Thank you Old Toad, I run EtreCheck Pro and the report is attached. EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.12 (68084) Report generated: 2025-12-15 12:47:10 Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 2:26 Performance: Excellent Problem: Computer is restarting Description: panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff0281cf86c): x86 CPU CATERR detected Debugger message: panic Memory ID: 0x6 OS release type: User OS version: 23P1072 macOS version: 23J126 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 25.1.0: Mon Oct 20 19:10:06 PDT 2025; root:xnu-12377.41.6~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010 KernelCache UUID: 5ADAB966F8617E907661DA867F524491 Kernel UUID: E7031AA0-2342-3AA3-8B86-E87110063326 Boot session UUID: 9CD3C549-AE0C-449C-ACFF-3DDD45BDF055 iBoot version: iBoot-13822.41.1 iBoot Stage 2 version: secure boot?: YES roots installed: 0 x86 EFI Boot State: 0x16 x86 System State: 0x0 x86 Power State: 0x0 x86 Shutdown Cause: 0xc1 x86 Previous Power Transitions: 0x70604000400 PCIeUp link state: 0x89271614 macOS kernel slide: 0x11000000 Paniclog version: 15 Kernel slide:   0x0000000021eac000 Kernel text base: 0xfffffff028eb0000 mach_absolute_time: 0x7c902ddc4 Epoch Time:    sec   usec  Boot  : 0x693d0472 0x000f0af2  Sleep : 0x00000000 0x00000000  Wake  : 0x00000000 0x00000000  Calendar: 0x693d09df 0x000edc89 Zone info:  Zone map: 0xffffffde9be74000 - 0xffffffe49be74000  . VM  : 0xffffffde9be74000 - 0xffffffdf824d8000  . RO  : 0xffffffdf824d8000 - 0xffffffdfcf1ac000  . GEN0 : 0xffffffdfcf1ac000 - 0xffffffe0b5810000  . GEN1 : 0xffffffe0b5810000 - 0xffffffe19be74000  . GEN2 : 0xffffffe19be74000 - 0xffffffe2824dc000  . GEN3 : 0xffffffe2824dc000 - 0xffffffe368b44000  . DATA : 0xffffffe368b44000 - 0xffffffe49be74000  Metadata: 0xffffffec9d0a4000 - 0xffffffec9e8a4000  Bitmaps : 0xffffffec9e8a4000 - 0xffffffec9e9bc000  Extra : 0 - 0 TPIDRx_ELy = {1: 0xffffffe0b57a64a0 0: 0x0000000000000001 0ro: 0x000 0000000000000 } CORE 0: PC=0xfffffff02921c3b0, LR=0xfffffff027f85cc0, FP=0xffffffe6daf f3dd0 CORE 1 is the one that panicked. Check the full backtrace for details. Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space Panicked task 0xffffffe19bf05f30: 0 pages, 196 threads: pid 0: kernel_ task Panicked thread: 0xffffffe0b57a64a0, backtrace: 0xffffffe6db0ef540, ti d: 119  lr: 0xfffffff0290d8e1c fp: 0xffffffe6db0ef5b0  lr: 0xfffffff02921aa44 fp: 0xffffffe6db0ef620  lr: 0xfffffff0292199a0 fp: 0xffffffe6db0ef710  lr: 0xfffffff0290956b8 fp: 0xffffffe6db0ef720  lr: 0xfffffff0290d8f04 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efc00  lr: 0xfffffff0298286ec fp: 0xffffffe6db0efc20  lr: 0xfffffff0281cf86c fp: 0xffffffe6db0efc50  lr: 0xfffffff0281b72d4 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efcb0  lr: 0xfffffff0281b8408 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efcf0  lr: 0xfffffff0281be544 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efd40  lr: 0xfffffff0281b7df8 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efe00  lr: 0xfffffff0281b6ab4 fp: 0xffffffe6db0efe30  lr: 0xfffffff02913481c fp: 0xffffffe6db0eff20  lr: 0xfffffff0290a06cc fp: 0x0000000000000000 Major Issues:     Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.     Automatic updates disabled - Automatic updates are disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.     Security updates disabled - Security updates are disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.     Kernel panics - This system has experienced kernel panics. This could be a sign of hardware failure.     Apple security disabled - Apple security software is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection. Minor Issues:     These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.     No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.     Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes. Hardware Information:     iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)         Status: Supported     iMac Model: iMac20,1     3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 (i7-10700K) CPU: 8-core     32 GB RAM - Upgradeable Video Information:     AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT - VRAM: 8 GB         iMac (built-in) 5120 x 2880 Drives:     disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512N 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)     Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express     S.M.A.R.T. Details: 2% used, 92.62 TB written, 100% health, 186 unsafe shutdowns         disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB         disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.96 GB             disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.96 GB (Shared by 7 volumes)                 disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) (807 KB used)                 disk1s2 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (34.91 GB used)                 disk1s3 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (2.12 GB used)                 