HandBrake

OK, I follow your rational. I'll do more tests in the coming days to verify as accurately as possible under what circumstances the system crashes. Thanks again for your help and support. It is certainly appreciated.

Thanks for the quick reactions and suggestions. I've checked again the temperature issue. I was already using smcFanControl. Typical CPU Temp is 66°C/150.8°F with the fan running from time to time at speeds up to 2200 rpm which is in the audible range (range is 1200 to 2640 on my iMac (Late 2013 mod...

I have two Mac computers. Both are running the same Sierra OS X (latest update). Handbrake runs perfectly on my MacBook Pro but of course, conversion/compression times are long on this CPU limited machine. Handbrake crashes randomly on the iMac system. Unfortunately, when Handbrake crashes, it also ...