How to shut down a MBA from the Hello screen??

[eicca]

Erased my M1 MBA to sell, and I can’t get it to shut down! Every time I hold the power button, it turns off, then turns itself back on. WTF. How do I make it turn off and stay off from this screen?

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

After you power it down with the button you can’t touch any keys or open the lid or it will come back on.

 

[eicca]

After you power it down with the button you can’t touch any keys or open the lid or it will come back on.

It turns itself back on without me even touching it.

Do I have to close the lid right away? Cuz I’m holding the button and shutting it down (which obviously requires the lid to be open) and it starts up again.

 

[eicca]

So I try a force shutdown and closing the lid real fast and then a few minutes later I open the lid and it’s already restarted itself and is back to the Hello screen.

Can I really not turn it off?!

 

[MBAir2010]

there was a thread on this topic that might help!

I would look into this for me,
but I am happy the way things are!

 

[Mike Boreham]

I think cmd+Q will do it.

 

[eicca]

I think cmd+Q will do it.

Nope...

There is no way to shut the computer down without creating a user account.

Way to go Apple.

 

[Mike Boreham]

Nope...

There is no way to shut the computer down without creating a user account.

Way to go Apple.

No this is not true. When I sell a used computer I always hand it over in a state such that the new owner gets the "hello" screen, like a brand new computer. I am 99% certain that I do it with cmd+Q from the hello screen

 

[MBAir2010]

Nope...

There is no way to shut the computer down without creating a user account.

Way to go Apple.

At least we can sell our MacBooks, I thought the fingerprint chip prevented that!

 

[eicca]

No this is not true. When I sell a used computer I always hand it over in a state such that the new owner gets the "hello" screen, like a brand new computer. I am 99% certain that I do it with cmd+Q from the hello screen

CMD + Q was the first thing I tried, and I tried it many times. It did nothing.

 

[Mike Boreham]

No this is not true. When I sell a used computer I always hand it over in a state such that the new owner gets the "hello" screen, like a brand new computer. I am 99% certain that I do it with cmd+Q from the hello screen

Just found the Apple link confirming this

 

[eicca]

Just found the Apple link confirming this

View attachment 2149303

Well it didn't work the ten times I tried it. Oh well...

 

[Shirasaki]

I guess this is one disadvantage of having a powerful and efficient chip: can’t turn off computer at all. Yes, close the lid and the computer SHOULD remain close, but used to be opening the lid we need to press the power button. Now it just goes into deep sleep.

I suggest you erase your Mac a couple more times, each time you try CMD+Q a couple times until it is successful. also serves the purpose of destroying data residue.

 

[eicca]

I guess this is one disadvantage of having a powerful and efficient chip: can’t turn off computer at all. Yes, close the lid and the computer SHOULD remain close, but used to be opening the lid we need to press the power button. Now it just goes into deep sleep.

I suggest you erase your Mac a couple more times, each time you try CMD+Q a couple times until it is successful. also serves the purpose of destroying data residue.

Thanks, I repeated the erase procedure and it finally allowed me to shut it down.

That is one nice thing about the built-in erase/restore function, it’s super fast. Like 45 seconds. No more taking 30 minutes to reformat and reinstall.

 

[Thisismattwade]

Selling an M1 MBA - such a beautiful machine. I hope the new owner appreciates it!

 

[eicca]

Selling an M1 MBA - such a beautiful machine. I hope the new owner appreciates it!

I know, it kills me... But I re-discovered that my wrists don't like laptops and I get carpal tunnel really easily.

So someday (hopefully soon) I'll get an M2 Mac Mini to upgrade my desktop situation.

But until then I have the M1 iPad Pro to get me by.

 

[ThomasJL]

So I try a force shutdown and closing the lid real fast and then a few minutes later I open the lid and it’s already restarted itself and is back to the Hello screen.

Can I really not turn it off?!

Tim Cook has a knack for needlessly making things more complicated.

 

[Shirasaki]

Thanks, I repeated the erase procedure and it finally allowed me to shut it down.

That is one nice thing about the built-in erase/restore function, it’s super fast. Like 45 seconds. No more taking 30 minutes to reformat and reinstall.

Since all data is encrypted (for FileValt on or always on idk), all macOS need to do is destroy the key and GPT table, and reformat the drive. Done.
Well, at least that's what I heard from somewhere introducing how Apple Silicon reset works.
This makes data backup extra important since recovery would either cost a lot of money or just impossible.

 

[Unowned]

Hi all, I just found a solution. Pressing Command+Q only works when you go to the next screen (i.e. after you select a language). Before that it doesn’t do anything.