Harry, I know little about the Console App but maybe there is something in there that will tell you what program is doing this, or what is running when the computer restarts. You might try rebooting and running only one program at a time to see if that’s the culprit…or leave it on with NO programs running, only the finder.
Have you run DiskWarrior recently? In the past many have said that DW has cured many problems, as the program sure has for me…I’ve not had a problem like yours but I’ve had computers so bad they wouldn’t run and I thought I had a bad disk…until DW fixed the Directory.. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.macobserver.com_tmo_article_mac-5Fos-5Fx-5Fusing-5Fconsole-5Fto-5Ftroubleshoot-5Fproblems&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=FIEdA8mzHMoutXWuyUJ6YL8IGjFOGoKCIZFPtv0apEM&s=RLH8ZA-sLJ1w64rBh0iZ_mRLPIjYv6cg7meplbc9Owc&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.macobserver.com_tmo_article_mac-5Fos-5Fx-5Fusing-5Fconsole-5Fto-5Ftroubleshoot-5Fproblems&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=FIEdA8mzHMoutXWuyUJ6YL8IGjFOGoKCIZFPtv0apEM&s=RLH8ZA-sLJ1w64rBh0iZ_mRLPIjYv6cg7meplbc9Owc&e=> > On Oct 12, 2017, at 11:57 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > John, > > The computer is plugged into a surge protector / power strip. > > Any clue on how I would determine if it is the power strip or the computer?? > I can rule out the power strip by plugging it directly into an outlet, a > different one than the powerstrip is currently plugged into. > > I’ll give that a try. > > BTW the computer restarted sometime in the last couple of hours. > > > > > > >> On Oct 12, 2017, at 10:07 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Harry, could you have a flaky outlet, or if in a power strip that is going >> bad….possibly the power supply inside the Mac is going bad…don’t know if the >> computer backup internal battery going bad could be causing this.. >> >> You may well have a hardware problem. >> >> John >> >> >>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> John, >>> >>> I update everytime an update becomes available. >>> >>> My iPhone was upgraded to 11 on its own last week when I was in Europe. I >>> was going to make the upgrade this week when I got home, but I didn’t have >>> a choice. >>> >>> I was at a meeting this evening and when I came home the computer had shut >>> it self off. This afternoon it just restarted on its own and this evening >>> it shut itself off. What’s going on???? >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 7:52 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Some critical upgrades Apple will force installation which can lead to a >>>> restart????? There was a large vulnerability not long ago where they >>>> did my upgrade without asking.....Here is a headline: >>>> Apple updates Macs for first time without asking -- to foil hackers >>>> Apple is pushing out its first automatic security update to protect your >>>> computer from being taken over. >>>> >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Something is not right. 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