When my MacPro has a kernel panic, where does it record the log file?

My 2013 Mac Pro is having nightly Kernel Panics.

In trying to work out what's causing that, I looked at the console app.

I can't find those crash reports in that section in the sidebar. (that folder is empty. Is that just for apps crashing?)


Sometimes when I boot back up it has an onscreen prompt that has a report, but I can't find that in the console app. Can someone direct me for where I can find that info so I can start troubleshooting what's causing the KPs?


This is a 2013 MacPro running 10.15.3


Mac Pro, 10.15

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 8:41 AM

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Apr 15, 2020 8:46 AM in response to bryanfowler

bryanfowler wrote:

My 2013 Mac Pro is having nightly Kernel Panics.
In trying to work out what's causing that, I looked at the console app.
I can't find those crash reports in that section in the sidebar. (that folder is empty. Is that just for apps crashing?)

Sometimes when I boot back up it has an onscreen prompt that has a report, but I can't find that in the console app. Can someone direct me for where I can find that info so I can start troubleshooting what's causing the KPs?

This is a 2013 MacPro running 10.15.3



Kernel Panics are predominately caused by hardware faults or faulty third-party kernel extensions.



If your Mac spontaneously restarts or displays a ... - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200553


You can post your Kernel Panic report in their entirety here, preferable three separate reports in three separate "Additional Text" box for ease of reading and comparison, (see menu below.) A single report may be useful but does not establish a trend for a meaningful diagnosis.


Kernel Panic reports can be found /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

From the Finder>Go>Go To Folder, copy and paste:

/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports


ends in .panic post the whole report.

Apr 15, 2020 8:57 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks for the reply.

When I go to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports the .panic files were in a Retired folder.


However, they're formatted poorly. The ones below are what I copied from the window each morning when I rebooted.

Is there not a way to view these in the console app, formatted in a nice way to read? If I open the report from the finder, in the console app it's all run together.


Maybe that's what it's supposed to look like? I'll include one from today. just in case.



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