Premiere Pro 25 Crashing Entire Mac Pro After Upgrading To macOS Sequoia

Hi,

We are currently experiencing a recurring issue with Premiere Pro versions. The system repeatedly crashes and returns directly to the user login screen.

We have already reinstalled macOS Sequoia 15.7 in Recovery Mode and also tested the system after downgrading to macOS Sonoma 14.8.2. The issue persists in both operating systems. After running diagnostics and performing additional troubleshooting, we observed the same behavior even when testing with a second W5500X MPX module.

No error dialog appears at the time of the crash, as the entire Mac becomes unresponsive. The system freezes for several seconds, then crashes and automatically reboots.

MAC PRO 48GB (6X8GB) 2933MHZ DDR4 ECC MEMORY

3.3GHZ 12-CORE INTEL XEON W PROCESSOR

1TB SSD STORAGE

RADEON PRO W5500X 8GB

macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 

Premiere Pro 25.3/ 25.4/ 25.5.

“Is anyone else facing the same issue? Please suggest how to resolve it.”

On Intel Mac, MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 with Premiere Pro 25.1 and it crashes on startup (never gets past the spash screen) - anyone found a fix for this? 😞

HI @bartmjohnson - Thank you so much for confirming, I appreciate it.  Please keep us updated on your results.  Good luck with your project.

@jamieclarke I have not upgraded to 15.2 and prefer not to at this moment as I have some professional projects in progress.  However, when I was previously experiencing the crashing issues with rendering I did switch to Software Only to see if perhaps the hardware acceleration was causing the crash, but ran into the same result.  After these projects are completed and I have nothing on my schedule I will try and upgrade and experiment again.

Hi @bartmjohnson - Have you tried upgrading to 15.2?  I'm curious if you navigate to Project File > Project Settings > General and change to Software Renderer, do you still crash?

Hi @Александр35030390z9fd - Are you using the transcription feature?  Can you try going to your preferences under Transcription and uncheck both boxes.  Let us know if that helps your issue.

Hello! I have MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1
Yes, there was a dialog box every time. Yes, I've checked the box with my email. 
I don't have any plugins installed in Premiere Pro. 
I'm working with footage from Sony a7m3 and Nikon z6.
By the way, nothing has changed after the update to Premiere Pro 25.1. It's still crushing. And one more fact: It's crushing only the first hour of editing, and then it's working properly. Any new project with new footage is crushing very often in the first hour or two, and then it goes normal. I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Hi @Александр35030390z9fd - Can you answer some of the questions in the pinned post.  We are releasing 25.1 shortly can you try installing it and let us know if you are still having issues.

@jamieclarke Yes I am currently running Premiere 25.0 on Sonoma 14.7.1 without any issues.

Hi @bartmjohnson - Are you running 25.0 on Sonoma now?