MacBook Pro shutting down randomly

I have to power up the device several times in an hour as it shuts down and when powered up keeps buffering.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 22, 2024 5:41 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2024 8:54 AM

Hellend wrote:

I have to power up the device several times in an hour as it shuts down and when powered up keeps buffering.


To trouble shoot


—A SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most* extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 


unplug all non-essential third party peripherals when testing


Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS



for hardware issue—

Try the user Diagnostic.. may kick out an error code.


Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support



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Feb 22, 2024 8:54 AM in response to Hellend

Hellend wrote:

I have to power up the device several times in an hour as it shuts down and when powered up keeps buffering.


To trouble shoot


—A SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most* extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 


unplug all non-essential third party peripherals when testing


Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS



for hardware issue—

Try the user Diagnostic.. may kick out an error code.


Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support



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