Mac Mini m2, some apps stop working after few hours till reset

On my Mac Mini M2, apps stop working after few hours day by day till i do reset. When Firefox tabs are open can use internet but when new tab is opened it stops on new tab. All apps not from store like e.g. Brave cannot be open from this time. Some others like terminal shows error instead of command line. It appears from about 1 month, also on last macOS update. It looks like some part of memory dissapeared? I tried do clean installation and problem reappears.

Posted on Sep 24, 2025 8:45 AM

Reply
8 replies

Oct 1, 2025 6:17 AM in response to konrad203

That is an incomplete or edited EtreCheckPro Report.


It is missing:

Free Disk Space

The macOS version

The USB/TB bus section

The System Software version

The System Launch and User Login

The entire Top Process and Energy sections

Plus any High CPU, Panic and Crash Diagnostics Info


Restart in Safe Mode followed by a normal Restart.

Then run and post a new EtreCheckPro Report with Full Access.

Oct 1, 2025 6:55 AM in response to konrad203

That looks better, thank you.


It looks like you have moved your User Account from the Mac Mini's 256GB internal drive to a 512GB external drive, then lost connecting with the external drive in the first report.


The best practice is to keep your User Account on the startup drive with macOS and only move your Photos, Movies and Music Libraries to the external drive. see > Free up storage space on Mac - Apple Support

Mac Mini m2, some apps stop working after few hours till reset

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.