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The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by bonestamp2 »

NeedMoreTea wrote: post #43
cygned wrote: post #2

Holding off buying a new MacBook Pro at the moment. It’s like issues pop up every other week and I simply cannot buy a machine that is not reliable. Also looking into a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ CentOS as an alternative, even though it would be difficult. It’s a pity.

I'm looking at the new Thinkpad P1 and it's everything I hoped the last Macbook Pro update would be. Way things are going I'll be very surprised if my next machine is a Macbook when my 2015 needs replacing.

Imagine that, it even has all the ports one would expect on a professional's computer. It's going to be hard to give up macOS but Apple is too obsessed with aesthetics. Design can only ever be as good as function and if you sacrifice function for design then it's a failed design.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by sofaofthedamned »

collyw wrote: post #78
sofaofthedamned wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love Fedora but the Arch wiki is the best authoritative source of fixes ever.

Agreed, and I have only ever installed Manjaro.

Yup. Used to be that the Ubuntu forums were awesome, but there was something about the Arch forums that weeded all the crap out, i've no idea what. I need to add them to the OSS projects I contribute to this year.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by imwally »

pacifika wrote: post #86
imwally wrote: post #83

Does anyone know if you can view past crash reports? I sent the same crash report to Apple this morning but neglected to save it. Would be interesting to compare similar reports.

Console log has them listed

Thanks! For anyone else interested, this specific crash report for Bridge OS is listed under System Reports > ProxiedDevice-Bridge.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by kylel »

collyw wrote: post #72
whytaka wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Time and time again, I cannot believe people recommend a company that installed spyware in their hardware. I will never ever buy a Lenovo. It doesn't matter that it didn't affect the ThinkPad line.

installed spyware on their hardware? Can you explain more?

In 2015, Lenovo (who currently owns the Thinkpad brand) got caught installing adware and certificates into the Windows root certificate store. This is known as Superfish:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by DC-3 »

cygned wrote: post #2

Holding off buying a new MacBook Pro at the moment. It’s like issues pop up every other week and I simply cannot buy a machine that is not reliable. Also looking into a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ CentOS as an alternative, even though it would be difficult. It’s a pity.

I'm running a new (9370) XPS 13 with Arch and it's flawless.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by acangiano »

This appears to be related to the issues I experienced with my MacBook Pro 2018. Namely, speakers crackling as I show in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yOaLgF6yQ. Kernel panics would happen shortly after. I'm convinced T2 is to blame.

Upgrading to Mojave appears to have fixed the problem for me, but it's too early to call as I only upgraded a few days ago.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by protomyth »

Some of those replies scare me.

Your tweet says "MacBook Pros". Plural. I assume that means you have successfully replicated this error on other machines. Right? And I assume you did a full macOS reinstall to see if the problem went away before trumpeting to the entire world. Right?

Wow, just wow. I mean, when you convince some part of your customer base that a "a full macOS reinstall" is required before you claim its an issue, well I guess you have some loyal but misguided fans.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by Redoubts »

some_account wrote: post #23
cygned wrote: post #2

Holding off buying a new MacBook Pro at the moment. It’s like issues pop up every other week and I simply cannot buy a machine that is not reliable. Also looking into a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ CentOS as an alternative, even though it would be difficult. It’s a pity.

Highly recommend Matebook X Pro with Manjaro Linux, pure awesomeness.

> Matebook X Pro

Wow, they’re not even trying with the naming.

Re: The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic randomly

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Post by indemnity »

collyw wrote: post #73
Bud wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost every company? Except the one this thread is about...

That we we know about.

Well that response could be used to justify about any conspiracy theory.

How about we stick to the facts we know, which is that all manufacturers but Apple have done these incredibly user hostile things.

With the amount of attention on them, if they did it, it’s bound to come out sooner or later.

Until then, though..

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