Frequent Kernel Panics

• Restart your Mac in safe mode. If it successfully starts up in safe mode, choose Apple menu > App Store, click Updates, then install any available updates.
• Uninstall any plug-ins or other enhancement software from manufacturers other than Apple. If you recently updated macOS or an app, plug-ins and other software that worked in the past may no longer be compatible. Read the manufacturer’s documentation (including Read Me notes) to be sure the software is compatible with your version of macOS.
• Disconnect all devices except for an Apple keyboard and mouse. Remove hardware upgrades from other manufacturers, such as random-access memory (RAM) and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards. Then try restarting your Mac.
• If this resolves the issue, reconnect one device at a time, restarting your Mac after reconnecting each one, until you determine which device is causing the problem.
• Use Apple Diagnostics to diagnose problems with your computer’s internal hardware, such as the logic board, memory, and wireless components.

You likely have a hardware problem. You don't have any third-party kernel extensions loaded, so that pretty much leaves hardware.

Apple Diagnostics cannot find most hardware issues that cause a kernel panic.

Take it to an Apple Store or Authorized Repair Center.

I recently experienced this same issue, upon migrating from a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro to a 2017 MacBook Pro. Computer had been wiped, and I migrated using the migration tool. Over the next several days Kernel panics abound, computer would not sleep without restarting, and would frequently lock up for no apparent reason (beach-balls in my dreams).

Finally I found a thread here (somewhere) citing that the kernel panic is graphics related, and that disabling the power-saving features seems to resolve. Well, I disabled the Automatic graphics switching in the Battery settings, and the problem appears to have disappeared. I have had the computer on for several days, and it has been responsive and letting me fingerprint log-in upon opening, with no usual signs of having restarted, and no crash reports.

While I am just one user, this seems to have worked, and I encourage you to try this before taking other drastic measures.

Good luck.

I'm having the same, never-ending problem on my 2017 MacBook Pro 15" with TouchBar. Over the last several months I've completely wiped and reinstalled the OS four times in order to combat these frequent issues. I knew to expect problems on my Mac with the release of new Mac models but it is basically unusable now.

2017 MacBook Pro 15" with TouchBar

250GB Solid State with 215GB available (I use cloud storage)

16GB of RAM (supposedly)

Big Sur 11.13

MacBook crashes every night after sleeping and I open the laptop to daily kernel panic reports;

There's a huge lag and delay in typing from the device itself;

I've reset the SMC, I clear Safari caches every day, I tried Disk Utility and First Aid but they both report no problems.

Safari cannot load or run the following websites without using up 2GB of RAM and crashing the computer: Mailchimp, Basecamp, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe Spark, Amazon... no website works longer than 15 minutes;

I have consistency issues with my storage files, and some appear to be missing;

Video playback is choppy;

TrueTone won't enable or disable automatically;

I have not had third party apps installed in over a year (I use Safari exclusively after having so many software issues early on with this model);

I have no items set to run at startup;

I only have 7 apps from the App Store itself, 4 of which are related software.

I have disabled automatic graphics switching per the previous comment in this thread so I'm hoping that works. I know this has been an issue for me for several months now so I'm just sitting back and still waiting for Apple to fix this. Seems like there is nothing we can do.

That's really strange. I would recommend starting a chat session with apple support and seeing what they recommend. Make sure you let them know what you've tried so far.

Hi,

if you’ve followed the steps in my reply above and don’t see an improvement, the next step would be to contact Apple Support.