Mac quits after a few minutes of inactivity and restarts.

Mac quit after a few minutes of inactivity and restarts itself. It started doing this after I attempted to activate the screensaver using photos. The screen saver hung up on the page, and I had to quit in order to get out of the freeze. after that the computer quit while being inactive for only a few minutes and would restart itself.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 13, 2023 4:24 PM

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Aug 13, 2023 5:48 PM in response to Bernie2701

Try booting into Safe mode and see if this condition remains.

If it doesn't, then try changing your screensaver to something else and see if stays fixed.

Could be you have a corrupted photo that's hanging things up.

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