[Stephanie Scholz]

Apple Recommended / Verified Community Solution

This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Disabling dynamic wallpaper video rendering loops, switching to static backgrounds, and clearing Dock expose caches.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

1. Switch all desktop spaces to static wallpapers in System Settings > Wallpaper.
2. Flush compositor memory: sudo purge && killall Dock.
3. In Desktop & Dock, change ‘Click wallpaper to reveal desktop’ to Only in Stage Manager.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

Mac Studio M2 Max (64GB) | Neumann KM184 Pair | Logic Pro 11 | Sydney, AU

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | Classical Pianist & Spatial Audio Arranger

[Stephanie Scholz]

Apple Recommended / Verified Community Solution

This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Flushing AudioUnit cache plist and triggering an isolated AU validation pass.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

1. Quit Logic Pro and delete the corrupt cache:

   rm -f ~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache/com.apple.audiounits.cache

2. Kill core audio daemon:

   sudo killall -9 coreaudiod

3. Open Logic Pro, navigate to Settings > Plug-in Manager, locate the crashed AU plugin, and click Reset & Rescan Selection.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

Mac Studio M2 Max (64GB) | Neumann KM184 Pair | Logic Pro 11 | Sydney, AU

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | Classical Pianist & Spatial Audio Arranger

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