iMac keeps crashing after Catalina upgrade

I have a MacBook 2018 15'.' Same thing happened to me when computer goes to sleep, but does not always happen. It started after Catalina upgrade. I am using 10.15.5. I am also using 2 external displays. and from time to time (every 4 hours) it crashes when using Adobe illustrator 2020. However sharing my screen in zoom using the external display crashes mac 100% of the time after no more than 30 seconds.

I have a new late 2019 16" MBP (as well as a 2013 15" quad-core MBP, and a late 2018 iMac). Both the latter Macs run High Sierra, and both are 100% stable: they have never crashed. One is the editing machine (iMac); the other controls the studio.

The new 16" six-core MBP is THE most unstable machine I have ever used. It restarts automatically multiple times a day, and there is no repeatable pattern to these restarts. Definitely, this machine and/or the OS is not ready for prime time work, and that's what I bought it for. I am considering trying to return it, but I know what a drama and time-waster that will be. I am disappointed by Apple in this regard; I make a living editing video and presenting workshops (now via Zoom) and I cannot use this new computer reliably for these tasks. I have considered downgrading this machine to High Sierra—and have read about how this might be done, but it looks difficult to me. I can only hope that Apple fixes this, but iOS seems to be the priority these days. Very disappointing, I have to say.

I'm a pro. photographer, so have all images on external drives.

When you wrote, "Delete your photos file is all you need to do." Did you mean to delete the Photos program as well as removing Photos Library? TIA, KL

Just let me know if you notice any differences or fewer crashes. I need more proof for Apple support. I’ve seen issues since last June and I’m so done. It’s stable now so I’m just praying it stays this way.

Catalina has me wanting to go back to a PC and every week I price build or buy, especially with Ubuntu now built into Windows.

I am having same issue, my macBook Pro 15" 2018 i7 32 GB is connected to Dell monitor, after keeping idle for a while, every 2-3 days its' freezing up and doesn't recover on its own after waiting for 5 - 10 min, need to force restart by holding power button. Hope apple fixes it soon.

Apple just deleted my prior comment because it was "off topic." This shows they do monitor their forums are aware of the issue but failing to either acknowledge the problem and/or are unable to resolve the kernel panics surrounding Catalina.

APPLE BEINGS HOW YOU ARE MONITORING THIS 88 PAGE THREAD HOW ABOUT A LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE HELP??

That’s a bummer I was hoping for some sort of solution as I have literally tried everything short of dropping my Mac off a cliff. Was going to sell it and upgrade but now I feel that it’s about worthless as I cannot sell it in good conscious knowing it’s unstable.

Guess I’ll just keep sending in the kernel panic logs and hope they are looking at them.

I even reached out to OSX daily on Twitter to see if they were aware of a solution. They just said it was a known issue and were unaware of any work around at this time. They did say if they found a solution they would post it but that was months ago.

I bought a iMac Pro with Xeon and ECC memory, and migrated everything from my MacBook Pro that crashed all the time. No crashes after 2 months. I don't use my MacBook Pro anymore. Obviously this isn't a solution, but I just want to add to the conversation for what it's worth.

I’ve submitted crash reports for this issue a dozen times or more. It happens several times per week, not when actively using the iMac, but when waking it from sleep. I have attempted a fresh re-install previously without improvement.

This is not the Apple experience I’m used to. Sort of a bummer.

Here’s my system info:

Os 10.15.6

iMac Retina 4K, 2019

3.2 GHz i7

32 GB DDR4

Pro Vega 20 4GB

No external displays attached.

Still happens with 10.15.6

Now I am getting check battery condition warnings .... Is anyone else with the shutdown issue running into the battery warnings ?

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Radeon Pro 560 4 GB

Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

Free: 426.09 GB Capacity: 1 TB

This is really sad ....

his is not good as I am using a Mackbook Air 13inch 2015 and I recently upgraded it to Catalina latest version.

Even when the laptop is locked it keeps crashing or rebooting.

Plus when I use some tools after sometime it crached continuously.... Sometimes it will work but its worse - I had never seen this in my MAC ever since 2019 and it was smooth.

If this continues then I will have to finally oft out of MAC which i really don't want.

Can you all please relase a patch/fix for this and roll it out soon.

Apps which I was using when this happened.

1. Garage Band.
2. Pro Tools First
3. Google Chrome
4. Safari

Its clear that this is not app specific but completely OS bug ....

¿Its clear that this is not app specific but completely OS bug .... Any solution yet ?

Unfortunately no is the answer .

Every OS update I keep thinking maybe this time ...

Have been able to go a day or even a week end after adding a OWC dock to my desktop setup ..

Using the MacBook alone crashing multiple times daily .. Walk away from MacBook 50/50 chance its crashed .

I don't understand how a completely OS bug goes unaddressed by apple & unreported` by any of the Mac Mediasphere for a year .

Model Name: MacBook Pro15"

Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,3

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 16 GB

Boot ROM Version: 428.0.0.0.0

SMC Version (system): 2.45f4

Hardware UUID: 7CB8E735-28DB-520E-9579-0F5D5DE9D3E2

Free: 418.25 GB (418,246,864,896 bytes)

Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,240,963,584 bytes)

Yes: Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB