Mac crashes frequently after Big Sur upgrade

Hope they fix it soon I upgraded to the big due 11.2 and still cash’s now 6-8 x a day and get black screen! Apple better fix this mess soon it’s getting really old. Reason I bought Apple was because didn’t crash but geez they making up for years now! It’s awful!!!

Thanks feardavs, however I have no malware and have ample space on my drive, have run first aid, updated to 11.2.1 and no fix!

Users shouldn't have to download 3rd party applications to fix Apple issues. This is still an issue for many unfortunately and Apple aren't taking notice, they have left me without a resolution after speaking with a supposed senior tech, he wouldn't even look at the crash log and basically said pay for business support as Apple Care don't care and we won't help you... :-/

My MacBook Pro (16", 2019) has 64GB RAM, so again ample. Resetting PRAM does not fix the issue, sorry, was a first 101 step and also doing an SMC Reset. No luck! :-/. I'm a QA technician for the audio industry with over 20 years experience and in using Mac's on OS iterations since the days of yore, using such daily to test and qualify music softwares and plugins. Sadly it seemed "I knew more than the Apple rep", and this is an issue they need to fix and not leave customers unable to use the OS and work (particularly in such climate we live in with Covid and people working from home trying to pay the bills).

Edit; appreciate the reply though, more than Apple...

This is the PRAM reset that I mentioned doing a few weeks ago - and so far I haven't had any new crashes - BUT - I also don't have a 3rd party piece of software running in the background anymore either. So unless I reload that software to see if it starts crashing again - hard to say what really fixed it for me.

Before trying PRAM, i did a clean reinstall of the Big Sur macOS by making sure to wipe out any data on the hard drive, in other words do a clean install of big sur.

Just enter into recovery mode and proceed from there on.

Make sure after completing a fresh install, follow the PRAM hack should do the magic.

Not fixed with fresh install... and unable to download older versions from the App Store. People shouldn't have to mess around like this or be told to wipe their drives, sorry, it's ridiculous Apple! Fix it!!! Help users and don't ignore them. I'm disgusted by their support and arrogant people on the phone. HELP!!!!!!

your best bet at this point honestly, take your mac to a nearby apple store by making an appointment with them and have them service it, thats if your still under manufacture warranty at least. Good luck and sorry with this experience you are facing.

Thanks but not gonna venture out to a store with covid around and waste my time and money also standing in front of someone or leaving personal stuff with them whilst I can't work. Apple need to recognise that users have this issue and need to release a fix. MacRumours' forum is now at 49 pages for this issue - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-big-sur-11-0-bugs-and-bug-fixes.2242188/page-49

It's not just me or those in this thread or others posted here. We have reported to Feedback, been on phone calls and are just ignored.

Thank you for your replies, appreciated much, but it's Apple to address. PLEASE APPLE, YOUR UPDATE IS CRASHING MY COMPUTER!!! :-/

This problem drove me crazy!! Apple phone support suggestions did not work. My new mac mini machine just kept crashing. I took it in to repair. They had it for a week!! When I picked it up they said they had wiped it, reinstalled the OS, and "reset" it.

I got it home, restored from Time Machine (restoring the problem of course) and it started again within an hour! It was so maddening I had to work on my laptop. Thank goodness I had a backup.

I tried my mac min again about 48 hours ago. I had a feeling it may have had something to do with the display. I went to mission control and I had over 200 desktops! I have no idea how that happened! I deleted all but two and (fingers crossed!), haven't crashed in 48 hours. Plus, I installed the latest update, 11.2.2 and so far, so good.

I can't believe I went through 2 months of misery and the fix was so simple. I don't know if this was just a fluke, but if this works for someone else...you're welcome.

From what I understand in this topic is that it’s all related to BigSur ? The crashing of applications (eg Safari and Microsoft Outlook) on my retina MacBook Pro 2015 started out of the blue, I’ve since rolled back to Catalina and the problems seem to have disappeared.

