Hands-On With the New M2 Pro Mac Mini

[SFjohn]

Mine had a hard hang when I flipped to ethernet. 🙂

Ofc, I'm running 14.0 beta, so I'm not complaining.

I keep hoping a software update will fix the issue... 🤞🏻

 

[SFjohn]

Are there any M2 Pro Mac Mini users on MacRumors that are not having the whole computer crash & reboot while the machine sleeps overnight? Anyone here with an M2 Pro Mac Mini that’s been running for months without the machine crashing & needing a reboot? Thanks! 🙏🏼

 

[foo2]

Are there any M2 Pro Mac Mini users on MacRumors that are not having crashing while the machine sleeps overnight?

Here. Please add verbosity: crashing an app? Machine crash? Reboot spontaneously? Need detail.

 

[SFjohn]

Here. Please add verbosity: crashing an app? Machine crash? Reboot spontaneously? Need detail.

Thanks, the whole machine crashing. I’ll amend my post. I try to keep my posts short, and sometimes, like now, it’s to my detriment… ✌🏻

 

[August West]

You might want to post this on the mini forum. Probably some users over there that don't check the News forum regularly.

 

[SFjohn]

You might want to post this on the mini forum. Probably some users over there that don't check the News forum regularly.

I didn’t realize there was a mini forum. I found it and reposted it there. Thanks! 🙏🏼

 

[rtjstevens]

Are there any M2 Pro Mac Mini users on MacRumors that are not having the whole computer crash & reboot while the machine sleeps overnight? Anyone here with an M2 Pro Mac Mini that’s been running for months without the machine crashing & needing a reboot? Thanks! 🙏🏼

Hi, mine seems fine.
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[slothinker]

Hope others are having better luck with their M2 Mac Mini Pro than I am ... often (3-5 times/week) instead of going to sleep (or while asleep, I guess) it turns itself off, requiring a manual reboot. The machine knows it shut down unexpectedly and I've forwarded its reports to Apple often. Not doing anything particular that should challenge this equipment. It certainly requires a restart far more often than my 2017 iMac ever did. This unit has 512 SSD and 32 GB RAM.

I wanted to provide an update ... I found that once I stopped using Google Chrome the overnight crashing problems I was having have so for not reoccurred. (btw, before stopping to use Chrome I uninstalled and reinstalled ... didn't help.)

 

[foo2]

I wanted to provide an update ... I found that once I stopped using Google Chrome the overnight crashing problems I was having have so for not reoccurred. (btw, before stopping to use Chrome I uninstalled and reinstalled ... didn't help.)

What plugins in Chrome do you have?

 

[slothinker]

I wanted to provide an update ... I found that once I stopped using Google Chrome the overnight crashing problems I was having have so for not reoccurred. (btw, before stopping to use Chrome I uninstalled and reinstalled ... didn't help.)

Update to my update: the crashing problems without Chrome came back. To recap: most typically if I put the MacMini to sleep at night when I tried to resume work in the morning it would be non-responsive and require a reboot. However sometimes it would appear to be ok. I say appear ok b.c. I was unable to run YouTube videos (just not start) and I was unable to play music (actually any sound) from any output despite Sound settings indicating all was ok. Now trying a new tactic: I've set the MacMini to automatically shutdown at 2AM and restart at 8AM. So far this is working well.

Regarding Chrome, I've stopped using it for the time being however I did not have any extensions on it as it was just used for one task. (Workaround found on that score.)