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Daily Crashing of M1 Macbook

My macbook has started crashing daily for the last 2 weeks and it has increased in frequency, I have no idea what's triggering it. Sometimes it does it under light load, sometimes under heavy load.


Here's some of the crash log.


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Translated Report (Full Report Below)

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Process: WindowServer [172]

Path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer

Identifier: WindowServer

Version: ???

Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [1]

User ID: 88


Date/Time: 2023-08-08 11:57:22.8476 +1200

OS Version: macOS 13.5 (22G74)

Report Version: 12

Anonymous UUID: **REDACTED**



Time Awake Since Boot: 4900 seconds


System Integrity Protection: enabled


Crashed Thread: 0 ws_main_thread Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread


Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000008


Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11

Terminating Process: exc handler [172]


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Aug 7, 2023 5:12 PM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2023 7:10 PM

Hi,

Try to start up in Safe Mode then normal boot which could solve your issue.

Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

If it doesn't help, try to check your MacBook with Apple Diagnostics if it reports hardware related error.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support


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