I can't give you great instructions because I don't have any panic logs of my own so that I could tell you for sure where to find them.
Open Console, click one by one on all the folders and subfolders in the left-hand column (the system-y ones, at any rate, you can skip stuff like Microsoft) looking in the center column for any that start with "panic" and have the right date and time on them. I expect you'll find them somewhere under either /Library/Logs or /var/log. Keep in mind that folders that have subfolders also have logs directly inside them, so don't miss clicking directly on them. If you find an appropriate panic log, right-click on it, choose Reveal in Finder, then copy it to a cloud-accessible location. > On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:19 PM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Macs R We <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Most direct thing to do is log into the account that doesn't crash, go into > Console, find the panic log from that crash, and make it available somewhere > where we can look at it. > > Happy to, but pardon my ignorance here. I posted messages from the system > log, but don't know where to find the panic log. If you can help point me > there, I'll post it .If it helps I'm on an iMac (late 2015) running > MacOS11.1. Thank you! > > > I do like the technique of booting from a drive with a virgin OS on it. I > keep one of those, most people don't. > > I don't, sadly. I"m hesitant to erase my internal drive because the data loss > (even with time machine) would be tough, but if nothing else works.... > > >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 11:40 AM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:17 PM Matt Penna <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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 >> <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] >>> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> <https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> <https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk> > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > <https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk>
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