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mhompesch1 Author

Level 1

48 points

MacBook Pro with macOS Sonoma crashes frequently and randomly.

Sonoma keeps crashing frequently and randomly. Never had any such issue with Ventura. Issues started after installing Sonoma on my Mac Book Pro (Apple M1 Max, 16 inch). Clearly a buggy OS, all apps up to date. Don't point at apps, please ...it's a Sonoma problem.

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troublesometrey

Level 1

11 points

Posted on Oct 10, 2023 9:38 PM

My MacBook M2 (Pro 13" 2022 release) has crashed once a day since the update to MacOS Sonoma, it's surprising that there hasn't been a patch update to fix this problem considering the amount of people that are vocalizing their concerns.

Usually upon opening the lid for the first time after having my computer on the charger overnight, I am prompted to re-enter my password, which tells me that it has been restarted. After logging in, I am greeted with a message stating that _windowserver has crashed, and I can submit a report to Apple or ignore.

This absolutely is not a hardware or application issue as I have had this computer since its release last year, and haven't begun to experience problems until this update.

This is ridiculous, if I could regress back to MacOS Ventura I would do it in a heartbeat.

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Barney-15E

Level 10

117,262 points

Apr 22, 2024 2:40 AM in response to ralfscarrie

ralfscarrie wrote:

I found this thread because my week-old M3 iMac crashes twice a day. Brand new computer, brand new software, latest versions. Poor Apple having to field these complaints, when it's our fault. I upgraded from a late 2012 iMac that was running Catalina, and it never crashes. You can't get new software for Catalina, so you spend $3k on the latest, and it's worse. Tell me again how none of this is Apple's fault.

You should return it. But, you say you had to replace the old one because of software. What software did you install?

Apr 22, 2024 2:55 AM in response to Barney-15E

Nothing but Better Touch Tool and very mainstream audio software--Dorico, Omnisphere, and Logic. Again, it's a week old. But I should return it? Like, they're not going to fix what everyone sees is a crashy OS? Then what computer am I getting to replace it?

Apr 22, 2024 3:24 AM in response to ralfscarrie

Did you migrate all your stuff from the old mac?

If you migrated everything, you brought along old system extensions and daemons that may not run well on the new mac.

Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

Barney-15E

Level 10

117,262 points

Apr 22, 2024 4:13 AM in response to ralfscarrie

ralfscarrie wrote:

Nothing but Better Touch Tool and very mainstream audio software--Dorico, Omnisphere, and Logic. Again, it's a week old. But I should return it? Like, they're not going to fix what everyone sees is a crashy OS? Then what computer am I getting to replace it?

If it is your apps, they aren’t going to fix that. I have an M2 MacBook Pro that doesn’t crash at all. Same for my M1 Mini. If yours is crashing, it is either defective or the software you installed.