MacBook Pro Mid 2012 Running Catalina Keeps Crashing

RobGoesNerding wrote:

Hi,

The system locks up and then it reboots giving me an error report. Crash reports ...

still happening. I have modified the laptop by swapping the internal hard drive for an SSD drive.

Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time? This is a known weak link especially when moving from HDD to SSD.

You can test this 'theory' by pulling the SSD and temporarily putting it into an external enclosure and test from there— this would bypass the internal SATA cable— and test the integrity of the SSD and the macOS you are currently running.

SATA replacement 13"MBP mid 2012

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/8211480/%20%2013%22%20MacBook%20Pro%20SATA

If the SATA cable proves to be functioning as expected you can try this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com

to get a good look at your System config. and reveal conflicts or issues

If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.

Hi,

If you set automatic backup with TimeMachine, unset it could stop the kernel panic.

I suppose it's a Catalina's bug.