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I just restored my mac from my time machine and all my applications just show up as ?. Cannot open my application folder either. Clicking the ? at the bottom of the screen seems to have no effect although i can see what applications they are by holding the mouse over the ?. All seem to be there as before the restore - just cant execute them
Windows, Windows 6
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
1. Start up from macOS Recovery
To start up from macOS Recovery, turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold the following combinations on your keyboard.
Command (⌘)-R
Install the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac.
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
1. Start up from macOS Recovery
To start up from macOS Recovery, turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold the following combinations on your keyboard.
Command (⌘)-R
Install the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac.
Any luck yet?
Yes, thanks , once the latest Mac OS was reinstalled everything came back to life. Still not clear why a time machine restore caused a problem with the os ? Thanks again for the help
Whew, good work, great to hear, take care my friend. :)
I suspect your TM backup was corrupted.
I just restored my mac from my time machine and all my applications just show up as ?. Cannot open my application folder either
