App Store not loading after OS X El Capitan update

I upgraded to El Capitan last week, since then I have been unable to launch the app store app. The app completely fails to load - runs virtual memory up to the point it crashes. I am capable of running every other app without problem. I can stream videos, music - play games - literally everything except load the app store. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you in advance!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11), App Store Issue

Posted on Oct 11, 2015 3:15 AM

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Feb 9, 2017 5:21 PM in response to Linc Davis

2/9/17 7:11:23.597 PM App Store[81191]: Unknown class FRToolbar in Interface Builder file at path /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/StoreUI.framework/Resources/Base.lproj/FRStor eViewController.nib.

2/9/17 7:11:24.836 PM storeaccountd[282]: -[PushServiceStoreDispatch getEnabledMediaTypesWithReply:]

2/9/17 7:12:55.562 PM CalendarAgent[240]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.coredav] [Refusing to parse response to PROPPATCH because of content-type: [text/plain; charset="utf-8"].]

2/9/17 7:12:55.666 PM CalendarAgent[240]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.coredav] [Refusing to parse response to PROPPATCH because of content-type: [text/plain; charset="utf-8"].]

2/9/17 7:13:17.541 PM Safari[81119]: tcp_connection_tls_session_error_callback_imp 30 __tcp_connection_tls_session_callback_write_block_invoke.434 error 22

2/9/17 7:13:31.545 PM Mail[80889]: Could not open log file.

2: No such file or directory

2/9/17 7:13:31.545 PM Mail[80889]: Could not open log file.

2: No such file or directory

Oct 11, 2015 4:44 PM in response to mschaums

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.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages

from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View ▹ Show Log List

from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take an action that isn't working the way you expect. Select any lines that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

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Oct 12, 2015 7:12 AM in response to mschaums

This procedure will delete certain temporary and cache files used by system processes. The files are automatically generated and don't contain any of your data. Occasionally they can become corrupt and cause problems such as yours.

Back up all data and read this whole message before doing anything.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

/var/folders/zz

Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

Services Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)

from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with a subfolder named "zz" selected. Move that subfolder to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password. Restart the computer and empty the Trash.

IMPORTANT: It's been reported a few times that a computer failed to restart after the zz folder was moved to the Trash. If that happens, it means that the operating system is corrupt (and was already corrupt before you moved the folder.) In that case, there's no need to panic. Just reinstall the OS. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used. If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data, including all your documents and settings, will be preserved.

*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select

Go Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

Oct 23, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Linc Davis

If you're running El Capitan, followed the instructions I posted earlier in this thread, and now can't empty the Trash, take either Step 1 or Step 2 below (not both.)

Step 1

Restore from the backup you made before moving the folder to the Trash. If you backed up with Time Machine, follow these instructions.

Step 2

This procedure will temporarily disable System Integrity Protection, a security feature of OS X that is preventing the Trash from being emptied. After you empty the Trash, the feature will be re-enabled. Nothing else will be changed.

Start up in Recovery mode. In the OS X Utilities screen, select Get Help Online. A copy of Safari will launch. While in Recovery, you'll have no access to your history or bookmarks, but you won't need them. Load this web page.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:

csrutil disable

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

Quit Safari. You'll be returned to the OS X Utilities screen.

Select

Utilities Terminal

from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. Paste into the window by pressing the key combination command-V.

Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. If it doesn't appear, press return.

Quit Terminal to return to the main screen.

Restart as usual. You should now be able to empty the Trash. As soon as you've done that, start up in Recovery mode again and load this page in Safari. Run the following command in Terminal as before:

csrutil enable

Restart as usual again.

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