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Mac Mini late 2012 model crashes every few days!!

Hi,


I am on Mac mini late 2012 model using Catalina Ver 10.15.7. Every 2-3 days, the mini crashes and reboots with following error.


Is there any resolution for this?


Thanks.



Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 3, 2022 7:04 AM

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Posted on Sep 3, 2022 7:27 AM

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps in the order that have been presents and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

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Sep 3, 2022 7:27 AM in response to Kavans

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps in the order that have been presents and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

Mac Mini late 2012 model crashes every few days!!

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