My MacBook Air (2013) won't turn on

Holy smokes. That just happened to me. The Shift+Control+Option+Power SMC reset worked, thank goodness.

What is the cause of this? Very unsettling.

I have exactly the same problem! Bought the macbook air 2013 a month ago!! Now I wake up in the morning and I have an exam to work for and I cant use my expensive "amazing" laptop!

Thanks alot Apple

To anyone having this problem that the macbook air 2013 won't start or even give lifesigns exept for the magsafe charger LED!

I tried reseting SMC.

Keep the lid a little open (thats what i did) and keep it in a firm grip to make sure you hold it.

THEN SHAKE IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT!

Then press the start button.

Done.

This will set of the SMS (sudden motion sensor), and in doing so, this solved my problem.

Now everything works like a charm!

Have a nice day everyone!

Holy crap! My computer was doing this, I completely thought your post was a joke. And it actually worked! Thank you! I was completely freaking out.

My computer was doing the same thing to me! I shook it and walla! Its back working! No joke.

Unbelievable! Shaking it works!

Thank you, Mjoinr4Life for the advice. Saved me a long drive to the Apple Store.

BEST AND SUDDEN advice ever! Respect!) It worked for me. I think something really wrong with MBA 13 2013 with Core i7, because my home mba 13 2013 with Core i5 works great all the time.

It's not because of the i7 processor.
I have a MacBook Air 2013 i5 8GB RAM 128GB SSD 13" and i obviously had this issue myself.

I don't know how all of you got this problem but i got it when my computer died from lack of battery power when i left it in sleep overnight with about 7% charge left.

I am really glad to see that everyone posting after me solved the problem by following my advice!

Stay awesome people and have a nice day!

Mjolnir4Life wrote:

This will set of the SMS (sudden motion sensor), and in doing so, this solved my problem.

Mac notebooks: About the Sudden Motion Sensor

"Note: Computers with Solid State Drives (SSD) or Flash Storage do not use SMS as the drives have no moving parts."

Glad it worked for you though.

I know they don't use the SMS system thesame way that the Mac's with HDD drives do. but to me it seems like it's installed and active considering that shaking the computers have worked and not just for me.

As someone else in this thread mentions it worked after he moved it, it seemed like a good idea to try and set of the SMS and see if that worked.
And obviously it did work.

No logic but hey, it works!

Can't argue with success!

Since there is no SMS to reset I'd simply be concerned the original problem is something that may occur again, such as a loose connector or other component. If it's under warranty you should consider having Apple investigate the possibility of such a flaw. An SMS, if there were one, resets itself without any user intervention.

Oh my god, I shaked it and it worked. Thanks man, you saved my life.

I also had the exact same problem. The MacBook Air was completely charged and pressing the power button did absolutely nothing. After shaking the laptop a bit, I opened it back up and turned it on. It booted up immediately.

I thought you were joking but in despair I tried it anyway and it worked.

Thanks.

Hey,

I tried all of methods in this topic: resetting SMC, shaking, even removed case and tried to disconecting battery. None worked.

I have Macbook Air 11 late2010 and all I got is black screen. Power key not responding at all. When connected to charger, lights green as battery is fully charged.

Mac is out of warranty period. What should I do?

Thanks

David