MacBook Pro 2018 restarting several times

My MacBook has been restarting randomly for several months now. The crash report says it's a kernel panic, and I have tried most fixes over the internet, and keep getting this as the report. Please help:

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff018cdff60): macOS watchdog detected

Debugger message: panic

Memory ID: 0x6

OS release type: User

OS version: 21P2057

macOS version: 23C71

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Wed Nov 15 21:09:28 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.61.3~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010

KernelCache UUID: 3ABF1CAE467593B1DC6EA0674E50332B

Kernel UUID: 1D1BC1F4-12F1-3532-B69F-61F6683CEB7C

Boot session UUID: D0E27BE2-4716-4682-A0FC-9D3EEACBD3A2

iBoot version: iBoot-10151.61.4

secure boot?: YES

roots installed: 0

x86 EFI Boot State: 0x16

x86 System State: 0x0

x86 Power State: 0x0

x86 Shutdown Cause: 0xc0

x86 Previous Power Transitions: 0x70707060400

PCIeUp link state: 0x89271614

macOS kernel slide: 0x1ba00000

Paniclog version: 14

Kernel slide: 0x0000000012a74000

Kernel text base: 0xfffffff019a78000

mach_absolute_time: 0x219a259bd

Epoch Time: sec usec

Boot : 0x659a4454 0x0003e50f

Sleep : 0x00000000 0x00000000

Wake : 0x00000000 0x00000000

Calendar: 0x659a45c7 0x0001fb13


Zone info:

Zone map: 0xffffffdfaa86c000 - 0xffffffe5aa86c000

. VM : 0xffffffdfaa86c000 - 0xffffffe090ed0000

. RO : 0xffffffe090ed0000 - 0xffffffe0ddb9c000

. GEN0 : 0xffffffe0ddb9c000 - 0xffffffe1c4200000

. GEN1 : 0xffffffe1c4200000 - 0xffffffe2aa864000

. GEN2 : 0xffffffe2aa864000 - 0xffffffe390ecc000

. GEN3 : 0xffffffe390ecc000 - 0xffffffe477534000

. DATA : 0xffffffe477534000 - 0xffffffe5aa86c000

Metadata: 0xffffffddd15cc000 - 0xffffffddd2dcc000

Bitmaps : 0xffffffddd2dcc000 - 0xffffffddd2ef4000

Extra : 0 - 0


TPIDRx_ELy = {1: 0xffffffe476beaba8 0: 0x0000000000000001 0ro: 0x0000000000000000 }

CORE 0: PC=0xfffffff019ca3008, LR=0xfffffff019ca3008, FP=0xffffffe5aad0bef0

CORE 1 is the one that panicked. Check the full backtrace for details.

Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space

Panicked task 0xffffffe1c41cb8c0: 0 pages, 226 threads: pid 0: kernel_task

Panicked thread: 0xffffffe476beaba8, backtrace: 0xffffffe5aac6f6a0, tid: 1437

lr: 0xfffffff019c72a90 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6f710

lr: 0xfffffff019da107c fp: 0xffffffe5aac6f780

lr: 0xfffffff019da00b0 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6f8a0

lr: 0xfffffff019c35630 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6f8b0

lr: 0xfffffff019c724cc fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fc60

lr: 0xfffffff01a2f0c58 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fc80

lr: 0xfffffff018cdff60 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fcb0

lr: 0xfffffff018cc6f40 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fd10

lr: 0xfffffff018ccd908 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fd60

lr: 0xfffffff018cc7978 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fe00

lr: 0xfffffff018cc67d0 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6fe30

lr: 0xfffffff019cc8034 fp: 0xffffffe5aac6ff20

lr: 0xfffffff019c406c4 fp: 0x0000000000000000

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Jan 6, 2024 10:39 PM

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Posted on Jan 8, 2024 5:38 PM

Run the third party app EtreCheck and post the report here so we can examine it for clues.


Make sure to disconnect all external devices in case one of them is causing a problem.


FYI, a single partial Kernel Panic log is not sufficient. Different Kernel Panic logs may contain useful information closer to the end of the log. Plus, it is usually best to post several of them so we can compare them to see if any patterns appear in them. When posting a Kernel Panic log, you need to use the "Additional Text" icon which looks like a piece of paper on the forum's editing toolbar. The EtreCheck report will contain summaries of these logs....if those summaries are not enough for us, then we will ask you to post a few of them.


You may also want to run the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected. Unfortunately the diagnostics rarely report any issues even when the hardware is bad, but it never hurts to check.

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Jan 8, 2024 5:38 PM in response to oluwamagnum

Run the third party app EtreCheck and post the report here so we can examine it for clues.


Make sure to disconnect all external devices in case one of them is causing a problem.


FYI, a single partial Kernel Panic log is not sufficient. Different Kernel Panic logs may contain useful information closer to the end of the log. Plus, it is usually best to post several of them so we can compare them to see if any patterns appear in them. When posting a Kernel Panic log, you need to use the "Additional Text" icon which looks like a piece of paper on the forum's editing toolbar. The EtreCheck report will contain summaries of these logs....if those summaries are not enough for us, then we will ask you to post a few of them.


You may also want to run the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected. Unfortunately the diagnostics rarely report any issues even when the hardware is bad, but it never hurts to check.

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MacBook Pro 2018 restarting several times

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