My Mac Mini M2 Pro randomly stopped

[lawlietkm]

Hello, I've got some PTSD from my iMac 2020 that I had to eventually sell and trade for a new setup recently. That iMac was crashing over and over and it eventually killed the motherboard a second time.

Anyways, I was working on my Mac Mini M2 Pro that I bought earlier this year (jan-feb), nothing crazy, and it randomly stopped.

When booting up, no crash report or anything similar, no information on what happened so I'm a bit worried.

Is there a way to run some check or to review the history of errors/crashes?

I didn't have any issue with it so far (thankfully…)

I appreciate any input to help me 🙏

 

[Guenter]

Hello,

may be this article helps.

Diagnose wie ein Profi: So prüfen Sie Mac, iPhone und Studio Display auf Defekte

Apple und seine Reparaturpartner prüfen Macs und iPhones mit Spezialsoftware. Mit unserer Anleitung schaffen Sie das auch.

www.heise.de

You have to translate from German.

 

[lawlietkm]

Hello,

may be this article helps.

Diagnose wie ein Profi: So prüfen Sie Mac, iPhone und Studio Display auf Defekte

Apple und seine Reparaturpartner prüfen Macs und iPhones mit Spezialsoftware. Mit unserer Anleitung schaffen Sie das auch.

www.heise.de

You have to translate from German.

there's a paywall :c

 

[Guenter]

Sorry,

it talks about a free tool from apple called apple diagnostics.
it is the same tool apple repair shops are using.

see

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Apple Diagnostics, formerly known as Apple Hardware Test, can check your Mac for hardware issues.

support.apple.com

how to use it.

 

[benwiggy]

Take it to an Apple Store for a check-up. It's a brand new machine.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

Trying to make sense of your original post.

What does "randomly stopped" actually MEAN?

 

[lawlietkm]

OP:

Trying to make sense of your original post.

What does "randomly stopped" actually MEAN?

Hey sorry if that was unclear, I meant by this that the computer suddenly turned off and it didn't restart. It's like if there was a power outage that would randomly cut it you know (there was no power outage).

And I had to start it manually after, and no crash error message was displayed, it's like there was no issue.

 

[wordsworth]

Mine did that once, a few months back. Bought it 14 months ago. Like yours, no crash report or any other reflection of something being amiss. I was rather alarmed but since then it’s been fine. No idea what the problem was.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

Did this happen only one time?

Or... has it repeated?

If only once... and it's been doing ok since... I'd let it go at that.