M2 MacBook Air: Won't Turn On Stuck in Black Screen? - Fixed!

M2 MacBook Air stuck on Black screen but its running, or refused to turn on all together after the latest macOS Sonoma Update? You M2 Mac screen suddenly gone blank but keyboard light is turned on? Don’t Panic, we got you covered.

In this video, we will show you 5 simple and straightforward solutions to resolve Black Screen issue on M2 MacBook Pro/Air, Mac Mini, iMac or any Mac Running on macOS Sonoma or later.

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0:00 MacBook Air M2 stuck on Black Screen
0:30 solution 1: Eject External Accessories and Charge Mac
1:03 Solution 2: Increase Brightness
1:18 Solution 3: Force Shutdown
1:46 Solution 4: Force Restart
2:03 Solution 5: Safe Boot

[razonchatman]

BRUH IT WAS THE BRIGHTNESS 😭😭your a genius all I had to do was click F2 like 7 times to turn up my brightness for it to cut on

[maxsil]

Thank you very much!!!! You save my Mac. At Apple they said that my Mac was broken.
The motherboard was burned and thanks to you I recovered.

[zayneali]

Spent years avoiding the software updates. Decided I do it yesterday.. n now this. Thanks apple

[lunrVR]

Swear I’m switching to windows I can’t do ts no more

[krishiii_]

Force Shutdown worked for me ! Thank you so much, But could me please explain why wasn't it switching on despite of having enough charge ?

[carolyncole]

Thank you! I was able to follow your very clear instructions and get my screen working again.

[mohammadnauvalilhamramadha]

Hi, I also had the same identical problem (black screen, but keyboard backlit are still on) and I've managed to fix it. Previously I was using a MacBook Air M2 13.6-inch with Sonoma 14.1.2. The problem lies in your "Lock Screen Settings" (System Settings - Lock Screen). Check your "Start Screen Saver" timer settings. If there's a notification that says "Display will sleep before screen saver starts, " then you need to change it. Make sure your "Screen Saver" timing is set LOWER than the two settings below it (Turn Display off, Turn Display off on power, Require password <- these are the three configurations under "Start Screen Saver when inactive"). 
(Except for the “Require password after screen saver” option, you are free to decide how long the duration should be.)

The configuration I used is as follows:
 1.⁠ ⁠Start Screen Saver: 5 minutes
 2.⁠ ⁠Turn display off: 10 minutes
 3.⁠ ⁠Turn display off on power: 30 minutes
 4.⁠ ⁠Requires password: immediately

Notice that my screen saver time is set lower than the other two. 

After configuring those timers, my MacBook no longer gets stuck on the black screen.

Your issue lies there. When you set your Screen Saver time, there's a possibility of it clashing with the "turn display off" setting, which could cause confusion for the MacBook, resulting in it getting stuck on the black screen.

Good luck!

[KankukanAiki]

I had this issue on my MacBook M3 Max after the latest MacOS update. The Apple call center helped me by making me do the same thing of this video. So thumbs up to them and to you!

[navdeepredefine]

It happened to me twice when I used a different Mac charger. I connected to an external display and used it until the battery drained, then charged it fresh with my own charger.

[chunforu]

Thank you so my heart almost dropped i just bought it

[itsnthing]

Thank you so much!! I just turned it off bc of something and it wasn’t turning on but it’s on and working.

[sreejayadavjakkula]

Thank you so much🥳....it's working now.... I used the power button holding 8sec tick .

[shwetajha]

Thanks for this. It worked for me. My system is being updated now.

[mrs.caffeinated]

thank you. this helps. I did shit+ctrl+option+power button for 10 secs. then shit+power button one sec. now it's working. 🎉

[tafadzwamatengo]

I have tried the above steps, but it didn't work for me. Please help if you can!

[davaotv]

Thank you its working in pressing the powerbutton 8-10secs then pressing onxe again . Cheers

[youseftarek]

Does the screen go black? Does this mean the device is bad?

[jasminek]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Last method worked for me!

[claudedaiga]

My MacBook m2 pro (2023) went into blackscreen while I was working on it. Right now it only chimes without any light on the keyboard or screen. I don just know what to do.

[janaganvelmurugan]

Thanks very much I just didn't wait😊