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WindowServer crashing when waking from sleep when an external LG Ultrafine 5K display is attached.
I have random WindowServer crashes, that also crashes most applications that are running, when the M1 Max laptop is awaken from sleep when the LG Ultrafine 5K display is attached. It doesn't always happen, but I see crashes several times every day. I did some experiments quitting various applications before allowing the laptop to sleep, but all of these still resulted in WindowServer crashes upon waking from sleep. The only that that has stopped these random crashes is to unplug the external monitor before allowing the laptop to sleep. I haven't yet had a WindowServer crash when the external monitor is not attached, so I suspect this problem stems from the interaction of the WindowServer and the external monitor.
macOS 13.0 Beta
I have random WindowServer crashes, that also crashes most applications that are running, when the M1 Max laptop is awaken from sleep when the LG Ultrafine 5K display is attached. It doesn't always happen, but I see crashes several times every day. I did some experiments quitting various applications before allowing the laptop to sleep, but all of these still resulted in WindowServer crashes upon waking from sleep. The only that that has stopped these random crashes is to unplug the external monitor before allowing the laptop to sleep. I haven't yet had a WindowServer crash when the external monitor is not attached, so I suspect this problem stems from the interaction of the WindowServer and the external monitor.
macOS 13.0 Beta
This. I'm exhausted with the bugs in Mac OS, to the point that I'm considering bringing in Windows for many tasks. It's reminiscent of the mid 1990s, only that was due to a maxed-out system architecture whereas this seems to be due to arrogance and laziness. Where is Avie Tevanian when you need him? Seriously, that was the best that Mac OS has ever worked -- 10.4 Tiger.
what bugs specifically? and are you aware that millions of macusers are fine, and most of us aren't experiencing bugs to the extent we need to switch platforms? perhaps get help with the issues you're having, instead of complaining; just a thought.
10.4? lol, yes, let's bring back 2005. (still, a nice change from the snow leopard fanboys)...
Just to let you know that the "stage manager hiding windows on the left randomly" thing is a normal feature (I think). It seems to only happen if you have apps running that use accessibility and manipulate things via hacks.
For example, if I enable "monitorcontrol" an app to control external third party monitors, the stage manager hides all the time, because the app is using a little hack that has an invisible window or something (I'm not really sure, but that's what makes sense in my head) to control my monitor's functions, such as brightness and volume. quitting the app makes everything return to normal.
of course, stage manager will hide because there's a huge invisible window over the whole desktop.
apple might or might not fix this. if they don't, apps like these will have to find a different workaround
For example, if I enable "monitorcontrol" an app to control external third party monitors, the stage manager hides all the time, because the app is using a little hack that has an invisible window or something (I'm not really sure, but that's what makes sense in my head) to control my monitor's functions, such as brightness and volume. quitting the app makes everything return to normal.
of course, stage manager will hide because there's a huge invisible window over the whole desktop.
apple might or might not fix this. if they don't, apps like these will have to find a different workaround
finder is not seeing any network volumes
edit: i was on the wrong network 🤦♂️
edit: i was on the wrong network 🤦♂️
Same here with a 2017 MBP connected to a 27" Dell QHD external monitor. Can't find a specific trigger just seems to be random.
Because it does appear to be random, in that the identical situation does not always produce the WindowServer to crash, I am slowly narrowing down when it occurs. I've quit each of my applications in turn and then allowed the laptop to go to sleep and see if the WindowServer crashes upon being awakened.
So far I've narrowed it down to be not dependent on any of my applications. And it isn't even dependent on the laptop going to sleep. It doesn't happen without an external display attached. It happens, randomly, after the external display turns off but the laptop is still awake -- when a key is pressed to turn the displays back on, the WindowServer will occasionally crash -- not always, but occasionally. If I use a screen saver instead of allowing the displays to turn off, then the WindowServer does not crash -- at least not for the last two days.
Am I missing something, or did Apple take away the ability to create Network Locations on Ventura? I see the ones I created on Monterey before I upgraded, but I can't find anywhere in Settings to edit or add locations.
Wanna give us a hint what's wrong?
I had the same isssue. I uninstalled LS and MS and my VPNs. Works much better in that it actually works. I’m using ProtonVPN with IKE2 and it’s working well. Mullvad flat out said they won’t have anything until it’s released. Didn’t follow-up with PIA but they always have beta issues.
Hope this helps.
I’ll search again but Ventura is starting to act a little wonky. I was prompted to re-enter three passwords for email accounts.
Now, the App Store just sits and spins. Won’t update anything. Logged out and back in to AppleID, tried the hack mentioned to remove some directories under Library/Containers, etc. Anyone else with App Store issues?
Now, the App Store just sits and spins. Won’t update anything. Logged out and back in to AppleID, tried the hack mentioned to remove some directories under Library/Containers, etc. Anyone else with App Store issues?
Hangs, you gotta force kill it, iMessage notifications are messed up, lagging, arriving one by one after already been read and such. It's **** show at the moment.
Yes, I can confirm that notifications are totally screwed up on my end as well. Hopefully beta 2 in the next couple of days 
I hung in there until today, but I don't know how much I'll hang with these broken notifications. Other than that, Ventura was pretty stable on a production machine that I use daily for work.
I hung in there until today, but I don't know how much I'll hang with these broken notifications. Other than that, Ventura was pretty stable on a production machine that I use daily for work.
For me, it's only Messages notifications that are messed up. Somehow, the message comes in and it takes the OS almost 10 minutes to go to the effort of running the notification. Very weird.
Notification Center keeps hanging. You can fix this (temporarily) by either force quitting it in Activity Monitor or via the terminal - launch it and type
killall NotificationCenter. It’ll automatically restart and “work” for a short period of time before it gets stuck again.