MacBook Air (Late 2010) keeps shutting off randomly, sometimes when computer is tilted or moved

Hi all,
I have a Late 2010 13-inch MacBook Air. I've had it pretty much since they started selling them at the Apple Store, or maybe a few months afterward. For probably a few years I had only used it once in a while, since I had a Windows laptop for work. Since this past December I have exclusively been using my MacBook Air, I have since given away the Windows computer.
Recently it has started shutting off randomly while I'm using it. I've tried resetting the PVRAM and the thing that manages how the power/screen works (I forget what its called), and that hasn't worked. I'll try to turn it back on again after it has shut off, and it sometimes doesn't come back on unless I tilt it a little bit. Does anyone know what could be causing this issue? Is it something I can probably fix, or should I take it to the Apple Store? Thanks for any and all feedback.

Since the PRAM and SMC reset didn't work and your screen only seems to work when the screen is tilted at a specific angle, it might be a hardware problem. If you're near an Apple Store, you should make an appointment at the Genius Bar to have someone look at it: http://concierge.apple.com/reservation/us/en/techsupport/

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0xffffff80b328b980 : 0xffffff7f9e5ec39b
0xffffff80b328b9c0 : 0xffffff7f9e5c3e15
0xffffff80b328ba10 : 0xffffff7f9e58fb5e
0xffffff80b328baa0 : 0xffffff7f9e58bae7
0xffffff80b328bad0 : 0xffffff7f9e589636
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0xffffff80b328bb90 : 0xffffff801d0cff9f
0xffffff80b328bbf0 : 0xffffff801d0cdabf
0xffffff80b328bd40 : 0xffffff801ccb66a8
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some 15-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pros are known to have a defect in their NVIDIA GPUs. Given the symptoms which you’d described, yours might have that defect also. Apple had a gratis servicing program for three years from the MacBook Pro’s date of purchase; they still offer the servicing, but it is no longer guaranteed to be gratis. I’d recommend that you make an appointment at your nearest Apple store or Apple-authorized service center, to have them run their Video System Test on your MacBook Pro, which will confirm whether or not its NVIDIA GPU has the defect.

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• Shut down the computer.
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• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
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I have macbook air late 2010 model... it works fine otherwise but it has started being overheated in normal situations where normally it used to work fine and draining more battery....... battery time is almost half now.
should i reset SMC... would it help?

I'm doubtful it's a missing driver too, but I feel as though it's driver related. The first time XP was installed, after first boot without installing drivers, it was without sound etc, but fundamentally the system worked. Now after first boot, it's very buggy. Thanks for your suggestion Tonny. I ran the tool but it turns out the HDD is fine. Besides, everything runs fine in safe mode.
Does anyone know if (generally speaking) there is any firmware on the graphics card that would get updated via a Windows update? i.e. is it possible that Windows update downloaded a driver for the graphics card that installed new firmware that wasn't all that compatable with XP?

Why is it that my iMovie app keeps shutting off randomly! I'm trying to export my movie and it shuts down each time it's a 1/4 of the way through downloading! Ah! Please help.

Why is it that my iMovie app keeps shutting off randomly! I'm trying to export my movie and it shuts down each time it's a 1/4 of the way through downloading! Ah! Please help.

I also have Jolly's problem. I found the iMovie 9.0.9 folder and tried to launch the older version of iMove. It would not launch. I removed all of the iMovie preferences from the Preferences folder, removed iMove 10 from the applications folder, and restarted my Mac. iMove 9.0.9 still won't launch and I can't access my videos created with the older version of iMovie. Is there a way to uninstall iMovie 10 and reinstall iMovie 9.0.9?
I am running Yosemitie on a iMac.
Paul

Help, how to downgrade my macbook air late 2010 from os x yosemite to snow leopard

A very good friend just updated my Macbook Air late 2010 (OS Snow Leopard) to OS X Yosemite. Now my Macbook air is messed up. No sound. Left shift key not working.and so forth. I am wondering if I can return it back to my previous OS?
How to return it to my previous OS? Please help me. No need to back up anything, as everything is in my dropbox.

1. Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Select Disk Utility from the main menu. Click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. When formatting finishes quit DU. Select Reinstall Lion from the main menu and click on the Continue button.

Repeating Console Message 10.6.5 on MacBook Air (Late 2010)

I just finished setting up the system on a new MacBook Air (13" 1.83ghz). I'm getting the following console message that repeats every 10 seconds. How can I stop it? Thanks.
12/22/10 6:01:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd[487]) Exited with exit code: 1
12/22/10 6:01:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
12/22/10 6:01:39 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd[488]) posix_spawn("/usr/local/libexec/batteryd", ...): No such file or directory
12/22/10 6:01:39 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd[488]) Exited with exit code: 1
12/22/10 6:01:39 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
12/22/10 6:01:49 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.batteryd[490]) posix_spawn("/usr/local/libexec/batteryd", ...): No such file or directory

My parents new 13'' MacBook Air (late 2010) would not fall asleep. After resetting the SMC to no avail I checked the console and saw the exact same message. After deleting the plist and rebooting the machine it is falling asleep now.
I never installed any third-party program relating to the battery and there is a folder called /usr/local however there is no sub-folder libexec nor did a "locate" in Terminal find the daemon batteryd.
Came across a similar thread on the Japanese Apple discussion forum (clicky). Since I cannot read Japanese I can only guess at what the various posts say. There seems to be talk about it being an Apple software related issue specifically regarding the HAL.
I checked on my MacBook Pro (mid 2010) and there is no such plist. Will check another 13'' MacBook Air when I get the chance.
If you delete the file com.apple.batteryd.plist in the folder /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and reboot the machine the message in the console will go away.

