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Mac Mini 2018
Had Sonoma on there
Updated to 15.1.1 without backing up first.
Crashes about a minute or so after starting up in regular mode.
Crashes after a few minutes in safe mode.
Sometimes it tells me started in Panic ______[something]
Other times it tells me it has disabled Kexts.
A couple times it tells me it disabled HP [printer software].
Mac mini (2018)
What all is plugged into the Mac?
Boot into Restore mode,CMD+r keys...
Look at top of screen for Utilities menu...
In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.
Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.
Does it ever crash in Restore Mode?
You might be able Install to an external drive on Restore Mode.
BDAqua,
I unplugged everything except the screen printer and mouse and it still crashes.
I ran Disk First Aid. It didn't find anything.
Not sure if it crashed in Restore mode or not. I'll keep an eye out.
Looked at restoring the OS, but it appears to me, and I may be wrong, that it wants to erase everything on my hard drive in order to reinstall. Not sure I want to lose all my files.
Will try to see if I can install from Recovery to external, as you suggest, without erasing everything. As it says here:
support.apple.com/en-us/111336
Bummer! It won't let me install mac OS on external hard drive using Restore Mode. It let me select the drive, but it returned an error message.
Could I perhaps use a different computer to install the OS on the hard drive (if I can find the cables to do so)?
It has crashed a hundred times but there are only a few crash reports. Here is the most recent I have:
Hmm... In Activity Monitor, it is showing a LOT of network activity even with the Wifi turned off (as always) and Ethernet unplugged.
Everything running as listed in Activity Monitor is attached.
What error message?
Apple install OS to external drive…
Install macOS on an external storage device and use it as a startup disk - Apple Support
Can I set up another OS on an external hard drive to get this thing to run long enough to fix it?
Interesting: warning messages have disappeared on boot today, but it still crashes after a minute or two.
Crashes even in SAFE mode after upgrade to 15
