M1 Mac mini kept crashing with a pink screen. This is not good, Apple.

Hi Sunshine7913,

Welcome trio the Apple Community where some of used our best to help each other.

Wondering if you have any third-party (non-Apple) software that might conflict with the operating system on your Mac.

You wouldn't necessarily need to have them open, for them to cause trouble.

(Eg: Some anti-virus apps, or content blockers etc may be incompatible, and cause strife. (Apple doesn't need them.)

Also, software that might need updating to be able to work with Big Sur ... apps need to be 64 bit, for 32 bit no longer works.

I understand that if Chrome is installed it can interfere, overloading the memory )

There's another discussion thread on the pink screen issue that might be helpful

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252219060

(An Apple Support article is mentioned in that thread, that might help troubleshoot:)

If your Mac restarted because of a problem:

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

Hope something here will help you solve the issue :)

If your Big Sur software (Silicon) is similar to mine (Intel), you can easily check through your installed applications:

• Click the Apple icon on the left in the top menu bar, and Choose "About this Mac".
• Click "System Report" (white button on the Bottom Left)
• Scroll down the sidebar to the "Software" list and click "Applications"
• Wait till the list of Applications loads, and look for the column headed "Kind"
• Compatible applications will be the kind "Universal" and you needn't worry about them.
• Some other kinds of apps may still run ok ... as the M1 chip can handle them.

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Support Article about 32-bit app compatibility:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436

if you find unnecessary / unusable / or incompatible apps :

You might be able to update them to be compatible:

OR

I understand you would need an actual uninstaller from the developer to delete all of the scattered files involved.

Cheers :)

Mmmm. You might like to try starting in Safe Mode.

Safe mode (for Apple Silicon) can help you to determine whether an issue is caused by software that loads as your Mac starts up.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

All the best :)

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Sounds good :)

Hope you get to the root cause of the situation!

Cheers:)