User level: Level 1 (4 points)i was screen mirroring to my LG tv and i accidentally opened up photo booth then my mac just froze and the screen went black and my LG tv was still displaying the frozen photo booth when it turned back on it said a error message but i forgot what it said im using a macbook neo citrus macos golden gate
Posted on Sep 29, 2026 10:39 PM
User level: Level 3 (964 points)Sep 30, 2026 3:26 AM in response to _Prince908_
The important clue is that the LG TV kept showing the frozen Photo Booth frame while the Mac’s own display went black, which points more toward the display/compositor path than Photo Booth itself simply crashing. On macOS, AirPlay mirroring is handled through the WindowServer/SkyLight display pipeline, and launching an app that immediately creates a camera/video-rendering surface can force a new graphics/IOSurface composition path; if that interaction hits a bug, WindowServer or the underlying display session can hang or terminate while the receiver retains the last frame it received. That would also explain why the Mac appeared frozen and then came back with an error rather than Photo Booth merely quitting.
Since Golden Gate is very new, I’d specifically check Console → Crash Reports and Diagnostic Reports around the exact timestamp for WindowServer, mediaserverd, VTDecoderXPCService, photobooth, or SkyLight entries... if there’s a WindowServer crash/hang report, that would strongly confirm this is a graphics/compositor failure rather than a Photo Booth problem.
There are already reports of WindowServer crashes involving external-display software on macOS 27, so I’d treat this as a possible Golden Gate display-stack bug, especially if it only happens while AirPlay mirroring is active
User level: Level 10 (123,805 points)Sep 30, 2026 3:47 AM in response to _Prince908_
It sounds like the problem happened while your Mac was mirroring its screen to your LG TV and you opened Photo Booth.
The Mac then froze and its screen went black, while the TV continued showing the Photo Booth image.
Since you do not remember the error message, there's not enough information to determine what caused it.
If your Mac is working normally now, I would not make any major changes.
Make sure macOS and the TV are up to date, confirm that both are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and that AirPlay is enabled on the TV, then restart both devices and try screen mirroring again.
These are among Apple's recommended steps for AirPlay problems. Apple: If screen mirroring or streaming isn't working
If everything works normally without mirroring, you can then try opening Photo Booth while mirroring.
If the problem occurs again, note exactly what happened and, if possible, photograph the error message.
If macOS reports that your Mac restarted because of a problem, keep that message available because it may provide useful information for further troubleshooting. Apple: If your Mac restarted because of a problem
If the Mac becomes unresponsive and will not restart normally, press and hold the power button for up to 10 seconds to turn it off, then turn it back on. Apple: If your Mac starts up to a blank screen
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 30, 2026 8:19 PM in response to Owl-53
when i turned it on it sayed that it updated but it updated to the same software as before then it said somethig that i crashed or something when i opened google chrome it said "google chrome couldnt update properly' but the mac is fixed now
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 30, 2026 8:21 PM in response to iamshivam
this is very helpful and spread the news out about this bug (if you can) so other users dont open up photo booth while screen mirroring
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 30, 2026 8:21 PM in response to _Prince908_
also the macbooks brand new
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367639