M1/M2 Mac mini screen freeze/crash/black/disconnects Console debugging and logs combined thread

Hallo everybody. I updated from M1 mini to M2 mini this April.

M1 mini had a lot of disconnection problems that seemed to be gone on the M2 mini.

I imigrated Kodi with third party Add-ons together with all my M1 previous apps and settings.

I Had a M1 mini with an external monitor 4k, connected through HDMI.

Monitor running at native resolution.

System up do date from Monterey to Ventura. Still lots of screen freezes.

M2 mini not a single freeze untill I tried to download a bunch of Kodi third party add ons.

Since then the system became unstable.

I tried to uninstall Kodi, going manually through every library/application support Kodi folder

and deleted them all. Searching for .Kodi in finder did not return a single file I needed to delete.

I then reinstalled Kodi cleanly but the screen freezes remained.


I started Console and live logs. I had a freeze when selecting open download in finder.and suddenly switched to console and stopped the logging. I had only IINA .avi player open playing a movie. PLus Avast Free and MalwareByte free in the background.

In the screenshot the console has Finder TCFURLInfo: :TranslateRawPOSIXError 2 - 43, path: 'null'


Then there is this suspect CoreDuetContext.framework SimulatingCrash. Reason <private>

error message. I tried to google it but nothing.


I don't know if Kodi has left some malware that I can not find.

Reinstall OS seem to be the only option here as I had no time machine installed.

Unless we can not find a solution.


PLease try this method, launch console live log, and stop it right after a screen freeze. Take a snapshot of the error screen and post it here.

This way we might build up some useful cross-references to better identify the problem.

Another thread point this freeze screen error to usb-c hubs, if that is also a case, there should be a relevant error in the console. Stop the recording right after the crash and take a snapshot.


Also, very important, please post your monitor model, and type of Video connection at the beginning or end of your post, together with the system version, of your mac mini, M1 or M2.


Mac mini, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 19, 2023 4:56 PM

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Posted on Jul 20, 2023 5:35 AM

OP "M2 mini not a single freeze untill I tried to download a bunch of Kodi third party add ons.

Since then the system became unstable."


It looks to me that that is the obvious issue that the add-ons may have put stuff who knows where with any kind of name making them hard to locate and are either poorly coded or simply not Mac friendly.


The best solution I see is to back up only your data and then erase and re-install macOS and your apps, without KODI, and restore your data. Then, use KODI without any third party add ons or find a different media manager/player. If you really want add-ons and KODI, I would suggest adding one at a time, let things go for a while to see if any issues come up, then add another and go for a while, etc. until you find the one that borks your system.


FWIW, I have used KODI for years but without any add-ons without any issue.


BTW, follow BDAqua's advice and trash Avast. AV apps can lead to all sorts of unexpected behavior on Macs and can conflict with Apple's own protection mechanisms.

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Jul 20, 2023 5:35 AM in response to Yoghurt259

OP "M2 mini not a single freeze untill I tried to download a bunch of Kodi third party add ons.

Since then the system became unstable."


It looks to me that that is the obvious issue that the add-ons may have put stuff who knows where with any kind of name making them hard to locate and are either poorly coded or simply not Mac friendly.


The best solution I see is to back up only your data and then erase and re-install macOS and your apps, without KODI, and restore your data. Then, use KODI without any third party add ons or find a different media manager/player. If you really want add-ons and KODI, I would suggest adding one at a time, let things go for a while to see if any issues come up, then add another and go for a while, etc. until you find the one that borks your system.


FWIW, I have used KODI for years but without any add-ons without any issue.


BTW, follow BDAqua's advice and trash Avast. AV apps can lead to all sorts of unexpected behavior on Macs and can conflict with Apple's own protection mechanisms.

Jul 20, 2023 12:28 AM in response to Yoghurt259

Remove Avast also, but...


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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