iMac stuck in reboot loop

I get the error screen "Your computer restarted because of a problem." and my iMac will not start up.



I have 2 internal SSD's, a 128G NVME (the drive that will not startup) and a 2TB SSD. They both have Ventura on them, so I've been able to view the crash report from the NVME. It says coreaudiod in the filename but I don't know how to read it or what to do about it.


The crash report filename is "coreaudiod-2025-07-28-092207.ips"

I started the computer this morning just fine and the crash log time is just after that (9:21 am). I didn't touch it until this afternoon at which point I installed a few audio plugins and deleted another. After restarting I cannot get past this screen. I have had this problem once already a week ago, wiped the hard drive and reinstalled Ventura only to have this now happen again. Please help, error log attached below.


Mac details:

iMac 5k 27 inch 2019

3.7 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB

40 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

S/N: C0********Q

128G NVME main hard drive

2TB SSD file storage




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Original Title: Computer will not start up

iMac 27″, macOS 13.7

Posted on Jul 28, 2025 2:57 PM

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