Mac always prompts unexpected restarts when used the next day

My Mac experienced a kernel panic with the log showing: "watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd in 94 seconds", and the process involved was ChatGPT. The system version is macOS 15.5 (24G84), running on Apple Silicon (Darwin 24.6.0).




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Posted on Aug 4, 2025 6:38 PM

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Mac always prompts unexpected restarts when used the next day

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