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User profile for user: tomasaur
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Logging into 2017 iMac with external startup SSD crashes and then stabilizes

I'm using a 1TB ssd as my boot disk to speed up performance on a 2017 iMac. I'm using a WD Black SN770 NVMe SSD enclosed in a fan cooled Orico M.2 enclosure. Running Ventura 13.7.


When I first boot up, things work fine for about 30 sec, and then I get a hard crash that requires a power button restart. After that, things seem to work fine. Console gives me this crash report:


Path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GenerationalStorage.framework/Versions/A/Support/revisiond

Identifier: revisiond

Version: ???

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [1]

User ID: 0


Date/Time: 2024-09-28 12:25:12.0583 -0400

OS Version: macOS 13.7 (22H123)

Report Version: 12

Anonymous UUID: 13A901A8-44C4-0BFE-A504-7E1C2A8C2CCE



Time Awake Since Boot: 20 seconds


System Integrity Protection: enabled


Crashed Thread: 1 Dispatch queue: com.apple.revisiond.library


Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: UNKNOWN_0xD at 0x0000000000000000

Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000d, 0x0000000000000000


Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11

Terminating Process: exc handler [141]


VM Region Info: 0 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4535095296

REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL

UNUSED SPACE AT START

--->

__TEXT 10e501000-10e54d000 [ 304K] r-x/r-x SM=COW ...ort/revisiond


Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff81ad40552 mach_msg2_trap + 10

1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff81ad4e6cd mach_msg2_internal + 78

2 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff81ad47584 mach_msg_overwrite + 692

3 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff81ad4083a mach_msg + 19

4 CoreFoundation 0x7ff81ae5afef __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 145

5 CoreFoundation 0x7ff81ae59a70 __CFRunLoopRun + 1365

6 CoreFoundation 0x7ff81ae58eb1 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 560

7 Foundation 0x7ff81bce60e3 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 216

8 Foundation 0x7ff81bd68ad8 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 76

9 revisiond 0x10e516f36 0x10e501000 + 89910

10 revisiond 0x10e51739e 0x10e501000 + 91038

11 dyld 0x7ff81aa24418 start + 1896


There's more, but I don't really know how to interpret it so I left it off.


Any ideas as to what might be going on?

I haven't tried a safe boot yet to see if that changes things.


Thanks in advance

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Sep 28, 2024 9:45 AM

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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
User level: Level 10
244,913 points

Sep 28, 2024 9:18 PM in response to tomasaur

  • VPNs:
  • [Loaded] OpenVPNTunnel - /Applications/NordVPN.app
  • [Loaded] NordLynx - /Applications/NordVPN.app


I'd uninstall Nord for certain


  • panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80139245ce): initproc exited -- exit reaso
  • n namespace 2 subcode 0xa description: none


Might try a PRAM Rest...


In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.


Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)...


Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support


Panic initproc exited -- exit reason nam… - Apple Community



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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
User level: Level 10
244,913 points

Sep 28, 2024 11:00 AM in response to tomasaur

Have you run Disk Utility's Disk First Aid on all connected drives?


In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.


Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.



Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?


We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.


Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

Slow iMac 2017 - Apple Community


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User profile for user: tomasaur
tomasaur Author
User level: Level 1
16 points

Sep 28, 2024 5:08 PM in response to BDAqua

Hi, thanks for the info.

I've run First Aid on all disks from recovery (it seemed like the right way to do it). All was well.


I have Nord VPN installed, but it's not running on startup, although some background processes may boot up.

I do have Little Snitch network monitor running at startup.


I purchased Etrecheck... nice app, thanks for the heads up.

I'm including the full report via the additional text link. I hope there's something in there that stands out.

EtreCheck Pro report


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Logging into 2017 iMac with external startup SSD crashes and then stabilizes

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