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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This is absolutely a Sonoma issue. Using MacBook Pro M1 max. No issues at all until installing Sonoma last week. I've talked to tech twice, shut down all background apps and start ups, shut down all apps, removed all USB devices and re-installed Sonoma. Even after all of that, if I leave the computer idle for an hour or two - it just shuts down.
The Panics logs (I've collected 11 so far) are all identical regards of apps on or off. This is the start of the log. You might check to see if there are similarities.
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffe002ae643b4): DCPEXT0 PANIC - apt firmware: adisp.c:1323 piodma_control() -- - iomfb_mailbox(69)
apt firmware: adisp.c:1323 piodma_control() --
RTKit: RTKit-2413.1.1.release - Client: local-t600xdcp.release
!UUID: 4bcc7a73-3ced-3fd9-a1c7-3238cf8e94ac
Time: 0x0000006cdb5db1d7
No, I did not. I like to start fresh. I save only the files I'm using, mostly audio projects, to an external drive, and transfer them piecemeal as needed. New iMac has no connection to old iMac.
And by 'audio projects' I mean Dorico, Sibelius, and Logic files.
I've got two Gen2 Apple Watches staring back at me on my desk right now. Can't pair them with anything. Big waste if they cannot be used. I thought Apple was environmentally conscious.
Confused by your post, raffi49 Wasn't Energy Saver removed/renamed in Sonoma?
With so many "me too" replies, it is easy to get lost in here.
The point I am trying to make is that, although all may be similar, in that there crashes or instability after installing Sonoma, the reasons for each may be different.
For a lot of people, though, Sonoma is working fine. I dare say it is the least buggy .0 version that I have seen in years.
To the "it's happening on my 3 macs, so it must be Sonoma" I would like to note that most likely those three macs have pretty similar software installations, so whatever causes problems in one is very likely to cause it in the others.
Running Etrecheck and checking for old and possibly incompatible software may give clues.
Also, if one can, installing a clean system may help determine if indeed the OS is the problem.
I have so far only seen one case where crashes happened on fresh clean install, and that happened to be caused by a failing drive.
Having crashes or badly performing software is bad. But deciding from the start that it's Apple's fault and not doing troubleshooting is not going to help.
Currawong. Thanks for responding. I guess it could be hardware. However, I've never had this issue prior to installing Sonoma last week. Unfortunately Disk repair did not fix the problem and I've already gone two rounds with Apple Support.
I guess I'll need to call them a third time... :(
MacBook Pro with macOS Sonoma crashes frequently and randomly.
