problem security update 2020-05 mojave

I applied the 2020-05 Security Update today to my MacBook Pro running Mojave (10.14.6) and after it restarted, I started experiencing problems. The first and most obvious is the Dock crashes repeatedly. I have also noticed that when running applications, the menu bar does not display the app's menus, but stays showing Finder menus. I downloaded the .dmg file with the updater on it and applied it again, thinking perhaps something went amiss the first time, but it did not resolve the issue.

I tried changing the Dock's behavior through System Preferences (auto-hide on/off) with no effect. The Dock will not stay running, and restarting the Mac doesn't make a difference.

I looked into the /Library and ~/Library folders for preferences and settings that might make a difference, but couldn't not identify any specific file to target.

Anyone else had this problem?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 26, 2020 2:27 PM

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Kar1n

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Posted on Sep 29, 2020 3:46 PM

I also reinstalled Mojave Command + R and it worked perfectly although it took more than 1 hour.

Now back to normal operations.

When is Apple going to issue both an apology and clear instructions for those of us who are not computer techs and who were just left stranded, frustrated and despairing.

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