OS 10.11.4 broke all of my applications...

@Wakko

You know nothing about me, or what I mean.

Hello:

I have the same problem. I installed on my MBA 11" with no problem. Then I went to install the update on my iMac (2013) that has a 1TB fusion disk. When the update finished all applications stepped running with the same message you described.

Did you find a solution?

Thank you

Joshua

I have exactly the same problem on an 2011 Macbookpro.

I have tried it reinstall El Capitan with same result.

Restore from Time machine backup and reapplied 10.11.4 update. Same catastrophy.

DId you find a solution?

Same here....Late 2011 MBP 15" with SSD and HDD in fusion drive array. No Apps except a broken Mail with generic icon. System loads slowly but boots OK. No repairs necessary in Disk Utility when booted from Recovery. I can see everything is there when booted from external OS. Thankfully Time Machine backup is only a week old. Arghhh!

I also have that problem with my MacBook Pro (Early 2011).

My system language is German, but after the update, parts of it - e.g. the login screen - are in English, also some dialogues are partly in English (e.g. the buttons in the shutdown dialogue).

After the update, all my applications besides the Finder are unusable. App Store applications, system applications, external applications - nothing can be started anymore, so I can't even post logs or tell you what processes send my fans spinning. Opening my /Applications folder only shows the Utilities Folder and the Mail.app (with the "broken" app symbol), I can't see any files in the Utilities folder.

In Safe Mode, the apps are all broken and the system is very sluggish, but at least the fans don't spin. Since Activity Monitor and Console don't work there, either, I can't tell you what processes might be the problem.

I tried restarting, Safe Boot, repairing the Disks with Disk Utility and finally restoring to 10.11.3 to download the 10.11.4 Combo Updater. Sadly, the problems after using the Combo Updater are the same.

THanks for your reply. I will also not install it again. I a lucky i had a backup on an external disk which i run weekly on sunday. I formatted the internal fusion disk and restored from the external disk. Almist 9 hours. I will wait to hear if their is a solution and post one here should i learn of one.

THanks again for sharing,

joshua

Yep I am having the same grief as Wakko Warner. No applications work. Their icons are all generic. I tried safe startup and restarted and no difference. I have lost a whole day of work due to this. I have a Mac Pro early 2009. This is REALLY bad. Please help us.

It may be just the dock that isn't working. When I launch an app from the Applications window, it works!!!! I've tried Mail and a browser so far.

Try removing the icon from the Dock.

Then open app from Applications folder and once open save on Dock.

Close app and try reopening from icon on Dock.

Let us know if that is any different.

yes, my applications folder was completly empty too. Only the utilities folder was there and it was empty as well.

Joshua

Me too.

Is there a common thread here, do we all have non-standard issue SSD or Fusion drives?

I have, and a couple of people earlier mentioned they had.

Same here. All applications gone. Nothing inside Utilities.

Hello: this idea crossed my mind but the my fusion drive is original. It came installed on the imac from apple. I do not think it has to do with SEDs because y MBA 11" has an SSD as the intenal drive (Thought not a fusion one).

Joshua