Intel MacBook Crashing (i9/64GB/8TB)

   No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

¿What is the date of your most recent backup, and by what method?

I ask because it is [in my opionion] likely your Mac needs service, and your files will NOT (in most comparable cases) be saved for you or returned to you.

NordVPN is present on your Mac. You should completely remove it immediately.

A virtual private network, or VPN, is a private connection over the Internet from a device to a specific network.  VPN technology is widely used in corporate environments. If you need to be "present" on an institutional network, a VPN is a great tool for accomplishing this. it is generally issued and controlled by the institution.

Almost all other uses are a SCAM. There is generally no need for you to have a private connection to a VPN vendor's Network, except to make it easier for them to harvest your data to sell.

If VPN vendors just stopped there, it would be bad. But many of these packages also insist on scanning all your files, non-stop, -- nominally looking for viruses, but who knows for sure what data they are harvesting. Their non-stop file reading punishes your computer's performance in the process.

Some also break into your other secure connections so they can be FIRST to examine your data, often leaving your Mac MORE vulnerable to attack.

You have far too many very unusual problems with your drive, including poor performance during the test and a write rate that is too slow. You have FAR too many kernel panics citing drive-related issues.

You need to make yourself a good backup NOW, while you still have time. The next time you start it up, it may not start up at all.

Third-party add-ons that claim to protect you are a SCAM, and that goes for Almost all User-installed VPN software as well.

if you don't need a VPN to be present on an Instautionsl Network, you should remove that stuff in the name of simplicity, if nothing else.

These products tend to make your Mac unstable, behave in bizarre ways, and crash a lot.

The SSD is most likely failing. If you have an external NVMe SSD connected using Thunderbolt, then it is possible the Kernel Panic could be due to the external Thunderbolt NVMe SSD, otherwise it is the internal SSD being referenced.

FYI, the Logic Boards on the MBPro 16" (2019) model seem to have a high rate of failure....much more than any other model. I do not recommend spending any money on repairs on this laptop for multiple reasons as the money spent on repairs is better put towards a new laptop.

Azakcraed wrote:

where are you getting this from? Sounds like Chicken Little to me ....not here to debate vpns but come on bro, no need for a vpn outside of being 'present' on an institutional network? All other uses a scam? Harvesting my data to sell? Punishing computer performance? Break into other secure connections? How can you back up those claims sufficiently to make your comment not sound like the sky is falling?

@Grant is correct on pointing this out. It is an educational moment. You can review some of the details regarding VPNs here:

https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29

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