After months of fighting Big Sur Crashing with Multiple Monitors I finally solved my problem. I unplugged my iMac plugged the monitors in first and then plugged the iMac in. I believe this has something to do with adding settings to the SMC as I waited 15 seconds before plugging it back in.

I solved my problem with Multiple Monitors and Big Sur. I unplugged my iMac 27 unplugged all the devices attached to it. Plugged all the devices in and then plugged the Mac in waited 15 seconds so the SMC would reset and then turned the iMac on I have not had a problem since.

Hi to the community!

Since I upgraded my MacBookPro with Big Sur 11.3.1, my computer also crashes several times / day.

Here the message I have:

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800d5c52a6): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800d5661ac, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000028, CR3: 0x0000000011618000, CR4: 0x00000000003626e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000028, RBX: 0xffffff7f80000000, RCX: 0xffffff8013200000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000

RSP: 0xffffffa0b3eebe70, RBP: 0xffffffa0b3eebeb0, RSI: 0x0000000000000028, RDI: 0x0000000000000000

R8: 0x0000000000000004, R9: 0x0000000000000002, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x000000002dfa4900

R12: 0xffffff8017a718b0, R13: 0x0000000000313298, R14: 0xffffff802ba80900, R15: 0xffffff8013189948

RFL: 0x0000000000010207, RIP: 0xffffff800d5661ac, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000028, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2, PL: 1, VF: 5

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffffa0b3eeb890 : 0xffffff800d48e02d

0xffffffa0b3eeb8e0 : 0xffffff800d5d48e3

0xffffffa0b3eeb920 : 0xffffff800d5c4eda

0xffffffa0b3eeb970 : 0xffffff800d432a2f

0xffffffa0b3eeb990 : 0xffffff800d48d84d

0xffffffa0b3eebab0 : 0xffffff800d48db43

0xffffffa0b3eebb20 : 0xffffff800dc9d68a

0xffffffa0b3eebb90 : 0xffffff800d5c52a6

0xffffffa0b3eebd10 : 0xffffff800d5c4f8d

0xffffffa0b3eebd60 : 0xffffff800d432a2f

0xffffffa0b3eebd80 : 0xffffff800d5661ac

0xffffffa0b3eebeb0 : 0xffffff800d55423b

0xffffffa0b3eebf70 : 0xffffff800d554ceb

0xffffffa0b3eebfa0 : 0xffffff800d43213e

Process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

20E241

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0: Thu Apr 22 21:46:47 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.101.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 068F99A3-1DB3-31C0-87D5-09942F122BB6

KernelCache slide: 0x000000000d200000

KernelCache base: 0xffffff800d400000

Kernel slide: 0x000000000d210000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff800d410000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff800d300000

System model name: MacBookPro13,2 (Mac-66E35819EE2D0D05)

System shutdown begun: NO

Panic diags file available: YES (0x0)

Hibernation exit count: 0

System uptime in nanoseconds: 12946862350296

Last Sleep: absolute base_tsc base_nano

Uptime : 0x00000bc66d21a2ec

Sleep : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

Wake : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000fbb41693a 0x0000000000000000

last started kext at 24199881230: >AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7fa678c000, size 12288)

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Same problem here. I have a brand new 2020 imac (Intel i7), and still get crashes every few days. I've unplugged all external devices, and even removed 2 of 4 added memory chips. Not as frequent as initial setup, since 11.3.1 update, but it's still happening. I don't use Firefox, and don't use any external monitors (or even a time machine drive—my important files are on backed up on various cloud drives, but still not ideal).

Anyone hear anything new on this issue? I'm holding off on doing a fresh install because I don't want to spend hours of my time if it's not a permanent solution.

I had all issues sorted after I did a clean install, the previous download may have been corrupted. On my MacBook it is all singing and dancing now with none of the issues I had. Don't know if this will work for others, it certainly did the trick for me is all I'm saying...........