MacBook Pro Shuts Down After Having Lid Closed for a While

One would think after dropping $4.5k on a new MacBook Pro these issues would not happen. Apple has taken a landslide downhill in support and the actual product quality. I've wasted $2000 of my own **** time trying to resolve this issue. Looks like my 30+ years of supporting this brand are OVER.

Thanks. This helped me with an issue where my Macbook Air was randomly shutting down. Was convinced it was a battery issue. (And so were the guys at the Genius Bar), but your procedure fixed my problem permanently.

My case is opposite.

If I disconnect the power cord and close the lid, after sleeping for a while, my macbook automatically shuts down.

And when I keep the power cord connected, it sleeps as normal.

Anyone have any idea to diagnose this issue?

also see MacBook Pro panic attack

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

I tried the steps in the link you gave. In my case, when I disconnect my power cord, the laptop goes into sleep mode as expected. When I keep the power connected, it shuts down.

Alan, thank you so much for this very helpful post! It worked perfectly, no more errors while in sleep mode or on resume.

Unfortunately, this solution did not work for me. Closing the lid seems to restart the computer, not immediately, but if the lid is closed for a few hours. Still can't figure out a solution.

Maybe they were talking about using pmset to change the values.

I am experiencing the same problems with my MBP (13-inch, 2016) with Touch Bar.

I am having this problem too with a 2017 mbp

Doesn't work.

Now, seriously, we are at this stage with MacOS? It's worked perfectly! Why these issues, Apple?

Perfect! I've followed your instructions and...so far, so good!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you Alan! Problem solved!