M1 Macbook display issue after new update 26.0.1

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M1 Macbook display issue after new update 26.0.1

Hi everyone,

I have a MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) with 16GB of memory, running macOS version 26.0.1. My storage shows 454.53 GB available out of 494.38 GB.

Recently, my laptop has been crashing frequently and I’ve noticed screen glitches as well. I brought it to an Apple Store for diagnostics, and they told me that I’m basically out of options, I can either keep using it as is or buy a new Mac.

I’m struggling to understand how that’s a reasonable solution, especially since the issue doesn’t seem to be my fault. Has anyone else experienced similar problems or found a way to resolve them? Any advice or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Nov 5, 2025 1:19 AM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Nov 5, 2025 6:26 AM in response to fatty289

<< crashing frequently. >>

Genius Bar technicians are trained at hardware fault isolation, but are NOT trained to read MacOS kernel panic reports.

Kernel Panic Reports are stored in the Folder at:

/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

If you copy and paste that string into:

Finder > Go menu > Go to Folder

it will take you to the Folder where those reports are stored.

Kernel panic reports are named with Date&Time and start or end in ‘panic’

If you find one, please post as much as you can here, by using the “additional text” Icon in the reply footer (looks like a paper with writing). (Once the report devolves into incessant software-names or incessant Base-64 dumps with lots of AAAAAA lines, you are done.)

Please don’t post more about 20 lines of any other types of reports — they are interminable, and any information useful for this purpose is on the first screenful.

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