Macbook air (11", mid 2011) turns off randomly

My macbook air 11" (mid 2011) turns off randomly. Sometimes, in the middle of something a black screen. After a few seconds it starts up again, on using a key. It restarts in the application I worked on before. Strange!

Do you have put hard drive to sleep when possible checked? Try unchecking it.Have you tried repairing permissions in utilities? You could also do a pram reset. Command/Option/P/R keys at startup for three chimes.

HOWTO: Make Virtual WiFi work in Windows 7 for MacBook Air (Late 2010)

I just spent several hours figuring out what is a bug in the Broadcom WiFi drivers for my new MacBook Air, and thought I would post how I fixed it for others until Apple can get Broadcom to fix their drivers.
Virtual WiFi:
First, what is Virtual WiFi. Virtual WiFi is a feature in Windows 7 that allows a single WiFi adapter in a computer to look like more than one adapter. The most common use for this is for software like Connectify that allows you to use your laptop as a wireless access point (AP) when you travel. For example, you might settle into a hotel room, pay for an Internet connection for your MacBook, and then want to share that connection with your iPhone, iPad, and other devices. For Virtual WiFi to work, the WiFi drivers for your WiFi hardware need to indicate that they support the feature, and then in Device Manager in Windows Control Panel, under Network Adapters you will see the "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter" listed. Notably, this adapter was missing after installing Windows 7 and BootCamp 3.1 on my MacBook Air (Late 2010).
Why it Doesn't Work:
The strange thing is, this was working fine on my wife's MacBook from 2008, with similar Broadcom WiFi hardware. It turns out that whoever made the Broadcom driver file made a small copy-and-paste error, and neglected to support Virtual WiFi for the slightly different chip that is in the MacBook Air versus the MacBook. By fixing the driver file, the issue can be fixed. The problem is right here in the file, which we'll get to more below:
%BCM430N_DeviceDesc% = BCM43XNM_NT61, PCI\VEN14E4&DEV432b
%BCM430N_DeviceDesc% = BCM43XNG_NT61, PCI\VEN14E4&DEV432c
%BCM430N_DeviceDesc% = BCM43XNM_NT60, PCI\VEN14E4&DEV4353
My wife's MacBook uses the first line with DEV_432b at the end. Note that it uses the installation section BCM43XNM_NT61 which refers to Windows 7 and correctly installs Virtual WiFi. The newest MacBook Air uses the last line with DEV_4353 at the end (a slightly different chip). Note that it incorrectly refers to the installation section BCM43XNM_NT60, which is Windows Vista with no support for Virtual WiFi.
How to Fix It:
1) You first need to extract the Broadcom drivers that are in the latest version of BootCamp so that you can modify the INF file. To do this, I followed all of the instructions in the BootCamp Assistant from Mac OS X on my MacBook Air to download the WindowsSupport folder with BootCamp drivers, which you can save to the hard drive or burn to a CD. Once you have this, open the folder "Boot Camp\Drivers\Broadcom". We need to extract the file BroadcomNetworkAdapterWin7_32.exe or BroadcomNetworkAdapterWin7_64.exe depending on whether you are using a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7. I was able to do this with WinRAR installed, by right-clicking and selecting to extract the file to a folder.
2) In the folder from the last step, there are 31 files on my installation, but the one we want is bcmwl6.inf. If you open that file the first two sections (BROADCOM.NTamd64.6.1 and BROADCOM.NTx86.6.1) are the ones with the error as reproduced above. The first section is for 64-bit installations, and the second section is for 32-bit installations.
3) Modify the last line of each section to change BCM43XNM_NT60 to BCM43XNM_NT61, and save the file.
4) Now we need to install the driver from this folder onto the MacBook Air. I did this by opening Device Manager from Control Panel, right-clicking the "Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter" under Network Adapters, and selecting "Uninstall" followed by "Update Driver Software". Point the update dialog to the folder where you modified the driver, and let it install.
5) Note that because the INF file is modified the driver is no longer correctly signed. You will see a warning to this effect, and you should select to install the driver anyway.
6) You should now see the "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter" in Device Manager, and software like Connectify should work to share your WiFi connection.
Hopefully Apple will fix this the correct way soon, by getting Broadcom to fix their driver and updating BootCamp to include it. At the time of this writing, the Broadcom driver version is 5.100.57.8 so anything later than that may be fixed.
Good Luck!

That is one heck of a post for a newcomer here. Your instructions worked like a charm, with one exception:
When uninstalling the Broadcom Device, I had to check the box to delete the driver, and then had to scan for new hardware to get the device to show back up. Then I was able to load the edited driver software.
I am not complaining, but very grateful, as I was pulling my hair out on this one.

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