Hmm. "easy" enough to check, I just have to ... not ... use ... my computer ... 
for a weekend? ...

Maybe a few days midweek.

On 2020-05-07, at 11:55 AM, larkost <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have no idea if this is the problem, but back when I was in the 
> troubleshooting Macs business one problem I ran into was the PRAM battery 
> (yes, wrong name, but...) going bad. It would cause all sorts of mysterious 
> problems until replaced.
> 
> The way of checking for this was to:
> 1. On a Friday make sure that the system time was set.
> 2. Disconnect the computer from all network connections, and unplug it from 
> power.
> 3. Leave it over the weekend unplugged.
> 4. If the time was wrong when you booted up on Monday, then you found your 
> problem.
> 
> Of course this was with desktops, And a number of years ago. 
> 
> 
>> On May 7, 2020, at 11:39 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> This is unhappy for me also; I have gotten two panics in just about a week.
>> 
>> Absolutely nothing odd recorded in the system log.
>> 
>> Meanwhile, on reboot, I see this message in the log:
>> 
>> May  7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Failed to evaluate trust: No error. 
>> (0), result=5; retrying with revocation checking optional
>> May  7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: failed to evaluate trust: No error. 
>> (0), result=5; retrying with system roots
>> May  7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Root certificate is not explicitly 
>> trusted
>> May  7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
>> May  7 11:09:30 keybounceMBP SecurityAgent[215]: User info context values 
>> set for >console
>> May  7 11:09:30 keybounceMBP loginwindow[120]: Login Window - Returned from 
>> Security Agent
>> 
>> What would make "Failure to evaluate trust: no error"?
>> 
>> Would this be in any way related to some https web sites now refusing to 
>> work because the certificate chain cannot be verified (the website in 
>> question is just fine).
>> 
>> OS: 10.9.5.
>> 
>> System crash reporter directory shows nothing. There's networking diags from 
>> just after the reboot.
>> 
>> System diagnostics ... nothing new, but there was stuff from powerstats just 
>> after midnight. There's a LOT of powerstat information over time there.
>> 
>> ... and a lot of wakeup and CPU dumps from firefox. Hmm.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2020-05-07, at 8:33 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Tried to find the last reboot which *I think* was between 09 & 09:30am.  
>>> 
>>> All I could find in the system log was that it rebooted shortly after 9:00 
>>> am with no specified reason.  The other logs didn’t tell me anything that I 
>>> could understand but it may be that I have the time wrong and am therefore 
>>> looking in the wrong place.
>>> 
>>> I’m wondering if the best thing is to reinstall the system although that 
>>> may leave something in place that really shouldn't be there, but until I 
>>> can narrow the time down more accurately it’s a bit like looking for a 
>>> needle in a haystack.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 7 May 2020, at 11:26, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Look at System Information for your current uptime. Compute the time of 
>>>> your last reboot. Launch Console and look at the system log, the 
>>>> Diagnostic Reports folders (2), and the CrashReporter folder to see what 
>>>> macOS claimed was the reason for the reboot.
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 7, 2020, at 1:21 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I keep getting random restarts.  Whilst I’m away from the machine it will 
>>>>> perform a restart for no reason I can determine.  I have had problems 
>>>>> with the power prefs not sticking but that appears to have been solved.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The machine feels warm but not unduly, so I don’t think it’s temperature 
>>>>> related.  I’ve scanned for malware using ClamXAV which found nothing and 
>>>>> a recent Apple Diagnostic found no problems.  I have an LG 24” 4K display 
>>>>> connected via Thunderbolt.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gatekeeper and XProtect are up to date.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyone any ideas as to the cause or possible solutions?  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mac Mini 2018, 3.2Ghz core i7; 32Gb Ram, MacOS 10.14.6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris
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