Monterey crashes with WindowServer error after going full screen with YouTube

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Monterey crashes with WindowServer error after going full screen with YouTube

I saw others have same issue on Reddit I will describe

Basically I'm using chrome (others have reported same with safari). Try to go full screen on a video (i.e. youtube) and the mac does a logout crash. We can log back in and everything starts back up like a normal login (menu items reload, windows that were open reload, etc).

Running iMac (Intel) with latest chrome version.

Here is the Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/qibcaz/macos_monterey_windowserver_keeps_crashing_when/

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 31, 2021 6:44 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 21, 2022 6:05 AM in response to Rsyrah

Any luck with this approach? Also, have my doubts about reinstalling OS as an update should do the job fine. I have it less in the last weeks tbh but still crashes now and then. The pattern seems to change on my mac somehow ...

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Answer 2

Jun 22, 2022 9:45 AM in response to Jacobo Cota

I did a new time machine backup from scratch (i think that's how it's said).

I'll be making them manually once a day.

While it was being made, my Mac crashed around 50% and the error report said this in one part:

CPU Machine Check Architecture Error Dump (CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz, CPUID: 0x906E9)
CATERR detected! No MCA data found.

I hope it was because of the lenghty proccess.

I'll receive my new ssd one of this days and i'll let you know if it helped (if it does, i suppose it is because of the fresh format and errors not carried to the new drive).

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Answer 3

Jul 1, 2022 2:49 PM in response to Jacobo Cota

I don't know if i was being helpful with my contributions or just hijacking the topic... I apologize

I decided to create another topic on the forum with lots of crash reports and details of my specific case...

Constant Crashes and restarts (WindowServ… - Apple Community

Thanks for your tips and guidance

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Answer 4

sarel227

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Nov 3, 2021 7:12 AM in response to marcvv

Mine crashes after it wakes up from screensaver or screen lock. Same behaviour you are describing. Macbook Pro 2016 model.

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throat

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Nov 4, 2021 6:17 AM in response to marcvv

Same thing happening to me on microsoft edge. On a 2020 M1 Macbook Air running macOS Monterey 12.0.1

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Answer 6

Dec 13, 2021 4:04 AM in response to cp from OH

Mac is getting crashed with windows server error when i am using safari with fullscreen in youtube. Please get it fixed ASAP

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Answer 7

Jan 30, 2022 11:56 AM in response to marcvv

Same issue with Monterey. I randomly get sent to my login screen and apps relaunch after I login. This has happened even while while my Mac was sitting idle.

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