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Sudden Shutdown MacBook Pro Big Sur Fans Exhausted

MARCH 28, 2021

I got a sudden fan shut down every time I would switch on my MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) after I upgraded macOS from Catalina to Big Sur. Here's how I fixed it.

  • CMD + R - Press on reboot to enter Rescue Mode
  • Login as a user you know the password for.
  • Utilities › Terminal
  • Run kmutil trigger-panic-medic --volume-root /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
  • Start the computer normally

This is the Kext extension that, apparently, was causing the issue.

cd /System/Library/Extensions/AppleThunderboltNHI.kext

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