On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:17 PM Matt Penna <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whenever I encounter such a problem, my first steps are to run Apple > Hardware Test (AHT), and if that shows no problems (it’s far from > foolproof), try a completely clean install of the OS to a blank drive. See > if you can get any clues from either of these steps. > > If you need AHT for your Mac, you can find it for many different Mac > models here on GitHub: > > https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest > > Let us know how it goes. > > You mentioned that occasionally your Mac refuses to start up. Can you > describe the crashes you’re seeing? Are you getting the gray screen with a > message that you need to restart your computer, or is it just a reboot with > no warning? > It actually crashes when I try to log in to my user account. It starts up slowly, but does start, then I log in and I get the grey screen that says I need to reboot. I am able to log into an alternate user account, so I don't think it's hardware...but I'll give that a try. Thanks! > > Matt > > > On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:56 PM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you for your help with SIMBL I removed all traces I could find of it > and it no longer appears in logs, crash reports, 'find' commands, etc. > > May I impose on your collective expertise to help diagnose the ongoing > crashes? > > But the system crashes have not stopped. I have identified that it is the > user account (I am the only user of the system, so having my user account > is kind of important). I only have two use accounts: 1) mine and 2) a test > account just in case there's a problem with mine - which there is. > > Every time I restart and then login to my account my Mac crashes. When I > log in to the test account, it is very slow, but successfully logs in and I > can do some testing. > > I noticed some issues with one of my two external drives, so I have > disconnected it. The crashes continue. > > I see from the log files that "cloudd" (the iCloud daemon) crashes very > frequently. I don't know if this is relevant. > > Any help is appreciated! > > Here is the system.log file leading up to the last crash: > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >
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