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pedro-ale Author

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"BAD MAGIC! (flag set in iBoot panic header)" — Catalina freezing all the time!

I formatted my Mac and reinstalled macOS, the solution I was hoping to frequent freezing (after about 30 minutes of normal use). To my terrible surprise, my Mac still froze. A hard shutdown and restart and here I am.

The log says this: "BAD MAGIC! (flag set in iBoot panic header), no macOS panic log available"

I'm at a loss. I haven't installed any software and it froze. A quick hardware diagnostics didn't find anything wrong with my hardware. This is a new 2018 MacBook Pro. It was working great until Catalina.

This is terrible. I place myself in the helpful hands of the internet in the hopes of solving this.

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 5, 2019 6:04 PM

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Jun 16, 2020 9:07 AM in response to blueturtlefl

THIS DOES NOT SOLVE IT. ACCIDENTAL CLICK! (wanted to click helpful)

** ANYONE WITH ADMIN PRIVILEGES, CAN YOU UNTAG THIS AS SOLVED?!

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Jun 16, 2020 11:08 PM in response to blueturtlefl

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Jul 7, 2020 1:24 AM in response to kiovino

Return it. Pick another model Mac or buy an HP Z-Book. After 8 months of random crashes and no help from AppleCare Support , I wish I had.

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Jul 14, 2020 9:15 AM in response to pedro-ale

Mine crashes and restarts 5 to 10 times a day due to this issue. It's my work computer and is a new Mac mini.

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Jul 27, 2020 8:44 AM in response to VikingOSX

I say post all data here as a matter of public record. Making assumptions about what is good and bad data and who knows what is a bit pretentious.

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"BAD MAGIC! (flag set in iBoot panic header)" — Catalina freezing all the time!

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