I then talked to the Apple support and even after talking to the senior techsupport department they couldn't find a solution of why the error happened. I researched about the mentioned error and found all kinds of reasons why people got that error message: WD Hard drives, motherboard failures, faulty CPUs, software issues, external USB-C and USB-A accessories etc. I also did use an external WD My Passport 1TB SSD (APFS format) which I didn't eject "properly" (just pulled the USB C plug after moving data). I did send an error report to Apple via the button of the error message popup. After quitting XD my Macbook Air froze, the screen got pinkish and it restarted and gave me the error: SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired). That day I was just casually watching a movie on Amazon Prime in a Watch Party and after having watched that movie and quitting Google Chrome, I realized I forgot to quit Adobe XD and Adobe Photoshop in which I did some work prior to watching the movie. Didn't have any problems with the adapter for the period I used it (bought it with the MacBook). The USB-A Port is connected to an Audio Interface (Native Instruments Komplete Audio 2) and I charge the MacBook via the USB-C charging port of the adapter.
After that day it did not happen again.įirst of all: I am usually using my MacBook with an external monitor (Razer Raptor 27) which is connected via HDMI over the official Apple USB‑C Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Since then the MacBook has been working more or less flawlessly with the exception of a freeze and restart and the error "SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)" a couple of days ago. So I bought my M1 Macbook Air (16GB) three months ago.