Mac randomly shuts down — finding the cause via Terminal. | by JJ

April 18, 2025 by Projesh Kar

The full list of shutdown causes can be found here.

I found it really hard to find the reason why my Mac was shutting down randomly, so hopefully this helped you! While most solutions given online recommend that you reset the SMC, don’t do that before backing up your data.

If you choose to use the built in Time Machine, check this out:

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