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One process name in Console > Crash Reports shows up for one date (photoanalysisd), but this happens every day. Shouldn’t there be Crash Reports every time this happens. I’m also not convinced this particular crash is the same kind of crash I’m experiencing daily. I thought the issue was the battery, so I got the battery replaced but its still happening. Log for photoanalysisd: https://codepen.io/skyefromtexas/pen/jOL… In my system log I will sometimes also get kernel AppleCredentialManager: powerStateWillChangeToGated: SYSTEM WILL SLEEP and then my computer will go to sleep for no reason.
EDIT: I used the terminal command to find out why the last few shutdowns occurred. The last one was around 12:35. Here is a screenshot:
And the codes:
Here’s what @Craig prompted me to enter in the terminal after shutting down:
@Craig suggested searching “panic”
No, you don’t need to go all the way back to Yosemite. In most cases installing your current OS version should be just fine. The risk is trying to install on top install of cleaning the drive off fully and installing the OS as well as the required updates then installing from the original sources your apps. I recommend you install each one at a time and applying there updates and checking things to make sure you don’t have any issues. To help you here’s a link to the older macOS’s https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683… I do recommend first creating a bootable OS installer USB thumb drive. Get a 32GB drive using your Mac rebooting under recovery Command (⌘)-R format the thumb drive with GUID and a journaled file system. Then follow the guide How to create a bootable installer for macOS There are some tools that make this easier but I would need to know which OS you are going with to aim you to them. Only after you’ve got a working thumb drive and a full backup of your stuff would I alter your current drive. Reference: Mac startup key combinations
