Now if I could just prove to Apple that my computer randomly shuts down all the ...

kawsper · on June 13, 2017

Mine just freezes, the last 0.3 second of sound is just repeated until it reboots by itself.

_red · on June 13, 2017

For reference, I had that exact same issue on my MBA - went on for years. Many times while watching youtube or doing something Garageband related.

At the time I had 10.11 on it, but that OS had itself been upgraded from 10.10.

When 10.12 came out, I decided to install fresh - so I backed everything up and installed onto a new SSD drive. The issue has now gone away completely....

BenjiWiebe · on June 14, 2017

Funny, I've seen that multiple times on my homebuilt Fedora system.

tinus_hn · on June 13, 2017

You know the system keeps logs, right?

ralfd · on June 13, 2017

Open console.app and look at the timestamp of log files when the crash occurred.

jordigh · on June 13, 2017

Hm, my old Dellbuntu laptop does the same. It's been dropped a few times in its 10 years of service, and now sometimes will shut down if I tap it too brusquely, regardless of the temperature. The BIOS will report it overheated, and i don't know what's going on.