Sharing crash error report and resolving

Hi guys


All of a sudden, my Macbook running Catalina (10.15.17) keeps crashing. By a process of elimination it seems to be triggered by running either a Steam game or OpenEmu emulator. Currently running an emulator via Chrome seems to be fine thus far, which leads me to believe there may be some sort of compatibility issue between Catalina/my hardware and certain 3p software?


Is there anywhere I can share the report to help diagnose/unscramble what it means myself?


Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 19, 2022 11:40 AM

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Posted on Nov 19, 2022 12:05 PM

happinessstan wrote:

Thanks but it's not just OpenEmu

Ah, okay, I misinterpreted the “some sort of compatibility issue between Catalina/my hardware and certain 3p software”…


Download and run EtreCheck, and share the report to the clipboard. Then open a new reply here, and press the Additional Text button (that looks like a printed page) to get a text input box big enough to paste the hardware and software configuration report here, and paste and post the report here. This report can show potentially problematic apps, and some sorts of system problems.


Also see if Apple Diagnostics show any errors. Diagnostics aren’t good at finding transient errors, though.

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Nov 19, 2022 12:05 PM in response to happinessstan

happinessstan wrote:

Thanks but it's not just OpenEmu

Ah, okay, I misinterpreted the “some sort of compatibility issue between Catalina/my hardware and certain 3p software”…


Download and run EtreCheck, and share the report to the clipboard. Then open a new reply here, and press the Additional Text button (that looks like a printed page) to get a text input box big enough to paste the hardware and software configuration report here, and paste and post the report here. This report can show potentially problematic apps, and some sorts of system problems.


Also see if Apple Diagnostics show any errors. Diagnostics aren’t good at finding transient errors, though.

Nov 19, 2022 1:26 PM in response to happinessstan

If it's the discrete graphics getting cranky, you might see if forcing use of the Intel integrated graphics helps avoid the crashes: https://gfx.io/


There's some apparent malware present. And what looks to be five? different VPNs. And Torrent. And Flash and Silverlight, both of which are long gone. Perian, too, is retiring. Java should probably be gone too, if you're not using that. Various kexts you may or many not still be using. Lots here to clean up.


And all that in 8 GB memory, which is far too little memory for all this. No upgrades for that on 2012-era Retina models, unfortunately. (And 256 GB storage is probably tight, too.)


With all the kexts and add-ons and what looks like malware and with a half-dozen VPNs and with apparent torrent usage, I'd be inclined to wipe and re-install. First-few-hops VPNs aren't known for their security, but can sometimes cause issues with IP routing and privacy. Torrents aren't in themselves bad, but cracked apps can contain surprises. And there's already some outdated and sketchy stuff showing up.


Whether your graphics might also be failing?


And flaky batteries can cause stability and heating issues, which can cause other problems.


Wipe this, reload it with macOS Catalina, and migrate files and documents and not apps, and load just the apps you need.


You'll want to be considering a replacement Mac, too. This one is seemingly approaching its useful limit.

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