MBP locked up

Froze while using app. No cursor movement. Restarted. Still no cursor movement

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Aug 22, 2022 9:14 AM

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Posted on Aug 22, 2022 12:28 PM

justinw11 wrote:

Froze while using app. No cursor movement. Restarted. Still no cursor movement


If you are stuck You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support


Try rebooting into SafeBoot

—SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies




if no insight or resolve—run the Frst Aid feature


Boot into Internet Recovery (Option Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina/Big Sur/Monterey) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.


Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices The best sequence is —

Volume level

Container level

Parent drive


How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support





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Aug 22, 2022 12:28 PM in response to justinw11

justinw11 wrote:

Froze while using app. No cursor movement. Restarted. Still no cursor movement


If you are stuck You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support


Try rebooting into SafeBoot

—SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies




if no insight or resolve—run the Frst Aid feature


Boot into Internet Recovery (Option Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina/Big Sur/Monterey) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.


Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices The best sequence is —

Volume level

Container level

Parent drive


How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support





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