

No reaction to plugging or unplugging power. No response to holding the TouchID/power button. After logging in again, I went for a glass of water. The Mac briefly showed a low battery image as it power-cycled, which I thought was odd since it was fully charged. I didn’t notice any odd processes running nor did any of my 35 security apps pick anything odd up. Being paranoid (I am an InfoSec professional after all), I unplugged the ethernet cable and disabled wifi. It very suddenly began running very slow.

My three month old 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar recently experienced a fatal cataclysm from which it was unable to recover. Note: I originally published this on Medium on February 11, 2017.

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Synology
