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MacBook Pro randomly activating screen saver or sleeping when in use.

My 2023 macbook pro (M3 14") (macOS golden gate beta 27.2 (26B5101f)) can actively be in use and the screen just randomly goes to sleep/screensaver even if i am scrolling or typing and often i can be doing literally anything on it and it just happens, no inactivity. Just straight to sleep. Its really annoying its nothing obvious in settings.

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GOAT_helper wrote:
My 2023 macbook pro (M3 14") (macOS golden gate beta 27.2 (26B5101f))

Sorry, but Apple Betas cannot be discussed on this forum. You agreed to an NDA when accessing the Beta releases. There is usually no support for a Beta product. In fact as a Beta tester, you should be reporting any issues directly to Apple. Since I don't participate in the Beta programs, I don't know the proper reporting method for issues found in an Apple Beta product release. Review any Beta product documentation & links you received to figure out how to properly report issues to Apple.


Otherwise you just need to try normal macOS troubleshooting procedures and hope it is not a macOS Beta bug because who knows when it may get fixed (even with the official OS releases it can take Apple months or longer to fix things......sometimes Apple never fixes an issue.


FYI, most people should not be using a Beta release as those releases are in flux and not fully tested yet. And especially not on their main system. A Beta release is usually meant for software developers in order to test their apps prior to Apple officially releasing the next OS update patch. Or perhaps in a very rare case when someone has been working with Apple to resolve a specific issue that Apple may have fixed in the Beta release.