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November 14, 2026 at 10:18 pm in reply to: [Solved] Compressor Batch Transcode Queue Stuck on ‘Waiting’ on macOS Sequoia 15.1: Diagnostic steps and permanent fix #13312
Stephanie Sullivan
Community ContributorApple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Terminating orphaned qmaster processes and clearing compressor spool storage.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- Force quit compressor daemons:
killall Compressor && killall qmasterd - Delete stale batch spool files:
rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Storage/* - Relaunch Apple Compressor and submit batch job.
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
MacBook Pro 16″ M2 Max (96GB) | Pro Display XDR | iPhone 16 Pro | San Jose, CAApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift EngineerNovember 14, 2026 at 9:51 pm in reply to: [Solved] MacBook Pro 16″ M3 Max encountering Local LLM / MLX Framework Unified Memory Allocation Out-of-Memory Panic after update (macOS Sonoma 14.7) #12922Stephanie Sullivan
Community ContributorApple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Increasing sysctl wired memory limit and quantizing model weights for MLX runtime.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- Increase sysctl wired unified memory limit:
sudo sysctl iogpu.wired_mem_limit=180000 - Load models using 4-bit or 8-bit quantization (e.g.
mlx-lm.generate --model mlx-community/Llama-3-70B-4bit). - Flush system unified cache before heavy inference passes:
sudo purge
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
MacBook Pro 16″ M2 Max (96GB) | Pro Display XDR | iPhone 16 Pro | San Jose, CAApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift EngineerNovember 14, 2026 at 8:32 pm in reply to: [Solved] iPhone 16 Pro eSIM Quick Transfer Activation Stuck in Loop (iOS 18.1) – Verified Troubleshooting #11817Stephanie Sullivan
Community ContributorApple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Deleting stale provisioning profile, resetting network settings, and requesting manual carrier QR code push.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- In Settings > Cellular, select the pending line and tap Delete eSIM.
- Reset Network Settings under Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone.
- Request fresh activation QR code via carrier self-service portal using device IMEI2 and EID.
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
MacBook Pro 16″ M2 Max (96GB) | Pro Display XDR | iPhone 16 Pro | San Jose, CAApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift Engineer - Force quit compressor daemons:
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