M1 Mackbook Air wakes up automatically after 1min while being on Lock Screen

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M1 Mackbook Air wakes up automatically after 1min while being on Lock Screen

I own a M1 MacBook Air, which is currently running Sonoma 14.5.

Last year I had faced an issue, wherein the 'Option' key was getting pressed without being actually pressed physically. I observed it by enabling Virtual Keyboard on screen, which was leading to other issues such Safari downloading .html instead of opening webpages, MacBook restarts on it own when shutdown was attempted, if I close one tab in safari, it keeps that tab open and closes all other tabs. Finally it was resolved after started matchbook in 'Safe Mode'.(It was running MAC OS Monetary back then)

This year problem has started again, Initially I was suspecting humidity/ moisture to be a reason. Tried hot blower on keyboard (Did not work). Read a post and disabled 'Option' key by going into settings --> Modifier keys. It ishelping me to get the basic work done on mackbook but is not a permanent solution. I do have an external keyboard which is working fine.

Also, i have notice that If i keep the lid open and lock my macbook, keyboard backlight and display wakes up automatically after an interval of 1min 5Sec (Observed it for 10 mins with a stopwatch) which is draining the battery. Also unable to shutdown my mackbook, it is restarting instead of shutting down.

Any suggestion ?? I have removed Logitech+ application (read it in some article, but still no joy)

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.5

Posted on Jul 24, 2024 4:27 AM

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HWTech

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Jul 26, 2024 11:33 PM in response to MahanandY

Try a DFU firmware Revive which resets the security enclave and system firmware. While this should not noramlly affect the data on the internal SSD....if the process fails to complete successfully, then it could cause the data on the internal SSD to become permanently inaccessible.

It really sounds like you have a hardware issue of some sort with this laptop. You can try booting into Safe Mode to see if that makes any difference.

You can also try running the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected. Unfortunately the diagnostics rarely report issues even when a hardware issue is confirmed to exist through other means, but it never hurts to try.

You can try installing macOS to a new APFS volume if you have at least 80GB+ of Free storage space on the internal SSD (ignore the "Available" value since it is very misleading), or install macOS onto an external USB3 SSD to see if the same issue occurs.

I believe you will most likely need to have Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider to examine the laptop.

I hope you have a good backup. If you don't have a good backup, then that should be the first order of business since there are so many new ways to permanently lose access to the data on the internal SSD of these USB-C Macs due to all the hardware, software, and security changes.

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M1 Mackbook Air wakes up automatically after 1min while being on Lock Screen

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