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Frequent kernel panics, slow starting after update to 10.10.3

After updating to OS X 10.10.3 I have frequent kernel panics (2-10 times per day), as well as low speed booting (15-30 seconds) and irregular on-screen visual artifacts 😟

System MacBook Air mid-2012, 8Gb, 512Gb SSD

OS X 10.10.3 (14D136)

Kernel Darwin 14.3.0

I already made System Test (no errors), Disk check (no errors).

I had a lot of log files, but not sure which one can be helpful. Any recommendations?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 9:57 AM

17 replies

May 4, 2015 1:09 PM in response to VsubbMOW

Its not a hardware error its Java software that causes most spinwheel nightmares with the recent 10.10.3

I recommend clean reinstall [erase data on Macintosh HD in Disk Utility on recovery partition] especially if you initially installed Yosemite with app store only.

Answer to Yosemite Freeze / Spindump

Also this article to disable Java could be of use Java for OS X 2014-001: How to re-enable the Apple-provided Java SE 6 web plug-in and Web Start features - Apple Support

Jippie44

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May 4, 2015 3:02 PM in response to VsubbMOW

Before going into all kind of fixes and (re)installing you might want to wait for the Apple-update or go back to 10.10.2. These problems (just like the wifi/bluetooth-issues) are widespread and well documented. We can try to fix what we want, but -in this case- the fix has to come from Apple. Let's hope we don't have to wait until 10.11 Yellowstone for bugsfixes. That failed 'Recovery'-update made clear that Apple is aware of the issues. At the same time they also made clear that they have no control over it. And the problems are so diverse, 7 months after release of yosemity; I've never seen anything like this in 28 years working with macs.

Frequent kernel panics, slow starting after update to 10.10.3