Mac Studio constantly restarting - only after putting Mac in sleep mode

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Mac Studio constantly restarting - only after putting Mac in sleep mode

I have a Mac Studio running the latest version of Sequoia.

I use the Mac M1 Studio mostly for recording with Logic Pro and making videos with DaVinci Resolve.

Several months ago, I would come back into the studio to get the message 'Your computer restarted because of a problem' which in researching I believe it is having a kernel panic.

I've unplugged all peripherals, turned off WIFI, ran a Disk Utility check, and reinstalled the current MacOS - to no avail.

Should I use Time Machine to go back a few months, start deleting apps (all for Logic), or is there another solution?

In a possible related issue - Davinci Resolve will not work at all - even after deleting and reinstalling the app. So I have deleted Davinci Resolve for now.

Appreciate any help, thanks.

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Posted on Aug 17, 2025 08:04 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 17, 2025 08:52 AM in response to keybrdman1

Kernel Panics are predominately caused by hardware faults or faulty third-party kernel extensions.

Learn what to do if your computer restarts or shuts down unexpectedly, or you get a message that your computer restarted or shut down because of a problem.

If your Mac restarted because of a problem - Apple Support

To trouble shoot further you can:

—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.

This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.

***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

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Answer 2

den.thed

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Aug 17, 2025 09:01 AM in response to keybrdman1

Automatic sleep is know to cause sleep/wake/crash issues for some

As a test

Turn On "Prevent automatic sleeping when display is off"

Set "Turn display off when inactive" to 5 or 10 minutes

Leave the Mac Studio On and only allow the display(s) to turn Off

Do not manually Sleep from the Apple Drop Down menu

Shut Down the Mac when away for a day or more

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keybrdman1 Author

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Aug 17, 2025 09:16 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thank you. I don't have any third party Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus apps.

But I have recently installed iLok necessary for Universal Audio apps which I use in Logic Pro.

I have also unplugged all peripherals but have not tried the Safe mode thing - I'll see if that helps.

Thanks.

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den.thed

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Aug 17, 2025 09:31 AM in response to keybrdman1

keybrdman1 wrote:

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I did have the Energy & Lock Settings as you suggest - but I was putting the Mac to sleep manually.

Yeah' unlike the older Mac's with HDDs, these new Mac's can idle for hours or days without using much power.

I'll see what happens when I let the Mac go to sleep on its own.

That might not help, because it is computer sleep mode that is causing the sleep/wake/crash issue for some.

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keybrdman1 Author

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Aug 18, 2025 08:09 AM in response to keybrdman1

Update:

Thank you to those who took the time to respond.

In the end, after trying everything I had already tried and all your suggestions too, including Safe Mode, it would still restart with the message 'Your computer restarted because of a problem'.

BUT - it would NOT do it IF I did not manually put my Mac in sleep mode, only when I manually put it in sleep mode would it give the message.

A work around, still an anomaly, but a 'fix' for now.

Thank you.

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keybrdman1 Author

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Aug 17, 2025 09:12 AM in response to den.thed

Thank you. I did have the Energy & Lock Settings as you suggest - but I was putting the Mac to sleep manually. I'll see what happens when I let the Mac go to sleep on it's own.

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Answer 7

tbirdvet

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Aug 17, 2025 02:12 PM in response to keybrdman1

Sleep causes all kinds of issues for many users. Do not use sleep. Just have display turn off after a set time.

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den.thed

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Aug 18, 2025 08:42 AM in response to keybrdman1

You're welcome.

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