Disk Utility/First Aid in Safe Mode shows error not shown when running in Recovery mode

Thank you so much HW Tech.

My computer hasn't rebooted for a few days now, and I'm wondering if I'm chasing something that isn't there i.e. is it actually a problem that I'm getting that error message in Safe Mode?

Right now I'm in the lengthy process of moving my time machine back ups (on a Seagate UltraTouch) to another external drive, as Seagate are going to send me a replacement (based on the DriveDx life-span pre fail command time out warning that there could be a problem with power supply or oxidized data cable). As soon as I'm done with the transfer I will do as you suggest, boot in recovery, run first aid and check the 'show details' option.

Regarding the "ProxiedDeviceBridge" error logs -

I found another thread here on these forums which you'd replied to - BridgeOS causing kernel panic in MacBook … - Apple Community

And, I also found the following in my /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired - panic-full-2022-04-18-054811.0003.ips :

{"caused_by":"macos","macos_version":"Mac OS X 12.3.1 (21E258)","os_version":"Bridge OS 6.4 (19P4243)","macos_system_state":"running","incident_id":"F1A253E3-9AAC-4A6A-80A0-1B432F74C82C","timestamp":"2022-04-18 04:43:23.00 +0000","bug_type":"210"}

Urg!

Thanks Nicholas. I still get the same error message with Disk Utility when I boot via Safe Mode, but again, not in recovery mode/normal mode. I'm wary of going through the process you describe as it is as you know time consuming, but perhaps it's the best step. I did DriveX on my external drive, and it has a 'command time out' and tells me there may be some problems with power supply or an oxidized data cable. I did unmount the drive and try the above process, but sadly still got that error message..... anyway seems a good idea for me to replace that drive before reinstalling the OS!

Thanks barberlives123 - I did as you suggested and it said there were no issues. I suppose I could call Apple to see if they have any ideas why I'm getting that error message with Disk Utility in Safe Mode (I'm still under warranty), and in the meantime get a new external hard drive for back ups given that is the only thing that has shown a potential problem via DriveDx...

So (after the 2 days it took me to find out you cannot transfer Time Machine backups that are on an APFS drive to another drive), I booted into Recovery Mode and ran First Aid again. It said everything is ok and "Show Details" did not report any unfixed errors. So I'm presuming the issue with doing this in Safe Mode is just a bug with Disk Utility rather than my drive? There is a post on Electiclight.co dated November 19 2021 which says this - that it's a problem Disk Utility has with APFS drives.

I still have the /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired - panic-full-2022-04-18-054811.0003.ips to worry about, but so far no more crash/restarts....