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Mac mini gone crazy after 10.10.3 update

Hi.

My 2012 Mac mini (which I bought on April 1st 2013) has been working just fine since I bought it, even with public betas of OS X (so far, just OS X Yosemite Beta). But with the "stable" 10.10.3 update, it all went downhill. I get random reboots almost every day, wi-fi problems, impossibility to wake up from sleep, impossibility to boot if ANY USB 3.0 peripheral is plugged in (even my USB 3.0 self powered hub). I also had the pixel flickering problem for a few days but it seems to be fixed now.

I re-installed a fresh copy of 10.10.3, and reimported my data from a Time Machine backup, the problems are still there. Then I re-installed AGAIN and copied my data manually from a TM backup, same problems are still there. I even *tried* installing the latest public beta of OS X 10.10.4 to see if the problem was fixed but my Mac rebooted twice within an hour. So now I am on OS X 10.10.3 with all these issues and I must say it's a very frustrating problem when you have a€400 PC Laptop on Windows 8.1 working better (but not faster) than a €1200 Mac mini on (supposedly) the "most advanced Operating System".


From what I saw here, I know I'm not alone.


If anyone can help, thanks in advance.

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 23, 2015 4:11 AM

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Posted on Jun 23, 2015 4:26 AM

You're not alone!!! Apple must fix this issue because it's a software problem! I went to Genius Bar and the checked hardware of my Mac Mini Late 2012 and all is ok!!!


Let's open a ticket to https://bugreport.apple.com/ about concerning this Yosemite 10.10.3 bug!!!

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Jun 23, 2015 8:26 AM in response to moisemust

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

In the Console window, select

DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION System Diagnostic Reports

(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View Show Log List

from the menu bar.

There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.

If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.

In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)

Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.

I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

When you post the report, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

Jun 24, 2015 8:53 AM in response to moisemust

It's likely that your problems are caused by a hardware fault. If you've replaced the original memory, reinstall it and see whether the panics stop. Otherwise, see below.

Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider. You may have to leave the machine there for several days.

Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.

If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.

Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair

Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.

*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

Jun 24, 2015 10:44 AM in response to Linc Davis

@Eric Root: What if I need these programs? I won't uninstall anything I'm using daily because of Apple's derp.


@Linc Davis: Please understand if we are so many to experience these same issues at the same time, after updating our 2012 Mac minis to 10.10.3, the only hardware fault we must all have is the Mac mini itself. And for a second I thought it were the 16 GB of RAM but people with less RAM are also experiencing these issues on the other thread. So the only reason I'd take my Mac to the Apple Store is Apple giving me a new update fixing these problems or a working Mac. I have to say I'm really tempted to ditch my Mac for a PC once Windows 10 will be out because of Apple's rising greed with the software being worse and worse and that I hate more everyday.

Jun 24, 2015 11:33 AM in response to moisemust

And for a second I thought it were the 16 GB of RAM but people with less RAM are also experiencing these issues on the other thread

Is the RAM 3rd party RAM or all Apple installed RAM? If it is 3rd party then remove it, and leave only the original Apple RAM installed and see if the problems continue.


If it is 3rd party RAM where did you get it?

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