PeterORiordan wrote:
I'm running Ventura 13.2.1 on a 2020 13" Macbook Pro, which is connected to an old Apple Thunderbolt dispay. This has been a stable configuration for quite some time. For each of the last 3 mornings, I've found my machine rebooted saying "Your machine restarted because of a problem". THis morning I captured the first few lines of the report and ran EtreCheck. I didn't see anything obvious in the report so am posting it here in the hopes that more experienced eyes might be able to help me.
<EtreCheck Pro 6.8 report.log>
< 2023-02-20 19:16:53 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/dfrd-2023-02-20-191653.ips Crash >
"which is connected to an old Apple Thunderbolt dispay."
Try running without that display connected and compare your results.
If need be, to trouble shoot further you can:
—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.
—A SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Takes a bit longer to get to the login screen, does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, font cache, etc., third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled (This will slow down everything in this trouble shooting mode)
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most* extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
*Ventura —System Settings>Privacy&Security>Extension look for interference w/ Finder Extensions. Safeboot no longer disabling some of these…ref: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254632522
