Mac powering off unexpectedly - due to iDriveDaemon ?

My new MacBook Pro M1 is intermittently (a couple of times per day) powering off for no apparent reason. Interestingly, my previous MacBook Pro (Intel) did exactly the same thing. I migrated everything from my old computer to my new one. This makes me think it must be a software issue. Here's what appears to be the most relevant log entries which are written just before it powers off.


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2021-11-27 23:22:45.525228-0500 0x959a     Default     0x0                  1      0    launchd: [system:] System shutdown initiated by: shutdown[1967]<-IDriveDaemon[132]<-launchd[1]


2021-11-27 23:22:45.525240-0500 0x959a     Default     0x0                  1      0    launchd: [system:] system shutdown: flags = 0x8, caller = shutdown[1967]<-IDriveDaemon[132]<-launchd[1]


2021-11-27 23:22:45.525241-0500 0x959a     Default     0x0                  1      0    launchd: committing to system shutdown

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I use the iDrive cloud backup service, and iDriveDaemon is part of that.


Posted on Nov 27, 2021 9:41 PM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2021 7:16 PM

The issue appears to be a default option in iDrive to power off the computer after finishing a backup! I didn't discover it until I reinstalled iDrive on my new laptop at IDrive's tech support folks' suggestion. I just deselected that option; I'll see if that fixes the problem.


By the way, I uninstalled iDrive from my old laptop, and that did fix the issue.

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Nov 30, 2021 7:16 PM in response to boboosta

The issue appears to be a default option in iDrive to power off the computer after finishing a backup! I didn't discover it until I reinstalled iDrive on my new laptop at IDrive's tech support folks' suggestion. I just deselected that option; I'll see if that fixes the problem.


By the way, I uninstalled iDrive from my old laptop, and that did fix the issue.

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