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PySam Author

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MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) - kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -128

Hi People,

My MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) is randomly getting shutdown whenever on charging or in an ideal state. . After checking for last 24 Hr shutdown logs I got below cause. can you please help me in resolving the same. Thought frequency is very less but I'm getting interrupted in work.

kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -128

Machine Details:

MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017)

macOS Big Sur version: 11.6.1 (20G224)

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 1, 2022 8:31 AM

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kaz-k

Level 9

50,184 points

Posted on Sep 1, 2022 9:29 AM

Hi,

It could be RAM related issue, try to check your MacBook Air with Apple Diagnostics if it reports RAM related error.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

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