Q: messages, facetime, safari, ... don't work
Hello,
Anytime I quit messages or facetime, it is never able to start again - keeps bouncing at the dock pane for a minute or so and then nothing... It always only works once unless I shut the machine down (or get into the safe mode). The same for Contacts, Maps and Notes.
When I open Safari and click the address bar - beach ball keeps spinning forever.
In system preferences, I can't access security and privacy settings - results into settings error message.
In iTunes, when I connect the iPad and I'm asked to authorize the MacBook by entering my Apple ID, it never logs in when I do so - beach ball forever again. Actually this happens almost always when I'm asked to submit Apple ID credentials, no matter if it's iTunes, App Store, ...
Many applications, which are not Apple products, got stuck after an attempt to save a new file. E.g. from MS Excel I simply can't save a new file, because whenever there's the need to choose the directory/destination before saving the file - beach ball pops out and never stops. The same happens if I attempt to save as PDF from google chrome's printing wizard. I believe this is a general issue, not related to the app.
Whenever I try to start the macbook in safe mode, everything works correctly, also it works correctly after I leave the safe mode and get into the regular mode, but all of the above returns very quickly after I'm out of the safe mode.
There are countless issues with my macbook or OSX. What do I do now please? I send more reports after force quitting apps then I do regular work. Please advise. Thank you.
Martin
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Posted on Mar 13, 2016 1:16 PM
Please sign back in to iCloud and see what happens. If the problem comes back, uncheck the Contacts box in the iCloud preference pane and test.
Posted on Mar 15, 2016 5:17 AM

