System-level GPU crashes when using Premiere Pro on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia) with an M3 Max MacBook Pro.

[cdavid1760]

Heads-up: M3 Max Crashes with Premiere Pro under macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)

I've confirmed system-level GPU crashes when using Premiere Pro on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia) with an M3 Max MacBook Pro.

During scrubbing, timeline exports, or Metal stress tests, my system flashes red and reboots without warning or error dialog.

Here’s what I tested (June 17–19):
- :white_heavy_check_mark: CPU and memory stress tests = no crash
- :white_heavy_check_mark: Same drives/projects on Intel iMac = stable
- :cross_mark: M3 Max crashes under GPU load only (WindowServer, AGXMetalG15X-M1, QuartzCore in logs)

THIS ISN’T A PREMIERE BUG — the fault appears to lie in macOS Sequoia’s Metal/QuartzCore stack on Apple Silicon (M2/M3).

I’ve built a ZIP package with full crash logs, diagnostic scripts, and test configs. If others are experiencing this, I encourage comparing logs or referencing my report for escalation.

Premiere Pro: 25.4 (Beta, Build 54)
Chip: Apple M3 Max – 128GB RAM – 4TB internal
Drives: G-Raid, WD Black (ACSIS enclosure, TEAMGROUP 8TB (ACASIS enclosures)
Config: Tested both via Thunderbolt hubs and direct USB-C ports

[cdavid1760]

@Matt Christensen 

[IanB_360]

Hi @cdavid1760 

and welcome to the Premiere Pro Forum community.  Thank you for taking your time to report a problem. The ZIP package with full crash logs, diagnostic scripts, and test configs. Is that something you could file share to the team ? That will help us to get started and looking at the problem. 
Here to help.

Ian

[cdavid1760]

Absolutely! Do you have a link to an upload folder?

[cdavid1760]

Sent report and docs directly to Fergus Hammond.

Best,

David