Ask HN: Does your MacBook Air/Pro have the screen wake hardware problem?

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a year ago

The screen sometimes doesn't wake when you: (1) press the Escape key on the Lock Screen, and then (2) press a key, such as the spacebar, to wake it.

On my M3 MacBook Pro, a workaround is to adjust the screen brightness using the brightness keys, which somehow wakes the display.

See: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m2-air-display-sometimes-stays-black-after-waking.2389035/

Apparently, fixing this hardware issue requires replacing both the display and the lid angle sensor.