On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 3:47 PM Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Thanks. I've done a good bit of searching and there seems to be no "panic" log - only crash reports for individual daemons/tasks. The only information I can find that shows what was happening in the system at the time of the crash is what I posted in my initial email from system.log. For most of the crashes, the only entries in the crash reports seem to be from 'cloudd' - and my iCloud syncing is not working well at all, so I suspect this is the cause. Some other things show up now and then (disk issues with an external drive that might be failing and once or twice, 'ScreenTimeAgent') but not consistenly. Thinking a fresh install of the OS might help. Or it's just all gone flaky. > > > 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]> 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]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >
_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
