Mac Mini 2018 Kernel panic bug_type 210 after Security Update 2020-002

Deactivating Safari, selecting Chrome as default browser and NOT opening Safari at all from the next cold boot is session seemed to work for me as well (Mac mini 2018 user with T2) of course it’s necessary to block safari even in the iCloud settings or it will be opened in the computer when using it on your iPhone or iPad if you have one. I suggest to use Chrome on them too to avoid this problem. Fortunately it is just a bug, annoying, but a bug. Let’s see how much time will them take to fix this.

Actual status:

Mini 2018. Mojave 10.14.6 (with evil security update, calamitous upgrade firmware).

Reset SMC, (of course disable Power Nap), and – DO NOT OPEN SAFARI – no crush, no kernel panic, no restart after sleeping mac. I will use Chrome temporary.

And I'm waiting – Apple – how long!?!

YES, YES!!! When I don't use Safari - my mini is OK!!!

When I open Safari Ap. – after restart – kernel panic. Always!!!

Do this:

1. After working on Safari You must reseting SMC.
2. Don't use Safari.
3. For example Brave Browser is good alterantive.

FWIW, it NEVER worked for me. I reset SMC, started without running Safari, put to sleep, and immediately got a kernel panic and reboot. It has been that way since the BridgeOS update that caused this problem in the first place.

On the lighter side, I do get a screen now while it's booting rather than the screen being dark while I use the keyboard and hope to log in to the right account. Also, I was able at last to get back into Recovery mode, which hasn't been working since I tried updating BridgeOS by installing Catalina on an external drive, by holding down Option along with Command-R. Option-Command-R brings up the latest recovery drive, and that works while Command-R simply brings up Internet Recovery which eventually fails with error code -1008F (–1008F). Diagnostics still worked... and saw nothing wrong.

An Apple rep told me, when my case was escalated, that it was clearly a BridgeOS problem that they were aware of. Maybe in a year or two they will finally fix it and my computer can sleep again.

I really feel sorry for people with T2 laptops.

I too can confirm that installing Big Sur on an external drive and booting from it fixed my Mac Mini 2018 "shut down" issue!

And I was pretty sure of the success when my re-boot to Mojave produced a CHIME. Sure enough, I was greeted by a clean desktop, no dreaded bug report panel.

Once Apple has your equipment with a damaged T2 chip, require them replace the motherboard. That's the source of the problems.

Yep, I think I have a memory issue "in addition to" T2 issue. I removed one memory card from MacMini, and mush less crash.

Running iMac Pro and after installing Mojave security update 005 I have the same problem. “Your computer was shut down because of a problem.” Kernel bridgeos 210.

I did everything apple support suggested and no way to have the computer working normally. (Factory install high sierra, clean mojave, formatting mac, etc).

I have also upgraded to Catalina and I dont see the dialog box crash bridgeos 210 error when I boot the machine but now when booting at around 50-60% the display of the computer is turning off for 2-3 seconds and back on and after that loading catalina.

I will send the computer to apple service so we can see what the real problem is.

I had the same problem - kernel panic on my Mac mini 2018.

Dear Tom Binroth, thank you, installing Big Sur closed this problem for me.

But there was a new one - an error message: "INCOMPATIBLE DISK, uses features which are not supported on version of macOS".

I have 2 boot drives - the main 128Gb SSD in the Mac mini, on which I installed Big Sur, the second external 1Tb SSD with Mojave on which I work. The error occurred on it.

Solution:

- create an installation flash drive with Mojave;

- reboot the Mac;

- Command + r, delete and format to APFS the main 128Gb SSD with Big Sur. Mandatory in APFS, this is the only way to install Mojave on a 128Gb SSD.

- restart the Mac, press Alt, choose to install from flash drive and install os Mojave on the main 128Gb SSD.

- install the Mojave, reboot Mac, Command + r and choose startup SSD 1Tb.

- restart the Mac and that's it, no more any errors on my working system.

Apple could have released a regular kernel panic patch for Mojave and Catalina systems, but decided that MAC users should suffer one more time )

Hello,

You may need to re-install macOS.

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support

Make a bootable flash drive, Option-boot from it, format the EXTERNAL disk as APFS (GUID) and install to IT.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

I sent the following message to https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

"Previously a very stable Mac mini 2018 has now started to crash after going to sleep. Also after a cold boot there is a crash report. This started to happen after Security Update 2020-002 (Mojave). Resetting SMC or PRAM or safe-boot or checking with Disk First Aid does not help."

...I noticed that my recent tests with Catalina 10.15.3 -> 10.15.4 also updated the firmware (from Boot ROM Version: 1037.80.53.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.13050.0.0,0) -> to Boot ROM Version: 1037.100.359.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.14263.0.0,0)). Do you still have some older firmware? If yes, then the culprit seems to be the Security Update 2020-002.

Does this happen on other Macs?

Hello,

having the same problem, on a iMac pro-mojave, since the security-update. the only solution, which lasted for just one day, it was resetting the SMC. But after shutting down...it came back at the reboot. This is the D-report:

build" : "Bridge OS 4.4 (17P4263)",

  "product" : "iBridge2,1",

  "kernel" : "Darwin Kernel Version 19.4.0: Mon Mar  2 20:38:56 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.101.6~2\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010",

  "incident" : "37088D82-F5C5-42CD-91BB-C2F20BC3CD3A",

  "crashReporterKey" : "c0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0de0001",

Would you say is it a real crash(so we should be worried about hardware) or just a bug that gives this message (so we all should not be worried until next update)...?

2018 Mini, Mojave 10.14.6, Safari 12.1.2, (bad, buggy) security update.

My Mac is set to never sleep, so I don't have those crashes. I avoided the Safari update so I don't have those crashes.

However my morning boot-up ALWAYS displays a dialog saying "Your computer was restarted because of a problem." and suggests I send a report to Apple. So far they have a lot of reports from me - AND a piece of my mind about how a buggy firmware update to the T-2 chip can be uncorrected for this long. AND that a fix in Catalina is no help if the Mac user has chosen to run Mojave. Every morning I vary my input, for example today's; "Please open your Genius Bars for appointments (1 or 2 customers at a time) to either fix the 202_bug or replace the motherboards." I suggest all of you embellish your comments when you submit your reports.