Upgraded from Maverick. It froze every 60 minutes, exactly (yes, I timed it). Had to long press power button to force it to shutdown.
Then I erased the whole hard drive and did a fresh installation. No third party apps installed. Same issue.
The only way I found to get around this issue is: shutdown the computer 59 minutes (or less) after it boots, and then turn it back on. Clicking "Restart…" in the top left Apple logo menu doesn't help — the 60-minute timer is still running.
Mid 2012 Macbook pro. The system is installed on an external USB3 SSD, not the internal SSD.
I've fired a radar with Apple a week ago. No reply so far.
Anyone has the same issue and/or know how to fix it?
Best Answer
Here come in depth solution that fixed same problem that I had, and maybe it will help you and others. First off all there is no magic wand solution for this, but I spend 3 days to fix it, and now it working 2 days with no freezing..
I have: Mac (27-inch, Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite Public (installed from Maverick)...
Every 1-2 hours my Mac freezes, sometimes in PS, DropBox, Chrome, Creative Cloud... etc.. and I need to hard reset every time... also if I start doing "normal" reset or shutdown (if my mac is not in freezing mode), sometimes it only hangs with black screen and mouse working...
I tried: - cleaning PRAM - fix permission - delete applications that sometimes craches - remove logitech keyboard & mouse - work only with safari, not chrome - and nothing happens
Long story short... - Boot you Mac in Safe mode, first.. it will take some time, and than start normal Yosmeite - Then reset or shutdown, it needs to turn off really fast (30 sec max)... - Than boot again only with Disc Utility (Command+R to boot into Recovery, or hold down OPTION), you cannot do this from Yosemite... - Than Verify for errors, and fix those errors (approx. 2-3 hours of waiting) - Again fix permisions.. - Yosemeith is working now, and don't freeze anymore...
Bottom line: Mac is really problematic with file handling, and if you had Maverick with lot's of install/uninstall applications, than Yosemite is even worse, so Fix disk errors, and everything will be ok...
Hope you will fix it this way..