iMac Randomly Shuts Down. I restarted, then machine restarted itself during process.

Hi, this is the info that came with the error message:


panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f966faad5): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.logd in 120 seconds

service returned not alive with context : unresponsive dispatch queue(s): com.apple.firehose.drain-mem, com.apple.firehose.io-wl


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iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 8, 2021 9:14 AM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2021 1:17 PM

"com.apple.firehose.drain-mem, com.apple.firehose.io-wl" typically is related to memory being allocated and released. Although that could be a symptom of something else. This brings attention to your memory, how old is the Mac, did you ever replace or upgrade memory? Can you run the Apple Hardware Test diagnostic to check memory? Other programs like TechTool Pro can also check memory.

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Mar 8, 2021 1:17 PM in response to macgroupie

"com.apple.firehose.drain-mem, com.apple.firehose.io-wl" typically is related to memory being allocated and released. Although that could be a symptom of something else. This brings attention to your memory, how old is the Mac, did you ever replace or upgrade memory? Can you run the Apple Hardware Test diagnostic to check memory? Other programs like TechTool Pro can also check memory.

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iMac Randomly Shuts Down. I restarted, then machine restarted itself during process.

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