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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 29, 2013 2:10 PM in response to kyawlin

My 13" Macbook Pro Retina (October 2013 baseline model) has frozen twice to me today. I've had it for 4 days and today is the first time I've had issues. Both times it happened I was downloading software from the mac app store (specifically XCode). I had Google Chrome, Evernote, Qt Creator, and Mail apps open and I was remoting into servers on my college campus when it happened. I don't know if the CPU got overtaxed while trying to download and that caused the problem but I'll have to see if it only ever happens when trying to download something. I'll keep you posted.

Oct 29, 2013 2:20 PM in response to kyawlin

maybe i return now lol


and i do not think it has do do with overheating and cpu. i had freezing with the

google homepage and there were no other things open.

maybe it could be the trackpad setup. sometimes scrolling has issues and maybe the os has problems with all the trackpad options. did the previous os had so many finger options ? i am new to apple os.

Oct 29, 2013 2:17 PM in response to bobbah8

bobbah8 wrote:


I don't know if the CPU got overtaxed while trying to download and that caused the problem but I'll have to see if it only ever happens when trying to download something. I'll keep you posted.

This does not seem to be the issue. Others have reported while browsing, etc.


I have not had issues while downloading, but while browsing on Chrome and while using iMessage (the cursor disappeared). No downloads.


Patience, folks. Before people start spewing that the sky is falling, all new MacBookPro Retinas have faulty SSDs, Hardware, USBs, Graphics Cards, and everything else...let's be patient.


Is it annoying? Yes. Is it even downright inconvenient and frustrating? Yes.


But is claiming that the computer is crap and broken stupid? Yes. If everyone is reporting it over the past two days, then Apple is becoming aware of it.


I got mine Friday and didn't have issues until Monday night.


Now that I have kept a USB flash drive in, I have had ZERO issues. No errors on Console. And from my previous post on page 38 (I think) Apple is aware, has a screen shot of my Console, and I have talked to three different Senior Advisors who are aware of the issue and have sent info to tech support. I was told that a software update should come at some point and they are scheduled to call me back within the week.


Before posting your thoughts and opinions about what is wrong...


A.) Read through all 42 pages. It will benefit you.


B.) Talk to Apple directly and see what they say. If they tell you to return the MacBook, tell them about this thread and that others have done so to no avail.


C.) Take a deep breath, plug in a USB drive, and be patient.

Oct 29, 2013 2:20 PM in response to mrakers85

Hi everyone! Just wanted to add in my experience.


I just got my brand new 13" rMBP today. I've been using it for about an hour and the trackpad/keyboard have already froze twice. The first time was when I was testing out Pandora after installing flash (music kept playing but I couldn't do anything with the trackpad/keyboard). I force-restarted my computer, then uninstalled flash, thinking it was a flash issue.


About 20 minutes later, while trying out new desktop wallpapers, it happened again. I, too, would agree that this is not flash-related. I also have no doubt that Apple will fix this ASAP, as it appears widespread, though it is annoying for the time being. Hoping for a press-release or patch soon!

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