disk1s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.25 GB used)                 disk1s5 (APFS) [APFS Container] (10.27 GB used)                     disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (10.27 GB used)                 disk1s6 - Update (APFS) (4 MB used)                 disk1s7 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (20 KB used) Mounted Volumes:     disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data         Encrypted         Used: 807 KB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB     disk1s2 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive]         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data         Encrypted         Used: 34.91 GB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB     disk1s3 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot         Used: 2.12 GB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB     disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /         Read-only: Yes         Used: 10.27 GB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB     disk1s6 - Update         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update         Used: 4 MB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB     disk1s7 - VM [APFS VM]         Filesystem: APFS         Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM         Used: 20 KB         Shared values             Size: 499.96 GB             Free: 451.27 GB             Available: 452.26 GB USB:     USB 3.1 bus              USB 3.1 bus              T2Bus         Apple - Headset         Apple Inc. - Ambient Light Sensor         Apple Inc. - FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)         Apple Inc. - Apple T2 Controller Network:     Interface en0: Ethernet     Interface en1: Wi-Fi         802.11 a/b/g/n/ac     Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge     Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN     iCloud is limited without Full Disk Access System Software:     macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 (23J126)     Installed 2025-12-11     Time since boot: Less than an hour Notifications:     EtreCheckPro.app         one notification Security:     Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers     System Integrity Protection: Enabled     Automatic Updates: Disabled     Security Updates: Disabled     Antivirus software: None! System Launch Daemons:     [Not Loaded] 43 Apple tasks     [Loaded] 191 Apple tasks     [Running] 167 Apple tasks     [Other] 3 Apple tasks System Launch Agents:     [Not Loaded] 24 Apple tasks     [Loaded] 243 Apple tasks     [Running] 158 Apple tasks Launch Daemons:     [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-12-04)         Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator     [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-12-04)         Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper     [Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2     [Running] org.openvpn.client.plist (OpenVPN Inc. - installed 2025-10-24)         Executable: /Library/Frameworks/OpenVPNConnect.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnagent     [Running] org.openvpn.helper.plist (OpenVPN Inc. - installed 2025-10-24)         Executable: /Library/Frameworks/OVPNHelper.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnhelper Launch Agents:     [Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ARMDC/Application/Acrobat Update Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Acrobat Update Helper     [Running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/Creative Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Creative Cloud --showwindow=false --onOSstartup=true     [Not Loaded] com.adobe.CCLibrary.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/CCLibrary.app/Contents/MacOS/CCLibraryXPCListener         Location: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/CCLibrary.app     [Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot User Launch Agents:     [Not Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11)         Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot     [Loaded] com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist (Google LLC - installed 2025-12-11)         Command: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater --wake-all --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/enterprise_companion/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2     [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Not signed - installed 2025-12-11)              [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Not signed - installed 2025-12-11)          User Login Items:     [Not Loaded] DriveDxLoginItemHelper (Kirill Luzanov - installed 2025-12-12)         Modern Login Item         ~/Downloads/DriveDx.