MacBook Pro 16 2019 10.15.4 Kernel Panic / Reboot When Plugged In -- Help!

That's awesome that the update fixed it for you! Unfortunately, I still have a lot of what you've experienced—kernel panics, fans running hot with no intensive use, blue screens, etc. And the new software update they provided did not fix..

But at least they're trying I guess?

This is frustrating - 10.15.5 did nothing to improve the regular kernel panics for my "new" 16 inch MacBook Pro. I've followed the suggestions in this post. I don't understand why it is taking Apple so long to fix. I see that several have stated that Apple is aware. I'm very disappointed.

I am still experiencing the same problems.. I was JUST barely able to log into my MacBook this morning by holding the power button for 10 seconds. The fans would give full blowout and keep shutting down during login with and without being connected to any external display.

My friend with the same model, but with version 10.15.3 is still holding off on updating his as he's aware of the issues.

so disappointed since I'm locked down in a south asian country where theres no Apple support here, anxieties every day hoping it wont completely break down. Until i get back to Japan. Unbelievable its not yet fixed, if its a software issue. im praying on every update they release.

I would also like to add that I have noticed in the last few days that battery performance is definitely not as good as it used to be. On a full charge the battery used to last a good 9 hours (I'm only a light user) and now I would say it only lasts about half that time.

Also my machine has just kernel panicked again in-between writing this post so that's now twice that it's happened with a completely clean machine!

Apple you need to sort this ASAP!!!!!!!!

I'm afraid you've got me there. No idea how to do that. I'm not very computer savvy in the first place and this is my first ever MacBook.

Having said that I have 100% noticed a drop in battery performance in the last few days. For example while browsing this forum and sending a few emails this morning it used 10% battery in around 30 minutes!

10% battery would have last me a good hour when I first bought the computer - as I said I'm only a light user.

I got a new one today, very strange. I was using the laptop plugged in to my dock, also had the lid open. I wanted to undock so I ejected all of my external drives, closed the lid and unplugged the TB3 cable. I took the laptop right up stairs, just a few mins later and opened the lid to continue and it was just black screening me, however the keyboard backlight was on and the TouchBar was also on. I let it sit for a minute to see if the screen was going to come back on, and nothing. It eventually just shut down, so I pressed the power button to try and get it turned back on. After a few attempts it decided to boot back up, and then I got the error below. This is on 10.15.5 with second patch.

I had the exact same error too. I hope you sent it to Apple. Catalina is a nightmare. It’s simply not stable at all and instead of solving these issues they waste resources by developing new features. Shame on Apple MacOS development!!!!

My daily morning ritual is trying to boot up my MacBook for 20 minutes.

I am proud to say today, I broke my personal record and was able to boot up my computer after 40 minutes of crashing and rebooting from the login page 🎉

Looking forward to wasting more of my time trying to get some work done!

After all these issues I had with macbook pro 16, I today sold mine and bought new Dell XPS 17. Apple aint premium anymore in my opinion.

• Regular crashes
• Matlab and many software I use were not refined for mac os
• Multiple system crashes and failures when undocking from thunderbolt 3
• etc etc...

Paid premium for the device which "just works" but got completely opposite. Missed my desktop setup (which I sold to buy this crap).

I specifically did not buy this in it's launch assuming apple would've fixed all issues by then.

Not just that, I had multiple minor issues, bugs that frequently kept annoying me. Maybe it's just me and the softwares I use as a 10 year Windows user and I admit mac os was superior on smoothness and ease of use, but it has a lot of bugs and little disturbances that annoys me.

Let's see how new XPS 17 holds up, I am still thinking re-buying macbook if that doesn't work out well, since despite those issues it was the best laptop I think is available, untill I heard about recent dell announcement with 4 TB3 ports (I am fan of those ports)

I decided to return mine after 1.5 months of purchase & use. It was good while it worked, but consistently had issues like blue screen and unexpected crashes.

Tried reinstalling OS, resetting SMC and other options. Nothing helped. The laptop is just sitting in my closet at this point collecting dust because it won't boot up.

Did you return it or keep it?

I will be returning it. In the post, I said I have "decided to return."

I called the support team and will be sending mine in. But right now, yes, it is in the closet collecting dust.

I'm not entirely sure, but I have a history of calls with them regarding this issue, and tried everything they've asked me to do, to no avail. After multiple call transfers, I was given the "okay" for a refund.

@albertoatl: I have the same problem with my MBP 16' that I bought end of March this year. Even though all recommended resets were made (SMC and NVRAM) and MacOS was reinstalled clean and absolutely no software was installed it panics 5-12 times each day just using mail and safari. It is a nightmare and the device cannot be used for my business purposes at all.

Meanwhile I attach each and every panic (crash) log file to the ticket Apple opened for me.

Unfortunately I cannot give you any solutions so far but just the feeling that you are not alone. ts is so sad to deal with these major issues for such a long time.