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MacBook Pro Late 2013; Screen flickers black and white before shutting off

Hi, My MacBook Pro 2013 has had this issue for the past few months and in between each time, it’s taken even less time for these flickering issues to occur. Almost as if whatever the root of the problem is, continually gets worse over time. As you can see in the video below, it doesn’t matter if it’s plugged up or not, nor the program I have loaded up, it’ll make a popping noise and immediately make this flickering black and white visual before shutting off. There was one day only, where as soon as it shut off, it tried to reboot itself like 6 times, but it couldn’t even make it through the boot up noise before shutting off again. It did that several times before shutting off for good. Now it‘s ability to turn on is limited to every few days as apposed to every few hours, when I try to turn it on manually through the power button. Buy it will only work for no more than 2 hours or so before doing the flickering issue again. Anybody have an idea of the root of my problem?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 13, 2020 11:40 AM

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Aug 14, 2020 4:31 PM in response to Thekingmacklin

Hello Thekingmacklin,


We understand that your Mac is suffering from the display flickering and shutting off after limited use, so we want to help as much as possible.


First, unplug any peripherals from the device, leaving the power cable connected. Then view this guide to see How to reset the SMC of your Mac. Resetting this file will not affect your data, but may improve performance.


Next, see if the issue occurs in safe mode: How to use safe mode on your Mac


Finally, if the issue persists, use the steps here to learn How to use Apple Diagnostics on your Mac


Have a great day.



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