[Lauren Jenkins]

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Completely discharging GaN brick capacitors, cleaning pogo pins with 99% IPA, and triggering PMU cold reset.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

1. Unplug power brick from the wall and disconnect MagSafe cable. Wait 2 full minutes for capacitors to discharge.
2. Clean the 5 gold spring-loaded pins with 99% isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free swab.
3. Plug adapter directly to wall, connect MagSafe to Mac, and power on. The LED will illuminate steady amber.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

MacBook Pro 16″ M1 Pro (32GB) | Dual Dell 27″ 4K | macOS Sequoia | Philadelphia, PA

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | Enterprise Mac Sysadmin & Jamf Pro Architect

[Lauren Jenkins]

Apple Recommended / Verified Community Solution

This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Flushing local keychain daemon caches and re-authenticating with primary device lock screen passcode.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

1. Confirm saved passwords exist locally on your iPhone in Settings > Passwords.
2. On Mac, turn Passwords & Keychain OFF in iCloud settings.
3. Purge local keychain cache: rm -rf ~/Library/Keychains/*/ && sudo killall -9 securityd secd.
4. Re-enable Keychain in iCloud settings and verify identity with iPhone lock screen passcode.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

MacBook Pro 16″ M1 Pro (32GB) | Dual Dell 27″ 4K | macOS Sequoia | Philadelphia, PA

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | Enterprise Mac Sysadmin & Jamf Pro Architect

[Lauren Jenkins]

Apple Recommended / Verified Community Solution

This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Disabling Clean Energy Charging toggle or overriding charging hold directly from lock screen.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

1. Navigate to Settings > Battery > Charging Optimization.
2. Toggle Clean Energy Charging to OFF.
3. For an immediate top-off, long press the lock screen notification and select Charge to 100% Now.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

MacBook Pro 16″ M1 Pro (32GB) | Dual Dell 27″ 4K | macOS Sequoia | Philadelphia, PA

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | Enterprise Mac Sysadmin & Jamf Pro Architect

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