Mac Mini crashing on sleep

Nope. It is not about OS. This issue appeared on different Macs with different OSes after March software updates. In my case it is High Sierra and Mac mini mid 2011. And even downgrade as deep as to El Capitan does not help. They killed some firmware, so we need another update to fix it.

Same issues here, no change with SecUpd 2020-004 Mojave.

BridgeOS crash with restart by sleep command and crash report on next system start up by shut down command as long as Safari was launched once before.

Immediate macOS crash when disconnecting a TB-3 eGPU by the appropriate top bar menu command.

Mac mini '18 / 10.14.6.

I'm starting to believe that Apple will not be able/willing to fix these issues anymore.

Catalina update did NOT fix the issue. Still keep crushing with Bridge OS error.

Apple T2 Security Chip Firmware Version: 17P6610

Mojave.

{"caused_by":"bridgeos","macos_version":"Mac OS X 10.14.6 (18G6020)","os_version":"Bridge OS 4.6 (17P6610)","macos_system_state":"sleep","incident_id":"D1368AF3-BB6E-4E8F-B04C-82432F825CF7","timestamp":"2020-08-25 05:08:54.00 +0000","bug_type":"210"}

3rd day for me without crash. It might be that it is dependent on further configuration, GPU(?), or attached hardware.

I have two displays 2560x1440, both on USB-C, two external WD disks, connected to USB-C.

Energy saver settings (default): 1. hard disks to sleep when possible, 2. wake for network access, 3. enable power nap.

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac mini

  Model Identifier: Macmini8,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core i5

  Processor Speed: 3 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 6

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 9 MB

  Memory: 16 GB

  Boot ROM Version: 1037.147.4.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.16610.0.0,0)

System Software Overview:

  System Version: macOS 10.14.6 (18G6020)

  Kernel Version: Darwin 18.7.0

  Boot Volume:

  Boot Mode: Normal

  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

  System Integrity Protection: Enabled

  Time since boot: 2 days 37 minutes

Intel UHD Graphics 630:

  Chipset Model: Intel UHD Graphics 630

  Type: GPU

  Bus: Built-In

  VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB

  Vendor: Intel

  Device ID: 0x3e9b

  Revision ID: 0x0000

  Metal: Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily2 v1

I have the same issue with my 2018 MacMini running Mojave 10.14.6. Practically every time it goes to sleep it crashes with the BridgeOS crash. Surprised Apple has not provided a fix for this yet. I send in a report for every crash. I don't have any accessories connected to my MacMini besides a monitor. Using the Apple wireless keyboard and mouse. I suppose I should just upgrade to Catalina. Is upgrading to Catalina guaranteed to fix the issue?

OK, Chrome was apparently not the problem. Sleep works 2/3 of the time. When I still had TG Pro installed and logging, heat seemed to be the cause - fans go off during sleep for some reason.

Aha, this "BridgeOS" I see in the crash logs too! I'm going to try the Catalina update, too. (First need to update to 10.15.5..)

Thanks a lot, will report back when done.

Every time a crash happens I send the repirt to Apple. Please do, too. Inundate them!

Before you give up, go to the Sparkle community and ask, the authors are very prompt with help.

https://community.sparkleapp.com/

Thanks for trouble shooting, what a pain to see it still happening after the reinstall.

Mine only started crashing since March 2020 security update (running Mojave)

Crash reporter is showing BridgeOS error for me. It often happens when Mac has been asleep for a while, but also seeing error when starting up (suggesting shutdown is when error is occuring as well).

I too have external drives (2 via USB 3.1 type C ports)

Also use Dropbox (I think someone mentioned this)

Do you use Chronosync (automatic backup are scheduled on my Mac)?

I agree. I also had the problem only since the security update. I am not seeing anything in Crash Reporter, I don't know how to show Crash Reporter. I had the drives unplugged last time. Dropbox I have. I don't have Chronosync but I use others.

I see previous shutdown cause as -20 but I don't have an explanation for this.

2020-04-01 11:54:15.384476-0400 0xc3 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -20

2020-04-01 14:04:08.231152-0400 0xc3 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5

2020-04-01 14:19:59.023773-0400 0xc3 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -20

I have removed all kernel extensions and have been getting rid of startup files but none should cause this problem.

I put a call in to Apple but it promised to be an hours-long chat.

This is the only explanation I found of -20 : https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/344570/macbook-pro-2018-random-restart-previous-shutdown-cause-20 and it's not recent and has nothing useful. I don't use Macafee.

I also cannot give full drive access to EtreCheck any more. It shows as having access, but doesn't.

Thanks for continuing to troubleshoot.

-were you prompted to install the March 2020 updates, and if so, did you install them?

(If you weren't prompted, maybe the install already included the offending update)

-your testing does seem to eliminate all non-Apple software conflicts

Thank you.

Keep us informed.

I found using Caffeine or system settings to prevent sleep did not work. Instead I have a Word file with unsaved changes open, and that did it last night.

This is an increasingly bad problem and I suspect the T2 chip has a flaw that's been aggravated by this last update. It's the only thing I can figure, though I'll try a memory test later.

I have the crash whether I open Safari or not, now. The moment it tries sleeping.

I found that the overnight crash when I had sleep disabled, was probably because of a scheduled sleep.

Boot ROM and iBridge are the same as yours but that may be because I created a Catalina boot drive. It doesn't crash but that's probably because it doesn't sleep.

It's very hard to believe Apple will fix this issue when I can't get Apple to record it as a bug, unless I install Catalina on my internal drive...

At some point I have to decide between CS6+Office and MacOS. Do I stick with Mac and start with all new software, or do I stick with my software and install Windows?

Computer slept overnight, with no keyboard plugged in. No problems. I tried using a different keyboard of the same make and model (they've been discontinued for ages and I really like them, so I got a spare) and it seems to sleep and wake just fine. Light on the mouse goes out, but light on the Mini stays on - that's how we measure sleep, right?

I don't know why a keyboard would cause this problem or why Apple Support did not suggest removing the keyboard.