kernel panic with MacOS Ventura w/ attached SSD drive

been having recurring issue with Ventura (worked fine before 13.3.1 and 13.4 updates) with external SSD drive in enclosure abruptly disconnecting and/or causing kernel panic. Anyone else seeing this behavior? thoughts?

M1 2020 Mac mini 16GB, 256GB

Mac mini, macOS 13.4

Posted on May 20, 2023 7:28 PM

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May 21, 2023 6:23 AM in response to Wayne Cram

Wayne Cram wrote:

been having recurring issue with Ventura (worked fine before 13.3.1 and 13.4 updates) with external SSD drive in enclosure abruptly disconnecting and/or causing kernel panic. Anyone else seeing this behavior? thoughts?

M1 2020 Mac mini 16GB, 256GB

Disconnect all non-essential peripherals

Do a SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies.

Try again your external drive.

No resolve— Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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