[X4U] MacBook Pro problem

[Linda]

On 5/17/08 11:57 AM, Colin Buttimer wrote:

> 
> Dear List,
> 
> My MacBook Pro is shutting down while unattended. I'd much appreciate any
> assistance list members can give.
> 
> For the first time in 30 or so months, I experienced a complete freeze while
> halfway through watching a DVD. I had to force reboot and subsequently
> experienced the spinning beachball which forced me to do further reboots. I
> thought I managed to isolate this to damaged Firefox preferences and deleted
> these after logging into a clean account and also into safe boot mode.
> However, I'm now finding that if I leave my machine unattended playing music
> it turns itself off. Is there a crash/system log or similar I can access to
> begin to identify the issue?
> 
> I have backed up to a 500gb backup drive using Time Machine, but am unsure how
> to go about reinstating a version of the system from before the crash.
> 
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
> 
> All the best, Colin

Are you plugged in, or running on battery, when the MBP shuts itself down?
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