MacBook Air M1 randomly shutting down

This sudden shut down on MacBook Air M1 just happened to me again.. probably happened 5 times now in the past three months but today all of a sudden on a zoom call with nothing attached to my laptop at all.. This is very frustrating and worrying, just makes very scared that the laptop will crash completely soon. I wonder if this is just a macbook air issue or macbook in general ?

Yep, it happened to me a lot with external monitors attached and one without anything attached. I am also scared that this happens during conferences or something important. I put everything one OneDrive now like Microsoft Office so that everything is immediately saved in case it does crash again. No one from Apple here is actually reading this here I guess?

My only hope is that since so many people deal with this issue (MacBook Air or Pro), it might only be the M1 macbooks and that it can be fixed with an update .. whenever that will happen.

It is seriously terrible customer service. People were telling me here before that I dont need to buy Apple products if I am that unhappy with it. Well, I was not. My old MacBook did not crash once in years. But obviously I am complaining when this happens with the new one and I even got a different one with which it also happens.

crashed again today, not even plugged into power source, just external monitor - yesterday crashed when no monitor or power cable attached ! crazy - driving me nuts - I guess APPLE have no idea what causes this as no response to this at all ! here is the report attached

Same issue here. Nothing connected, battery at 65%, was editing some text in Notes when it happened. Was interrupted by a sudden black screen with a pink pixellated blob over in the lower right, then it shut down and rebooted, without any warning. Also logged me out of iCloud, apparently. This machine was purchased just 3 months ago. 16gb/1tb config. Light use only, so far.

I ran into the same issue multiple times since I bough my MacBook Pro with M1 chip. I have tried all possible solution including updating the system, open safe mode, and reinstall macOS system. Apple store repaired my laptop twice and replaced the logic board. I replaced my old adapter to a new one sold by Apple. However, the same problem still occurred. If the problem was caused by the external display, I am wondering if we need to use specific types of external display?

My Macbook Air M1 has now shut down on me twice in one day today and over 6 times in the last few weeks, whether working on its own with no external monitor or with one - APPLE you need to FIX this - why are we guinea pigs for such expensive rubbish ? the latest crash report attached - I have 7 of these now!!!!

I have a MacBook Air M1, only 2 weeks old. Every single night it restarts. I have it connected to an external display, the LG Ultrafine 5K and it’s most annoying!!!

Every morning i come downstairs to warnings on my desktop about it rebooting.

I have a macbook air m1 2020, and it is definitely shutting down randomly without anything plugged in. Once it does this, you canot even press the power button to start it backup. The only way I found to start it back up is to connect it back to an outlet. BUT the battery is still high (ie: 90+ %)

I bought my son a macbook Air M1 in the first month they were released. It always is shutting down on him randomly. He connects no 3rd party devices, no usb or other to his air. Has this problem any solution? I see several hundred people have the same problem. Also his camera works only intermittently. Thanks for any help.

Hey, thanks for that. I just looked at my settings, and the display was already set up to turn off after 10 minutes. The screen saver was set to show after 20 minutes - and the warning was there.

I changed it to 10, although I'm not hopeful it'll make a difference.

This seems like a software malfunction, to be honest. It just shouldn't be happening.

I also have the same issue... I bought my mac last year(2021) January.

I was running python on the terminal and suddenly mac showed a pink screen and shut down itself. This is the 2nd time in this week. I didn't connect any usb or any other cables. I request apple to solve this issue as fast as possible.

I bought a MacBook air m1 about a year ago. I am facing similar issues on my mac. Within a week my system shut down a couple of times without any warnings and by showing a pink screen . Please help me solve this issue before my warranty expires. I don't connect any external devices (I do connect earphone sometimes) . I wasn't charging during this incident. I believe apple customer service will provide the necessary help quickly and efficiently.

Hi, tlangejr.

Sounds like a plan. We will be here. Have a great weekend and upcoming week!

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. 

I would try the same thing as above but my computer didnt shut off for a whole month at one point.

The same thing just happened to me, I am worried about this laptop because I just spend a good amount of money on it and cannot afford to replace it.