Ok, I tried it and it worked and didn't have to turn off activation lock. I was able to reinstall the Catalina but while I was updating to Big Sur, in the midst of the installation, I got a message saying that the computer had the restart because of a problem. Let's see it this continues. If it does, then it certainly must be Big Sur for some strange reason not liking my computer.
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My MacBook Pro crashed multiple times last night.
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So you got it running Catalina. That's a start. At least you know it's not dead
Strange about updating to Big Sur though as your machine should certainly be suited.
Maybe BS was the cause of the crashes, though I have no idea why.
Maybe leave it on Catalina for a while and watch to see what happens with BS updates.
Well, I've downgraded to Catalina and it restarted again today. I was surfing on safari, using Mail and Messages. It restarted with the message saying it needed too restart because of a problem. Yet, I performed a diagnostic on it and it found zero problems.Thanks for coming back.
So you got it running Catalina. That's a start. At least you know it's not dead
Strange about updating to Big Sur though as your machine should certainly be suited.
Maybe BS was the cause of the crashes, though I have no idea why.
Maybe leave it on Catalina for a while and watch to see what happens with BS updates.
I believe Big Sur can have a problem with it. Completely unconfirmed I have to say but I noticed something about it on here recently. I have no idea where though. Sorry.
Ok, I performed a Diagnostic on it again and no issues found. I event and still booted up on Command R and did a First Aid on my HD, here’s the details.
When it checked the container superblock, it read “warning: container has been mounted by APFS version 1677.60.23 which is newer than 1412.141.1”
and the other warning it gave:
“Warning: disabling overallocation repairs by default; use -0 to override.”
I don’t know what any of this means.
When it checked the container superblock, it read “warning: container has been mounted by APFS version 1677.60.23 which is newer than 1412.141.1”
and the other warning it gave:
“Warning: disabling overallocation repairs by default; use -0 to override.”
I don’t know what any of this means.
if so, Catalina may have a problem with it because it still crashes after erasing my disk and reinstalling Catalina.
I wouldn't know about that as I've never used it tbh but I didn't read anything like that.