# So My Mac Keeps Crashing DevFeed: [So My Mac Keeps Crashing]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Fuzzygroup Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Scott Johnson]() Topics: [App](), [Chrome](), [dropbox](), [Bluetooth](), [Slack]() Tags: [apple](), [bluetooth](), [chrome](), [crash](), [dropbox](), [mac](), [osx](), [slack]() ## AI overview The author describes repeated crashes on a 2015 MacBook Pro after previously achieving uptimes of tens or more than 100 days. The crashes appear to occur while the computer is unattended, with no crash log generated. The author suspects an app update or another background process and tests disabling Chrome, Dropbox, Bluetooth, backups, and multiple other applications, but the cause remains unresolved. ## Source excerpt I'm in the unenviable position of my MacBook Pro (2015 vintage) crashing regularly - once yesterday, twice the day before, once the day before. I used to have an uptime measured in the tens of days - there have been periods when I had an uptime measured, on this computer and this OS version, of 100 plus days. And now I have this bit of pathetic: ❯ uptime 7:04 up 16:23, 79 users, load averages: 5.52 26.30 57.61 Yep. That's 16 hours. grumble So something changed - but what? The problem here is that whatever changed, there was a clear temporal disconnect between the change and the start of the crashing. And wham: I took a phone call and walked away from my computer I returned and my machine was again crashed Here are the characteristics of the crash: the foreground app was TextMate 2 (almost always the foreground app on my computer) caps lock doesn't turn on machine apple logo doesn't turn off when the lid is closed mouse doesn't move no crash log event file is generated that tells me what happened and (uselessly) "report it to apple" when I restart. Here's what I've tried so far: stopping using Chrome (because Chrome is a damn beast using more resources than anything else on my machine) turning off Dropbox turning off bluetooth (because I recently turned it on) stopping my TimeMachine backup dumping my normal trinity of chat apps: FB Messenger, Signal and Telegram So my theory is that something is happening when my machine isn't actually processing input (whether mouse or keyboard) such as an update process. And since this seemingly started happening without any formal update process, it is likely an app which self updates. So, my next task is to close: DropBox Box Sync CleanMyMac KeyBase Tuple Duet Alfred Slack Sublime Messages Notes Postico And, when I walked away to go to the grocery store, my machine crashed again. This time I'm also closing: SyncThing If this doesn't work then my apparent options are: change my computer usage so if I'm not at the keyboard working