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Re: Constant self-restarting ... chopped off at the knees!

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On 20.05.26 18:25, Another John wrote:
> My Sequoia 15.7.5 iMac suddenly started misbehaving this morning - when I
> returned to my office after a coffee, it was busy restarting itself, saying
> "You restarted your system (No I didn't!) due to .... [a fault].
> 
> Then it proceeded to restart time after time after time - each one being a
> painfully slow process. 
> 
> i was suddenly made aware (again) of how very vulnerable The Digital Life is -
> just about all domestic activities being rooted in the bloody world of
> "online". It's like having your legs chopped off in mid-race, when your
> computer suddenly isn't there.   
> 
> Fortunately I have my "old" Mojave system siting close by and I was able to
> google around to get 2 or 3 vital clues. I restarted in Safe Mode,
> disconnected all external devices, looked for Start-up items (Blimey! So many
> in that list), AND THEN ...
> 
> ... \installed Sequoia 15.7.7. (I was never made aware of 15.7.6) This seemed
> to go OK. I'm _guessing_ that it may have been a problem caused by it trying
> to install 7.6 and 7.7 at the same time?      BTW I have Auto-install updates
> turned on - I might turn that offf.
> 
> I restarted again, and everything seems to be OK again,  fingers crossed.
> 
> Just thought I'd pass this on, in case there are still amateurs like myself
> who read this group!      (And it was a damn' good reminder to keep my system
> clean and tidy: I very logout or re-start.

I hope everything is running again as expected!

The keyword in your case is redundancy. For my main system, a mini
M2pro, I have a 15" M4 MBAir as backup if something goes wrong on the
hardware side. For the worst case I have two Linux-machines running. The
worst case being Apple bowing to the pressure from any groups.
Particularly governments.

BTW: macOS stands at 26.5.


-- 
"Roma locuta, causa finita" (Augustinus)

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Constant self-restarting ... chopped off at the knees! Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-20 16:25 +0000
  Re: Constant self-restarting ... chopped off at the knees! Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-20 18:37 +0200
  Re: Constant self-restarting ... chopped off at the knees! Frederick <fred@ypical.demon.invalid> - 2026-05-20 21:27 +0100
    Re: Constant self-restarting ... chopped off at the knees! Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-21 10:57 +0000

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