Resolved Macbook Pro 2015 with OSX El Capitan 10.11.4 system wide freeze (Read the details)

[grahamperrin]

Fortunately for me, my computer is no longer affected by the system freezes since upgrading …

Ah, sorry, I misinterpreted one of your recent posts. Oops! If you do use sysdiagnose in the future then http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/87982 might help you to dive in deep relatively quickly.

@tywebb13 I saw the same, from topics such as https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/974233/ I'm I was sure that 10.1 was a typo. But my vote at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1973845/ is no mistake; I'm unashamedly the odd man out

 

[GiveMeAnthony]

10.11.14 and 10.11.15 seem a bit ambitious. Did you mean 10.11.4 and 10.11.5?

Most people thought we wouldn't get past 10.11.5 for el capitan and were surprised to see new 10.11.6 betas.

10.1 was puma. Was that really your last system or was that a typo?

Sorry, I didn't clarify enough. 10.1 was the last system I used (on an eMac in high school) before 10.11.14 and the recent 10.11.15 (on my personal 2015 13" rMBP).

 

[Vermifuge]

Sorry, I didn't clarify enough. 10.1 was the last system I used (on an eMac in high school) before 10.11.14 and the recent 10.11.15 (on my personal 2015 13" rMBP).

It would make sense that an eMac from 2001/2002 would run OS 10.1.X.

You claim you are running 10.11.14 on a Macbook? Is that a minor revision of 10.11.1? Minor revisions are normally identified in the build number such as "15B42." I can only assume you mean 10.11.4 and 10.11.5.

 

[tywebb13]

I can only assume you mean 10.11.4 and 10.11.5.

Yeah. It is very unlikely to get to 10.11.14 or 10.11.15.

The highest point release so far was for tiger 10.4.11.

 

[GiveMeAnthony]

It would make sense that an eMachine from 2001/2002 would run OS 10.1.X.

You claim you are running 10.11.14 on a Macbook? Is that a minor revision of 10.11.1? Minor revisions are normally identified in the build number such as "15B42." I can only assume you mean 10.11.4 and 10.11.5.

It would seem so... I've been referring to them as 14 and 15 for a while now

 

[maxnik]

Another data point. I have Macbook Air 13-inch. Started freezing couple months ago. Still does it after upgrade to 10.11.15. Mouse moves, but nothing opens or responds.

 

[tywebb13]

Another data point. I have Macbook Air 13-inch. Started freezing couple months ago. Still does it after upgrade to 10.11.15. Mouse moves, but nothing opens or responds.

Again, you mean 10.11.5 don't you, not 10.11.15?

 

[maxnik]

Again, you mean 10.11.5 don't you, not 10.11.15?

Yes, sorry

 

[got556]

Well 10.11.5 got rid of my freezing issues but holy crap my machine is laggy as you know what. Especially when loading youtube 720p vids and trying to go full screen video....

 

[m4d345D]

Just wanted to add that when my macbook air 13 inch 2013 froze on 10.11.5 it was safari that I had open when it froze.

I concur.

 

[dmnc]

Being that the title of this entire thread is Macbook Pro 2015 with OSX El Capitan 10.11.4 system wide freeze (Read the details) then yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. The system freezes started with that version and a security update was made to 10.11.5 which seems to have fixed some rMBPs (including my own).

Well, that makes absolutely no sense.

 

[grahamperrin]

no sense.

A user may find, with 10.11.4, an issue that the user does not find with 10.11.5.

 

[daveariordan]

No freezes here since upgrading to 10.11.5 on Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015 over 2 weeks ago. Had at least a few random system wide freezes every week on 10.11.4.

 

[dmnc]

A user may find, with 10.11.4, an issue that the user does not find with 10.11.5.

So any explanation in that case will suffice, if that is the only thing that you are paying attention to. God did it.

 

[grahamperrin]

@dmnc I can trust someone's reports of symptoms without requiring a detailed explanation.

 

[dmnc]

@dmnc I can trust someone's reports of symptoms without requiring a detailed explanation.

I'm not talking about the symptoms, but of the all 10.11.4 virus hypothesis.

 

[grahamperrin]

I keep an open mind. Wondered whether com.sophos would be amongst the KEXTs.

 

[imactor]

The problem is solved in OS X 10.11.5

 

[JesperA]

The problem is solved in OS X 10.11.5

You should probably have added "for me" at the end, the general meaning of your current sentence is not true

 

[OldGreyGuy]

No freezes here since upgrading to 10.11.5 on Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015 over 2 weeks ago. Had at least a few random system wide freezes every week on 10.11.4.

This has been my experience as well also on Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015.

 

[Jammer005]

This has been my experience as well also on Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015.

+2 (for two of them in our family)

 

[Dr. James]

Me as well. I got one freeze every 2/3 days with .4. Now with .5 I'm freeze-free and it's been two weeks now.

 

[Maicá]

I think there should be a poll like "Has the 10.11.5 fixed your freezing issue that started at 10.11.4?"...... There's a lot of noise in this thread.

Btw, it's been fixed for me too.

 

[Dr. James]

I think there should be a poll like "Has the 10.11.5 fixed your freezing issue that started at 10.11.4?"...... There's a lot of noise in this thread.

Btw, it's been fixed for me too.

Please vote here.

 

[Antonnn]

Just stumbled across this article on macrumors that says apple officially acknowledged the issue and provides steps to fix it. ( update to 10.11.5 and update yor flash player to latest version[if you have it installed, if not - ignore].)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206594

If you still have issues after following these steps you can still use this thread, although most likely you have something else going on. I strongly suggest you record the issue when it happens and contact apple support.

Thanks again everyone, take care.