Another Panic report from todays panic

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80062886a1): "thread_call group 'high' reached max thread cap (500): active: 1, blocked: 499, idle: 0"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-4570.41.2/osfmk/kern /thread_call.c:222

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff923152bc30 : 0xffffff800624f606

0xffffff923152bc80 : 0xffffff800637c654

0xffffff923152bcc0 : 0xffffff800636e149

0xffffff923152bd40 : 0xffffff8006201120

0xffffff923152bd60 : 0xffffff800624f03c

0xffffff923152be90 : 0xffffff800624edbc

0xffffff923152bef0 : 0xffffff80062886a1

0xffffff923152bf10 : 0xffffff8006288584

0xffffff923152bfa0 : 0xffffff80062004f7

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

17D47

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 17.4.0: Sun Dec 17 09:19:54 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.41.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 18D901F1-4A03-3FF1-AE34-C26B2732F13C

Kernel slide:     0x0000000005e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8006000000

__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8005f00000

System model name: MacBookPro11,3 (Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 21061917245875

last loaded kext at 17937224438833: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8c0f8000, size 28672)

last unloaded kext at 19501646309394: com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 131 (addr 0xffffff7f8c0f6000, size 8192)

loaded kexts:

com.razer.common.razerhid 21.15

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.23.30

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.7.0d0

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 280.12

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.16.21

com.apple.AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics 3.16.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.GeForce 10.2.8

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 6.0.2f2

com.apple.driver.AGDCBacklightControl 3.16.2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics 10.3.0

com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.eficheck 1

com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface 6.01.2

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.16.21

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.1.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 211

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul 10.3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.5.3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 439.30.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 254

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 254

com.apple.filesystems.apfs 748.41.3

com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 407.30.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 40

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 329

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.3.1

com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC 1220.28.1a3

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 183

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.IOBufferCopyEngineTest 1

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 203

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 203

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 280.12

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 526

com.apple.driver.AppleSSE 1.0

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal 10.2.8

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman 10.2.8

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.16.21

com.apple.AppleGPUWrangler 3.16.2

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 517.22

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 280.12

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 280.12

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 206.5

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.16.21

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 376.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 209.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.18d1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 517.22

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport 6.0.2f2

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 261

com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.2

com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter 2.1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.1.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 301.40.2

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 288

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.5.6

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.6.3

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1200.12.2

com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.IOBufferCopyEngineFamily 1

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 480.30.2

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleEffaceableStorage 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTDM 439.30.4

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 140.30.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 404.30.2

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 404.30.2

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0

com.apple.driver.KernelRelayHost 1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSEPManager 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.IOSlaveProcessor 1

com.apple.iokit.IOTimeSyncFamily 650.5

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.4

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCRTC 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

com.apple.kec.Libm 1

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

EOF

Model: MacBookPro11,3, BootROM MBP112.0142.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.19f12

Graphics: Intel Iris Pro, Intel Iris Pro, Built-In

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, PCIe, 2 GB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x134), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.37.5.1a3)

Bluetooth: Version 6.0.2f2, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Thunderbolt Ethernet, Ethernet, en3

PCI Card: Apple 57762-A0, Ethernet Controller, Thunderbolt@195,0,0

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0512F, 500.28 GB

USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Razer Abyssus

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 17.1

Thunderbolt Device: Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, Apple Inc., 1, 5.5

Is your Photo library set as the system library (Photos preferences ==> general) set as the system library (if it is the shown path will be correct and the button to set as system library will be dimmed)

Where is your  Photos library located (if on an external drive does it meet these requirements (Where is it safe to store a Photos Library? Requirements for the external drive)

LN

Disk Utility for macOS Sierra: Erase a volume using Disk Utility

If I want to export an album to a USB stick for a friend, can I do that from Photos?

Yes, select all photos in the album, then use the command "File > Export > Export ... photos".

In the panel that will open click the "v" to the right of "Photo Kind" to reveal the controls for the size and quality.

Usually the quality "Large" will suffice, but you will probably save the photos with "Size > Full Size".

Now click "Export" and select a folder on your USB stick. Do not write to the top level of the stick, create first a folder.

TRIM is enabled individually as it is a separate setting in each MacOS Install on each drive you are running.

If it runs better in Windows (which uses built-in TRIM) and better from a Hard drive than an SSD, you may have to methodically do this process for each boot SSD:

sudo trimforce enable

agree to the terms and the restart.

restart in Safe Mode to massively TRIM the unused blocks

then you can compare performance.

In my opinion, RAIDs should never be used for a boot or startup drive. They are primarily used for faster data storage. I use one for my backup drive but I use a mirrored RAID for redundancy protection. I recommend making a bootable backup on another drive, removing the RAID setup and cloning the bootable backup to one of the RAID's drive and repurposing the other for added storage or for backup. You could also repurpose the RAID for backup by converting it to a mirrored array.

RAID Basics

For basic definitions and discussion of what a RAID is and the different types of RAIDs see RAIDs.  Additional discussions plus advantages and disadvantages of RAIDs and different RAID arrays see:

RAID Tutorial;

RAID Array and Server: Hardware and Service Comparison.

Hardware or Software RAID?

RAID Hardware Vs RAID Software - What is your best option?

RAID is a method of combining multiple disk drives into a single entity in order to improve the overall performance and reliability of your system. The different options for combining the disks are referred to as RAID levels. There are several different levels of RAID available depending on the needs of your system. One of the options available to you is whether you should use a Hardware RAID solution or a Software RAID solution.

RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.

Pros and cons Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends to be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.

For more detailed information on the differences between Software RAID and Hardware RAID, you may want to read: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID: Which Implementation is Best for my Application?

Only if it meets the system requirements for High Sierra.

(157557)

you can't run Sierra on that system, you need a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 or later

use El Capitan and make a bootable image using Apple directions

https://itunes.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?mt=12˜

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

My concern is the possibility that the High Sierra version of Photos may make some modifications to my photo libraries that are not backward compatible to Sierra.

Yes it is - pretty much every update of the OS does - you need a separate coy of the Photos library for HS testing - once you open a Photos library with Photos 3 in HS you can no longer open it with any older version of Photos

LN

You're welcome.

No, Nothing will be removed if you don't erase your drive first. Make sure you have a good backup before you reinstall or upgrade.