort if I'm being honest haha

Good Afternoon PsyDye,

My apologies for not stating that I have turned off AND put 60 minutes into this feature throughout my day yesterday. Still has the same result. Also, no, I do not have any security software installed.

Thank you for the tip! I have created another user and verified that there are zero log in items in both to start off with. Even when creating and "Setting up your Mac" was on my screen, it continues to log out.What I found differently though is that when on the other User, lets name it "Testing", it would just make the screen go black and would make me hit space or click to continue what I was doing (browsing YouTube and playing a video). It doesn't log me out like the admin account does, I would assume its for safety reasons because it has administration permissions and etc.

I know the SMC controls features as the status light indicator and the back light on the keyboard. Sometimes, the keyboard wouldn't even light up on the times I log in. The battery holds its charge, but I'm not too sure if a bad battery would log me out? I would expect it to shutdown instead.

Also, there has been zero magnets near my laptops before & after all these attempts, so the computer inst getting any false positives that I closed my screen.

UPDATE (about 40 minutes after writing the initial message above):

I did find a way to test my hardware by holding D when booting up. The screen shows me I have no hardware issues which is a relief.. AND THE SCREEN HAS NEVER TURNED OFF YET. hmmm has to be software then. This may be a step in the right direction.

After 5 whole minutes, the screen stays alive and well on the same message.

After restarting, I have went on another YouTube video and BOOM, logs me out. I'm on the most recent software update on a full factory reset..

Any Idea for the next step?