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User profile for user: BCGregory
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Macbook Air freezes and restarts

October 15th, 2022 - Over the past three or four days my MBA started sporadically freezing and then restarting. It has occurred three times over this period. The cursor continues to move but it will not allow any action to be selected. The screen is visible, the cursor move but can't select anything, about 45 seconds later the screen goes black, then almost immediately the password screen appears, enter password and it then as I reenter the applications that were open at the time it asks if I want to recover the documents or sites that were open. I've owned Macs for decades and I've never had this happen before. Any help out there? Thanks in advance.

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 15, 2022 1:29 AM

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User profile for user: PRP_53
PRP_53
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Posted on Oct 15, 2022 4:22 AM

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - Download the Application Etrecheck directly from the Developer.


The application is free or paid from added features. 


It will take a Snap Shot -  both the hardware and software.


 The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information. 


Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<


We can have a look at the report for possible issues and may have possible suggestions to resolve the issues.

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PRP_53
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Oct 15, 2022 4:22 AM in response to BCGregory

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - Download the Application Etrecheck directly from the Developer.


The application is free or paid from added features. 


It will take a Snap Shot -  both the hardware and software.


 The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information. 


Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<


We can have a look at the report for possible issues and may have possible suggestions to resolve the issues.

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