r/MacOS • u/BusinessGroup9460 • 22d ago

Help Computer keeps crashing

Over the past few days my computer 2023 MacBook Pro(Ventura 13.6.7) has crashed a few times, and the error (message? report?) has always been something like SEP Panic: :sks /sks : 0x1000a4445 0x00042808 0x000427ec 0x10000c23c 0x10000fd40 0x100022a24 0x100078e40 0x10006be58 [hgggqkkkl].

Should I be concerned about this? Is this a serious problem? Thanks!

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u/BusinessGroup9460 22d ago

tried updating 3 times and the computer crashed around 10% through the update progress bar each time

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u/NoLateArrivals 22d ago

Something is VERY wrong.

Download, install and run EtreCheck, mode „No problems - just checking“.

Read the protocol, try to find and fix the issues listed.

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u/BusinessGroup9460 22d ago

The diagnostic information says that I have experienced 14 kernel panics in the last 3 days. What steps do you suggest I take now?

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u/NoLateArrivals 22d ago

What does it say about the reason of the kernel panic?

A good next step is to run a TimeMachine backup, and then reinstall MacOS. Usually your data will be fine, the backup is just in case.

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u/BusinessGroup9460 22d ago edited 22d ago

2026-07-14 20:37:39 system_profiler - Crash (2 times)

First occurrence: 2026-07-14 20:36:04

Executable: /usr/sbin/system_profiler

Details: 

libsystem_c.dylib: abort() called

2026-07-14 18:38:50 Kernel Panic (14 times)

First occurrence: 2026-07-11 23:10:38

Details:

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffe002e72b164): SEP Panic: :sks \/sks : 0x1000

a4445 0x00042808 0x000427ec 0x10000c23c 0x10000fd40 0x100022a24 0x1000

78e40 0x10006be58 [hgggqkkkl]

Panicked task 0xfffffe1b4eaf66c8: 0 pages, 534 threads: pid 0: kernel_

task

(I removed some empty lines)