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Unless you reboot every once in a while, your Mac will get kicked offline every 49 days

AppleInsider • Thu, 09 Apr 2026

Unless you reboot every once in a while, your Mac will get kicked offline every 49 days

A new bug has been discovered that breaks all Mac networking every 49 days, 17 hours, two minutes, and 47 seconds. It's simple to get around the bug, though. You'll need to restart your Mac regularly to avoid this bug. The bug was detailed in a blog post by Photon, a service that connects AI agents to iMessage . In it, Photon explains how it discovered the issue on its own fleet of Mac servers and confirmed its discovery by running additional targeted testing. According to Photon, the bug affects all Macs, whether you use the brand-new MacBook Neo or a powerhouse Mac Studio . The good news is that you can avoid the bug by simply restarting your Mac sooner than every 49 days, 17 hours, two minutes, and 47 seconds. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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A new bug has been discovered that breaks all Mac networking every 49 days, 17 hours, two minutes, and 47 seconds. It's simple to get around the bug, though. You'll need to restart your Mac regularly to avoid this bug. The bug was detailed in a blog post by Photon, a service that connects AI agents to iMessage . In it, Photon explains how it discovered the issue on its own fleet of Mac servers and confirmed its discovery by running additional targeted testing. According to Photon, the bug affects all Macs, whether you use the brand-new MacBook Neo or a powerhouse Mac Studio . The good news is that you can avoid the bug by simply restarting your Mac sooner than every 49 days, 17 hours, two minutes, and 47 seconds. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Story details

A new bug has been discovered that breaks all Mac networking every 49 days, 17 hours, two minutes, and 47 seconds.

It's simple to get around the bug, though.

You'll need to restart your Mac regularly to avoid this bug.

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