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New Retina Macbook pro 13 Haswell system hang/unresponsive

Hello Everyone.


I have just got my new macbook pro retina 13 Haswell (October Model). This is my second day of usage and i have encountered sudden system freeze for 2 times already. The keyboard and the trackpad stops working including brigtness keys and volume control keys. i have use apple hardware test but no problem are found.



Could anyone tell me what is going on or having the same issue?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 25, 2013 5:56 AM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2013 7:11 AM

I have met the same problem too!

Mine is also the new macbook pro Haswell.


I have been using my macbook for 2 days.

And I have encountered sudden freeze for 4 times!


The keyboard and the trackpad are unresponsive.

But actually the system is working and the apps are working.


And the power button can actually work.

So every time I met this problem,I long press the power button and make it restart.

And then everything is okay.


Somtimes ,if you wait for 10~15 min, the keyboard and the trackpad will start working again.

When the second time I met this problem, I decided to go to the apple store for help.

But after several mins, it works again.


It is very annoying that the system suddenly freeze when you are busy working on the documents.

And it causes damage that you force to shut down the macbook.


I think it is a software problem?

Hope Apple can release some updates to solve this problem soon!

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Oct 28, 2013 2:21 PM in response to BrushBrigand

For the record, my 13" rMBP has the freezing issue occasionally, but WiFi performance is signficantly faster on my 802.11ac network than any other machine I own. Until there are more than a few reports of such an issue, it's anecdotal evidence of a widespread issue at best.


If you want to return in the 14 day window, make sure you keep all of the components and documentation that came with it -- the box, cables, manuals, etc.

Oct 28, 2013 2:31 PM in response to kyawlin

Just got my machine today. rmbp 13 2.4ghz 16gb ram and 256gb ssd. Everything just worked fine and fast. After ~3 hours of use the system trackpad & keyboard froze. System was kinda responsice (an installation completed during the stuck). System reacted to the closing lid .... After about 4-5 minutes everythinf started working again.

Oct 28, 2013 2:36 PM in response to heimidal

You say that you think that Apple has already made this issue a top concern, but why can't we hear that from them? I know keeping everything indoors has become somewhat of an Apple trademark, but I don't see why its reasonable to expect from us that we just take that for granted.


Perhaps you are right and they really didn't know much about it. However, if they didn't know about it I think it must be a hardware related issue that affects only a limited number of systems. Because if it is really a bug in OSX, it most likely affects all (13" Retina) systems and I find it very hard to believe that they didn't do any testing during the past few weeks.

Oct 28, 2013 2:45 PM in response to AppleStefan

We definitely need to hear from Apple that they're working on it, but like I said, their PR department has probably just heard about this today and was already dealing with communication about the quarterly earnings call.


We're talking about a company that sells millions of products a week and Applecare has probably only heard reports that clearly describe the issue from a few hundred users scattered across the globe. Unifying those and understanding it as a singular issue is a big task -- one likely to take more than a business day or two.


I'm just trying to see it from their perspective.


I doubt this is a hardware issue. I think it is much more likely that the issue involves a new chipset and processor instructions alongside a brand new OS.

Oct 28, 2013 2:47 PM in response to heimidal

It doesn't surprise me that performance is good on an 802.11ac network, but have you tried bringing your rMBP to any place that has an 802.11g or 802.11n network and then comparing to other devices? Of course you could always ask any hotel, airport or business you plan to frequent to update to 802.11ac prior to your arrival :-)


I perform wireless penetration tests and monitoring for my employer. I have a bunch of WiFi cards and external antennas in my office for these engagements. If the problem persists, and I keep the laptop, I will start a new thread and document my findings. But for what it's worth, this laptop is terrible on my 802.11n network, and my all of my iPhones, and 3 Windows laptops have no issues.

Oct 28, 2013 2:55 PM in response to jferr1

28/10/13 20:37:13,000 kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)

28/10/13 20:37:30,000 kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)

28/10/13 20:38:47,000 kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)

28/10/13 20:39:10,406 WindowServer[86]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff

28/10/13 20:39:10,433 loginwindow[64]: find_shared_window: WID -1

28/10/13 20:39:10,433 loginwindow[64]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff

28/10/13 20:39:10,433 loginwindow[64]: find_shared_window: WID -1

28/10/13 20:39:10,433 loginwindow[64]: CGSSetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff

28/10/13 20:39:11,030 WindowServer[86]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x7ff313c67250(2000), shield 0x7ff313e8d730(2001)

28/10/13 20:39:11,103 WindowServer[86]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x7ff313c67250(2000), shield 0x7ff313e8d730(2001)

28/10/13 20:39:11,000 kernel[0]: IOPMrootDomain: idle revert, state 21

28/10/13 20:39:11,927 WindowServer[86]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [3665314981987]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake

28/10/13 20:39:11,927 WindowServer[86]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.

28/10/13 20:39:12,559 WindowServer[86]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x7ff313c67250(2000), shield 0x7ff313e8d730(2001)

28/10/13 20:39:12,623 WindowServer[86]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x7ff313c67250(2000), shield 0x7ff313e8d730(2001)

28/10/13 20:39:32,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1382989172 0

Oct 28, 2013 2:59 PM in response to kyawlin

I am also having the issue, Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13, 2.4Ghz 8Gb RAM and 256Gb SSD


I have filled out the good form and submitted feeback, I am alos going to call and log a job


Mine has crashed about 10 times over the last 6 days I have owned it, purchased 11am last wednesday as soon as they were on sale, not impressed at all


Australia here


29/10/2013 8:56:19.000 am kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)

Oct 28, 2013 3:01 PM in response to BrushBrigand

You'll have to tell me what you consider acceptable, but I'm on my office network right now (802.11n) and Speedtest.net reports 20Mbps down/15Mbps up. Not too shabby. Unfortunately, I don't have any extremely fast file servers that I could test with, but my internet is acceptably fast.


I'm not saying you aren't having issues; I'm just saying it isn't universal.

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