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Comment on Big Sur panic when connect/disconnect usb-c dock
What Apple is claiming is absolute nonsense. I'm experiencing this issue with a brand new 16" MBP 2019 model. My employer sent me another machine, exact same specs and problem was still there! I reformatted it and did a clean install of Mojave, same problem. Upgraded to Big Sur, same. Both machines, brand new, crashing with a single monitor using USB-C to DisplayPort cable. No hubs/docks. They also crash when booted in safe mode. It's dead simple to reproduce.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Core OS Tags:
Jun ’21
Comment on Big Sur panic when connect/disconnect usb-c dock
Same thing happened to me. I've switched to HDMI and haven't had any crashes for the last 2 weeks. In my case it's definitely a problem with DisplayPort. In fact, I can reproduce it with a single monitor and a single USB-C to DisplayPort cable (no docks or hubs involved). Plug it in and out and boom. I've upgraded from Big Sur 11.31. to 11.4 this week and can confirm the bug is still there. I hope Apple fixes this soon as my dock (CalDigit TS3 Plus, bought through Apple by the way!) only has one Thunderbolt port so I can only connect a single monitor via HDMI - the other monitor port is a DisplayPort so I'm having to use a second adapter to connect the other monitor to avoid crashing my laptop, which totally defeats the purpose of buying an expensive dock in the first place!
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Core OS Tags:
Jun ’21
Comment on Big Sur panic when connect/disconnect usb-c dock
My employer has sent me another brand new laptop, exact same model and specs. I turned it on, typed my password and plugged in my monitor with an USB-C to DisplayPort cable. I disconnected the cable and reconnected it 3 or 4 times and... boom! Laptop crashed. I rebooted it and did the same thing again and got another kernel panic. I was hoping my previous (2 week old) laptop had some sort of hardware issue but it looks like this is a pretty consistent and ubiquitous bug. The only difference between the new laptop and the previous one is that the new one is running Catalina 10.15.7 and the previous one is running Big Sur 11.3.1. Given that 2 brand new laptops running widely different macOS versions are crashing straight out of the box, I suspect this must be hurting a lot of people out there.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Core OS Tags:
Jun ’21