Thank you for being proactive and suppling the very useful Etrecheck Report up front 👍.
Below are some important information that bears your attention
Major Issues:
Q - Kernel panics - This system has experienced kernel panics. This could be a sign of hardware failure.
A - Would immediately make a TM Backup and if possible a second on a Separate Drive
A - Should that be the case - would suggest having the machine Evaluate by the Apple Professionals
Minor Issues:
Q - High battery cycle count - Your battery may be losing capacity.
Q - Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1225
A - Batteries are considered Consumable Products. Over time it will degrade to a point where it needs to be replaced. The usage is normal as the capacity will go up and down all the time and never stay always at 100%. Apple Batteries are rated for 1000 Full Battery Cycles and / or 80% Capacity before needing Evaluation or replacement.
Q - Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed.
A - Self Explanatory
Q - Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed.
A - This could be a contributor factor to the System Crashes especially as later in this reply, a certain Application is attempting to Open the “ Sealed and Read Only Volume “ were Big Sur is residing
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) - Vintage!
MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro11,3
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512F 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - M*****************a [APFS Virtual drive]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
Used: 325.94 GB
Shared values
Size: 500.07 GB
Q - Free: 156.67 GB
A - It is suggested to keep at least 15% to 20% of the Drive Total Capacity as Empty Space for good operations of the computer.
Q - Safe Mode: Enabled
A - This maybe answered - the " Trick Applied " to run a Non 64 Bit Application in Big Sur is failing and taking the whole System down with it
Q - [Not Loaded] WireGuardNetworkExtension - version 3.3.0 (Mudhook Marketing, Inc. - 2021-09-26)
Application: /Applications/IPVanish VPN.app - version 3.3.0 (Mudhook Marketing, Inc. - 2021-09-26)
A - Commercial VPNs should only be used if Mandated by Corporate Head Office for working remotely. Otherwise - ones Privacy and Security touted by the VPN is suspect.
Q - [Not Loaded] com.ipvanish.osx.vpnhelper.plist (Mudhook Marketing, Inc. - installed 2021-09-24)
A - Commercial VPNs should only be used if Mandated by Corporate Head Office for working remotely. Otherwise - ones Privacy and Security touted by the VPN is suspect.
Q - User Login Items: [Not Loaded] IPVLauncher (Mudhook Marketing, Inc. - installed 2021-09-26)
/Applications/IPVanish VPN.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/IPVLauncher.app
A - Commercial VPNs should only be used if Mandated by Corporate Head Office for working remotely. Otherwise - ones Privacy and Security touted by the VPN is suspect.
Q - 2022-08-26 21:48:30 Kernel Panic
Details: panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80034286ee): "Rooting from the live fs of a
sealed volume is not allowed on a RELEASE build\n"@/System/Volumes/Da
ta/SWE/macOS/BuildRoots/d86ba9a80c/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Source
s/apfs/apfs-1677.141.3.7.2/kext/apfs_vfsops.c:2047
A - Additionally, and specific to Big Sur macOS 11 and Monterey macOS 12, the Operating System resides in a Sealed and Read Only Volume that can not be opened by the User and protects against from “ Bad Actor “ Software.
