iMac keeps crashing after Catalina upgrade

Interesting on my MacBook Pro 15" Retina 2012: never actually *seen* it (literally seen) crashing.

But several times - after I left the macbook to do something else and came back - I was presented with a logon screen.

(I do not have auto-installation of updates enabled)

To all you folks who've successfully rolled back to Mojave, may I ask how you managed to consolidate the media libraries from Music, Podcasts & TV, back into iTunes?

Any help would be appreciated.

You should have exported the photos as full size jpgs or as originals to folders while still in Catalina. Then import into Mojave photos. Similar with videos. This is because Catalina reprocessed the photos library.

Music mp3 and m4a folders can just be moved from the itunes media folder in Mojave, clean up the various index files then added back in File, Add to library.

Cant help with Podcasts or TV but think along the same lines.

However anyone who actually did it can add their experiences

please dont discuss beta performance. The whole point of betas is they are unfinished and final release may be corrected based on proper feedback.

Plus you agreed not to discuss it outside of Feedback Assistant.

And the whole point of release candidates is they work and don't trash an otherwise perfectly good machine. I have had to scrap my 2017 iMac because it was rendered unusable by Catalina and I had to buy a Windows desktop. Gloves are off. Apple needs to keep its side of the deal if we are to keeps ours.

peter_watt wrote:

Too many people signing up to Beta program for bragging rights and not feeding back problems through correct routes. What are Apple supposed to infer from those statistics?

What makes you think people that discuss in here *aren't* also reporting their experiences to Apple? I've sent 10s of gigabytes back myself through Feedback Assistant since starting with Catalina.

Also, since it's beta software, I'd expect the OS to be reporting back more about usage and stability than the releases. I would expect to be signing away some degree of privacy in the beta EULA, precisely so that it can inform bug-fixing and development. The result should really be that just having people using the software is helpful to the process.

Whether writing in here helps the writers in any real way, is another matter entirely of course 🙂

I have a MacBook Pro (16 inch, 2019) for a week. If I knew that, I would never spend $ 2,799.

The way is to keep using my old Macbook Pro 13 "running Mojave.

Frustrating when it comes to an Apple product.

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800f2288b7): "IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff80509eb060 : 0xffffff7f8fabc18a, 0 -> 4) timed out after 101867 ms"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-6153.81.5/iokit/Kernel/IOServicePM.cpp:5302

With so many people having to get logic board replacements that don't help, and confirming that fresh installs don't help, it feels like Apple owes us an apology. Half a year without being able to use one of the most basic peripheral add-ons is crazy.

I've been a loyal Apple user for decades, and I'm currently sitting with a maxed out iMac Pro that I can't use for my daily work. This is the issue that's finally breaking me.

I have a 2012 MBP that I spent nearly 5k on when it was new. It literally was the best one you could buy. I justified the expense because it never crashed and that I wouldn’t need to replace it every couple years. Recently I was in the market for an iMac Pro looking to spend about 6k but decided not to after my MBP turning into a paper weight since Catalina. Will wait until they get the issues worked out and if still crashing then I’ll just build a nice PC and save the cash.

My iMac was rendered unusable so I bought an Intel NUC8i5BEH and a 4K monitor. Windows 10 is rock solid - much more so than macOS these days - and I'm enjoying using it. Better still, the NUC itself was £375 ($452) so to upgrade in the future that's all I'll need to replace. It attaches to the back of the monitor and comes with a VESA mounting plate. I love it! My iMac is now in a cupboard. What a waste of money that was.

Even with a fresh install of Catalina the restarts due to kernel panics continue. I dont know what to do.

Now I tried to remove one of two RAM sticks (2x 8GB) to observe if the restarts will stop; I had did it some time ago and the machine runned well, but I put the stick back again later

I will keep you updated, even know that this solution can't be applyed to everyone

P.S.: Restarting has already corrupted the data on my external hard drive several times.

Fix it NOW Apple!

(I have a late 2012 Mac Mini + 1 Thunderbolt Display)

Yes, despite several claims to the contrary, you cannot use Feedback Assistant unless you are registered on the Beta Program. I had that confirmed earlier.

Conversely, Beta discussion is not permitted outside Feedback Assistant

Hi,

Have your reported the problem to Apple?

If you have AppleCare have you raised an issue? and if you do, raise the problem again and again.

If you joined the beta program did you send the issue in the correct feedback app?

Just asking because Apple do not care about this channel, so publicly complaining here will not reach anyone and sending crash reports don't seem to do any good either.

They only monitor this forum if you say something you're not supposed to about the beta program, otherwise it's not considered 'official'.

The other option is everyone on here to start complaining very loudly on something like Twitter every time you have a crash and make sure you also send it in a DM to Apple.

This has been going on too long now.

Good luck.

Steve

I’ve tweeted Apple, Apple Support, Mac Rumors, and Macworld several times about my frustrations as they all have to be aware of the major issues with Catalina. Someone must be getting paid because there has been no acknowledgement from any of them.

Y'all resolve this issue?

I'm running a mid-2018 MBP 2.9 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i9, Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB and am having the same issue since upgrading to Catalina 10.15.3.

While I can't confirm that it only happens when I use my Caldigit T3 dock with one monitor connected via DisplayPort, it does seem more frequent than when I have them connected through two different Mac and Caldigit HDMI/Displayport adapters.

I spend my days editing documentaries with tons of footage but with proxies so while there is a Thunderbolt RAID attached, it's not doing crazy work...

I've been monitoring RAM and CPU usage and nothing seems too out of whack - my suspicion is that the GPU is getting overheated between the 2 monitors and Premiere and that's what's causing the issue.

Any thoughts?