Lion won't launch new or updated apps

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the page that opens.

Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Try again to launch one of the affected applications. Post any messages that appear in the Console window – the text, please, not a screenshot.

The quarantine attribute shouldn't have that effect, but if it does, you're apparently triggering a bug. In any case, there should be no need to restart after clearing the attribute. At most, you might need to move the file or relaunch the Finder.

I am having the exact same issue, with the same console messages. When trying to run an app from a disk image I'm asked:

Clicking open leaves me with a bouncing icon in the dock and these messages in Console:

12-03-24 7:13:01.334 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0xa21a21].com.hyperbolicsoftware.tidyup!2[5746]) posix_spawn("/Volumes/Tidy Up! 2/Tidy Up!.app/Contents/MacOS/Tidy Up!", ...): Operation not permitted

12-03-24 7:13:01.335 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0xa21a21].com.hyperbolicsoftware.tidyup!2[5746]) Exited with code: 1

12-03-24 7:13:01.340 PM Dock: no information back from LS about running process

12-03-24 7:13:17.291 PM CoreServicesUIAgent: Unable to kill suspended application -- error 4294966696

If I check "Don't warn me when opening applications on this disk image" and open, I will get the bouncing icon and error messages. Open the app once more and it works as expected.

Also copying the app to a native folder and opening it I get the same error, but it opens on the second try.

Thank you, this helped me with a similar situation. Was driving me crazy!!!

I'm having a similar situation with 1Password but I can't seem to get the workaround to work. Any ideas?

Thanks for that.

Did they happen to go into detail about what they thought the corruption was? I'd prefer to try and discover the reason behind a corrupted user account, which is something I've never encountered before, rather than just make a new one.

simon

I had this same issue after the failed install of a native instruments product (10.7.3). To actually complete the NI install, i had to create a different user account to get installer.app to not fail. Anyways, today I tried to update a drag and drop application and the outcome was the same as Vpr99's experience. Upon launching the application, it would appear on the dock, bounce, then eventually stop bouncing and disappear if clicked.

Same console output:

3/27/12 10:52:07.752 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: ([0x0-0x60060].com.freemacsoft.AppCleaner[1053]) posix_spawn("/Applications/AppCleaner.app/Contents/MacOS/AppCleaner", ...): Operation not permitted

3/27/12 10:52:07.752 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: ([0x0-0x60060].com.freemacsoft.AppCleaner[1053]) Exited with code: 1

Removed, reinstalled the application several times and removed any related files.

I ran all the relevant maintenance routines that one could find in Onyx or MacPilot--no resolve...restarted several times.

I reinstalled the app again then dropped it in BatChmod with a 755 octal setting, cleared xattrs, unlocked, applied to enclosed files and folders and the application opened up properly.

If you are using The Unarchiver 3.0 to unzip the application, it will not work properly when you launch it. This is because of the sandboxing feature in 10.7.

Use Keka (v1.0.1) or the built-in Archive Utility (v10.7.1) as a workaround. See http://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/issues/detail?id=464 for more information.

Clarification and resolution on thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3851085?answerId=18033997022#18033997022

I just wanted to pop in to say that I was having this EXACT problem. Some (not all) of my new apps would bounce forever in the dock, but if I clicked them, the icon disappeared. The app would never open. The solution presented by yanokwa above worked 100% the first time.

I uninstalled the Unarchiver and redownloaded and reunzipped a problem application using Archive Utility, and jango! It worked perfect.

Thank you!

@yanokwa - YOU ARE A LIFESAVER. You have NO IDEA how hard it was to find this answer. I've literally been spending hours trying to find the right combination of things to do to solve this - and I was about to throw my MBP across the room. I am SO glad you were able to explain the problem, and the solution - and of course it was painfully simple.

Thank you so much for providing this answer. You have saved me from, and I am sure many, many others, a geek's life of frustration.

Thanks again.

P.S. If I could I would give you the 10 points for providing the correct solution. You deserve it.

***Message was edited by: Lotus.Geek - P.S. was added.

My OS X 10.7.4 installation has exactly the issue described by JKWATERS.

I am not clear on the solution.

The original poster says he had to do a convoluted process, but that seems to be app specific,,, meaning it must be done for every app. However, on my MBP when this issue kicks into effect, it will happen with every new app I download and open. As JKWATERS pointed out, I have to click the bouncing app icon, it then vanishes, and I then activate the application again and it opens normally.

I'd love to sort this out.