Thunderbolt 2 enclosure with MacOS 15.2

Its only the 3/2 Adapter on the Mac Pro 2019. No other models affected. Should be fixed in 15.3

Thank you for the quick reply : my old thunderbay 4 backup-dedicated unit is then going to stick around a little bit longer.

I want to make double-sure of this, as I emailed you directly twice with this question and received no reply.

Your email had two sections:

1. A "kernel panic issue affecting 2019 Mac Pros running macOS 15 with Thunderbolt 3 enclosures" and the mail said this was resolved in 15.2.
2. A "new kernel panic issue in macOS 15.2 when using Thunderbolt 2 enclosures connected via an Apple Thunderbolt 2-to-3 adapter," did not specify this was only in Mac Pros, said it was still unsolved, and said not to upgrade to 15.2.

As the owner of a Mini and an M3 Pro MBP both running 15.1 and driving a Thunderbay 4 TB2 enclosure with a 2/3 adapter, am I safe to upgrade or not?

@macsrwe 

Yes you are safe to upgrade. We have only had reports on the Mac Pro 2019, not on other M series computers. I think fixing one issue led to others, etc and eventually they will get sorted out, but for now the Mac Pro with TB2's should not have 15.3 installed.

I finally upgraded to macOS 15.2 and my old thunderbolt 2 enclosure is working fine on my M2 Ultra Mac Studio.

Any issues with iMac Pro 2017 models?

@eclectic-gorilla 

No issues reported. And I just ran through some tests, everything is fine with a Thunderbay 4 (TB2) and the iMac Pro.