# Apple Silicon MacBook Air/Pro Not Turning on, What to Do?

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## What to do if an Apple silicon Mac won't turn on?

**Quick Answer:**

You can try these solutions:

Tip: Rescue files on your unbootable Mac with[iBoysoft Mac Recovery Mode](https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/recovery-mode.html).

![fix M1 Mac won](https://iboysoft.com/images/en-mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-wont-turn-on/summary-fix-m1-mac-wont-boot.jpg)

Although the Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 chip is powerful, the new Mac, like the Mac mini or MacBook Air with an M1 chip, also appears to have issues, such as not turning on.

Your[Apple silicon Mac](https://iboysoft.com/wiki/apple-silicon-mac.html)may not respond to the power button, fail to wake up from sleep, or face a[Mac white screen](https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/mac-white-screen.html)issue. No matter what situations you've run into, this post is here to help you fix your MacBook Air with an M1/M2/M3 chip that's not turning on.

As the reasons for your Apple silicon MacBook Air won't boot are various and hard to find, you have to try to fix it with all possible solutions.

![how to fix M1 Mac won](https://iboysoft.com/images/en-mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-wont-turn-on/fix-m1-mac-wont-boot.jpg)

## Necessary checks for the Apple silicon Mac hardware

Sometimes, your M1 Mac, like the new M1 MacBook Air, won't start\-up is due to hardware issues. If you can't hear a chime from your M1 Mac or only see a black screen of your M1 Mac after you pressed the power button, try the following quick fixes:

### Disconnect all peripheral devices

Unplug the peripheral devices and reboot your Apple silicon Mac. That will check if the issues of your external devices prevent your M1 Mac mini or Apple silicon MacBook Air/Pro from turning on or not.

### Check the power connection

Try another power cable and adapter that came with the system, or use a different power outlet.

If it is an M1/M2/M3 MacBook Air/Pro, check the battery's health and charge it for a while. If the[MacBook Pro battery not charging](https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/macbook-pro-not-charging.html)or the[MacBook battery draining fast](https://iboysoft.com/tips/macbook-pro-battery-draining-fast.html), you'd better fix or replace it. In a word, ensure the power connection of your Apple silicon Mac is okay.

### Do a power cycle

No power connection problems but there are still no signs of a startup? Get down to perform a power cycle. A power cycle is used to force your Mac to reboot from an unresponsive state.

Press the Power button and hold it down for ten seconds. Next, unplug the power cable for 10 seconds and replug it. Finally, restart your Apple silicon MacBook Air as usual.

### Check the display of your Mac

If your M1/M2/M3 MacBook keeps showing a black screen after pressing the power button, you can press the F1 and F2 keys to adjust the display's brightness. If the Apple silicon Mac notebook doesn't become brighter, the display of your Mac may be wrong.

For an M1 Mac mini, try to use another monitor. For an M1 MacBook Air/Pro, go to use an external display via Thunderbolt 3 \(USB\-C\) to have a check.

![connect M1 Mac with an external display](https://iboysoft.com/images/en-mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-wont-turn-on/connect-m1-mac-with-external-display.jpg)

## How to fix your Apple silicon MacBook Air/Pro not turning on

If the above attempts are effortless to reboot your Apple silicon MacBook, but you can hear a chime, your Apple silicon MacBook may have other issues. Software incompatibility, startup disk corruption, firmware incompatibility, and so on are all possible causes.

### Boot your Mac into Safe Mode

Software incompatibility refers to the fact that the system doesn't allow certain software to run. If the software doesn't obey the ban from the system and is forced to run, then heavy issues may happen like[MacBook won't turn on](https://iboysoft.com/howto/macbook-wont-turn-on.html).

According to the system extension on M1/M2/M3 Mac, only Apple trusted software is allowed to run on Apple silicon Mac. And some software hasn't been updated to support Mac till now.

Hence, to fix your Apple silicon MacBook Air that won't start up, you can try to boot it in Safe Mode and uninstall the recently installed third\-party software.

When you[boot Mac into Safe Mode](https://iboysoft.com/wiki/mac-safe-mode.html), macOS only boot with a minimum of required software and drivers without third\-party software.

To boot into Safe Mode on Apple silicon Mac:

- Shut down your Mac and wait for 10 seconds.
- Press and hold the power button until seeing the startup disks and Options on the screen. ![M1 Mac Recovery Mode](https://iboysoft.com/images/en-mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-wont-turn-on/m1-recovery-mode1.jpg)
- Continue pressing and holding the Shift key, then click Continue in Safe Mode.

Note:You'll see the words "Safe Boot" on the top right of the screen if you boot into Safe Mode successfully.

If your Apple silicon Mac can boot up into Safe Mode, go to uninstall the recently installed third\-party software. Then, restart your Mac.

### Check the startup disk with First Aid

If your Apple siliconM3 MacBook failed to boot into Safe Mode, go on checking if the unbootable computer has resulted from the startup disk corruption.

Here you need to use the built\-in disk repair software in macOS \- First Aid. It can check and repair the minor errors in the file system and partition structure on the startup disk.

Since your Apple silicon MacBook Pro/Air won't boot, you need to use[Mac Recovery Mode](https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/macos-recovery-mode.html)first. Then, run First Aid in Disk Utility to repair the startup disk.

Once again, note that First Aid can only help repair some small disk errors.

### Use Configurator 2 to update the firmware

Still no use after running First Aid? Your startup disk may have serious errors. Apart from that, don't forget the firmware problem will also bring about your Apple silicon MacBook Air that's not turning on.

[Firmware](https://iboysoft.com/wiki/firmware.html)is a software program or set of instructions programmed on a hardware device. With firmware updates, improvements will be made to the functionality of the hardware devices and may help you reboot your Apple silicon Mac.

To update the firmware, you need to reset your unbootable MacBook with[Apple Configurator 2](https://iboysoft.com/wiki/apple-configurator-2.html), which also means reviving your Mac.

![revive Mac](https://iboysoft.com/images/en-mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-wont-turn-on/revive-mac.jpg)

Guide to Factory Reset a Bricked/unbootable M1 Mac

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### Reinstall macOS

If your Apple silicon Mac still won't boot after you've tried the above solutions, the system is probably heavily corrupted. You have to recover the data from the unbootable Apple siliconApple silicon Mac and then, you can feel relaxed to[reinstall macOS Big Sur on your M1 Mac](https://iboysoft.com/howto/reinstall-macos-m1-mac.html).

### Send your MacBook to have a repair

If your M1/M2/M3 MacBook Pro/Air still cannot work after trying the mentioned solutions, it may have some other serious issues. According to most Mac users' feedback, the real culprit is usually the bug of the feature of macOS Big Sur, called Optimised Battery Charging.

You need to send your Apple silicon Mac to the Apple Authorized Service store for a repair.

The MacBook Air that's not turning on is an intractable issue due to the complex and unseen causes. And data loss happens when you cannot turn on a MacBook or an M1 Mac mini. This post offers you a complete guide to help you fix your unbootable MacBook. Moreover, it also supplies some tricks to avoid data loss in such a situation.

## How to recover data from Apple silicon Mac that won't boot

Since Macs equipped with an Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 chip have greatly enhanced data protection and security, it is hard to restore the lost data from the Mac, let alone if the Mac is not booting.

Most of the previous ways and data recovery software used to recover lost or deleted data on Mac computers are not suitable for Apple silicon Macs.

If you are seeking an efficient way to recover lost data from an Apple silicon Mac, refer to:[How to recover data from Apple silicon Mac?](https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/m1-mac-data-recovery.html)