Endnote X5 won't run on OS X Mavericks

I have the same trouble... Unable to load: /Application/Endnote X5/Endnote X5.app/Resources/ENCore.bundle

Tried reinstalling, fixing preferences, application support with no luck...

Contact the authors of Endnote X5 and see if they have a Mavericks compatible version.

Went to the Thomson and Reuters forums and more people had the same issue. So far, the endnote team recommended to download the free trial of Endnote X7 until fix the issue.

I downloaded it and works fine with Word for Mac 2011. Try it and let me know. Good luck!

I have the same problem - just upgraded to Mavericks, and my EndNote X4 stopped working - crashed Word, and I lost changes I made to an article I was writing. I hope a fix is on its way!

I was running Pages 09 and Mountain Lion. Upgraded to Mavericks which killed Endnote. Got the same error: Unable to load: /Applications/Endnote X4/EndNote X4.app/Contents/Resources/EndCore.bundle

I have decided to cut my losses and restore my system to its pre-Mavericks condition. This has worked and I doubt I will be trying to update to Mavericks until my work is complete.

If you have a Time Machine backup, this is what you need to do (quoting Apple). Hope this helps someone out there.

"If you use Time Machine to back up your computer, you can easily revert to a previous version of OS X if you experience trouble after installing an update.

1. Choose Apple menu > Restart. Once your Mac restarts (and the gray screen appears), hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys.
2. Select “Restore from a Time Machine Backup,” and then click Continue.
3. Select your Time Machine backup disk.
4. Select the Time Machine backup you want to restore. To restore your computer to the state it was in before you installed the new version of OS X, choose the most recent backup.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions."

I had the same problem and installed Endnote 6.0.2 which will run fine on Mavericks.

HOWEVER, the Endnote functionality in the new version of pages (5.0) is still unavailable. Endnote menu items are grayed out.

In contrast, Endnote 6.0.2 does seem to work with pages 4.3 under Mavericks.

I used to be a real fan of the simplicity and functionality of the iwork suite but am thoroughly disappointed with the reduced functionality and overall organisation of the new iwork package.

I had the same problem. I upgraded to Endnote 6.01 and at least a few functions work. Starting Endnote from the toolbar does not work. I can add references to a word file and make an blibliography

to get version 7 for mac you need to got to: http://endnote.com/en/endnote-trial-request-mac

I did the same thing - I downloaded the trial version and it works fine. So far so good. I hope Endnote will come up with a fix soon.

For the project I am working on, Endote x5 is more important than the updated OSX. I don't expect they would fix the problem with Endnote X5 when X7 is working in Maverick. This is hopeless, I have restored back to OSX 10.8.5.

Agreed with drgeek.

Very easy to restore to the OSX 10.8.5 with time machine.

Thanks for the acknowledgement, gs-mac. Yup, I wish I had a better solution for us but at the time of writing, with soooo much long form writing and editing to get through, I (like you) can't be without a working system as far as Pages & Endnote goes.

By the sounds of it, Pages 5.0 is being criticised quite heavily for its feature reduction too, so this might actually be for the best until Apple restores some basic 'power' features via some basic updates.

Re: Endnote. If I could get a Pages 5.0 document to work with Endnote web I might not be so troubled. Alas, the Endnote web plugin only works with MS Word for Mac (?!) and I have *no* intention to go back to Word ever after I ditched the gibberish that is Windows seven or so years ago.

If anyone from Apple or Endnote is listening, please can you just get the following figured out:

Get Endnote citations in Pages to sync with Endnote Web and update the Endnote cloud-based bibliography on the fly.

That would go a long way to solving the issues. I could then work in the cloud and not worry about needing the latest version of Endnote, which breaks every yearly Mac OS release.

Endnote: just put Endnote Web in the Mac App Store and by all means charge for the bibliography/research cloud service. But do it right and not at a stupid price. I really wouldn't mind. But don't waste my time anymore because I'm losing patience with your whole, frankly brainless, approach.

Did you find it easy to download EndNote 7? After upgrading to Mavericks my Endnote 5 stopped working. I am attempting to download Endnote 7 from the university but it's taking forever and seems to stop mid stream. What was your experience?

Hi scubagirl14.

I nearly had a heart attack when i couldn't open my EndNote 5 library this morning. Thanks to this forum I downloaded the EndNote 7 free trial this morning and it works without a hitch. Should get me through to the end of this trimester (an will encourage me to get my final assignment done a bit early!). Good luck.

Thank you so much. Did it, it works. You are a lifesaver!!!