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/DriveDxLoginItemHelper.app Applications:     649 Apple apps     62 3rd party apps     39 x86-only apps     No unsigned apps App Extensions:     Finder sync extensions:         [Loaded] Adobe Content Synchronizer Finder Extension - /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app     QuickLook Previews:         [Loaded] EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app             com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck Internet Plug-ins:     AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-12-11) Backup:     Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access Performance:     System Load: 4.28 (1 min ago) 1.78 (5 min ago) 0.71 (15 min ago)     Nominal I/O usage: 1.46 MB/s     File system: 13.93 seconds     Write speed: 2443 MB/s     Read speed: 2188 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot:     Type Overall     System: 1 %     User: 3 %     Idle: 95 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:     Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)     system_profiler (2) 31.70 % (Apple)     biomesyncd 22.55 % (Apple)     EtreCheckPro 13.40 % (Etresoft, Inc.)     WindowServer 4.82 % (Apple)     kernel_task 1.96 % (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:     Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)     EtreCheckPro 1.14 GB (Etresoft, Inc.)     Creative Cloud UI Helper (Renderer) 594 MB (Adobe Inc.)     Adobe Desktop Service 300 MB (Adobe Inc.)     Creative Cloud Content Manager.node 247 MB (Adobe Inc.)     Creative Cloud 206 MB (Adobe Inc.) Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:     Process Input / Output (Source - Location)     corespeechd 3 KB / 15 MB (Apple)     rapportd 2 MB / 64 KB (Apple)     tipsd 165 KB / 8 KB (Apple)     mDNSResponder 85 KB / 46 KB (Apple)     trustd 77 KB / 17 KB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:     Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)     WindowServer 3 (Apple)     securityuploadd 1 (Apple)     trustd (4) 0 (Apple)     SubmitDiagInfo 0 (Apple)     airportd 0 (Apple) Virtual Memory Information:     Physical RAM: 32 GB     Free RAM: 20.04 GB     Used RAM: 7.25 GB     Cached files: 4.71 GB     Available RAM: 24.75 GB     Swap Used: 0 B Software Installs (past 60 days):     Install Date Name (Version)     2025-12-09 macOS Installer Notification (2.0) - Software update     2025-12-09 XProtectPlistConfigData (5323) - Software update     2025-12-09 XProtectPlistConfigData (5272) - Software update     2025-12-09 Gatekeeper Configuration Data (181) - Software update     2025-12-09 MRTConfigData (1.93) - Software update     2025-12-09 XProtectPayloads (156) - Software update     2025-12-11 macOS 14.8.2 (14.8.2) - Software update     2025-12-11 XProtectPlistConfigData (5324) - Software update     2025-12-11 MRTConfigData (1.93) - Software update     2025-12-11 MRTConfigData (1.93) - Software update     2025-12-11 OpenVPN Connect (3.8.1-5790) - Installer     2025-12-11 Adobe Acrobat (Continuous) (25.001.20997) - Installer Diagnostics Information (past 60 days):     2025-12-14 08:58:26 Kernel Panic (84 times)         First occurrence: 2025-12-07 09:27:29         Details:             panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff012e1786c): x86 CPU CATERR detected             Panicked task 0xffffffe1dc57c480: 0 pages, 197 threads: pid 0: kernel_             task     2025-12-12 19:28:25 knowledgeconstructiond - High CPU Use (2 times)         First occurrence: 2025-12-12 07:05:35         Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IntelligencePlatformCore.framework/Versions/A/knowledgeconstructiond     2025-12-12 11:12:48 MTLCompilerService - Crash         Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/Metal.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/MTLCompilerService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/MTLCompilerService     2025-12-12 07:09:24 spotlightknowledged - High CPU Use         Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreSpotlight.framework/spotlightknowledged     2025-12-12 00:56:45 Kernel Panic (2 times)         First occurrence: 2025-12-11 19:56:59         Details:             panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff02434786c): macOS watchdog detected             Panicked task 0xffffffe3292691d8: 0 pages, 197 threads: pid 0: kernel_             task     2025-12-11 11:15:09 TrustedPeersHelper - Crash (20 times)         First occurrence: 2025-12-09 19:09:04         Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/TrustedPeersHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TrustedPeersHelper         Details:             dyld3 mode     2025-12-09 19:02:19 Software Update.app - Crash         Executable: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app         Details:             dyld3 mode             rdar:/problem/28724618 Couldn't connect to launchservicesd.     2025-12-08 10:33:42 Kernel Panic (2 times)         First occurrence: 2025-12-08 05:34:10         Details:             panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffff00f7d00b4): SEP Panic: :SEPD\/MDMA: 0x0000             b6c2 0x0003b59f 0x00009609 0x000038c9 0x000039ef [rmsi]             Panicked task 0xffffffe2a1723728: 0 pages, 199 threads: pid 0: kernel_             task End of report