Wakko Warner

Q: OS 10.11.4 broke all of my applications...

I just updated my Macbook Pro and my Mac Pro to OS 10.11.4.  On my laptop, everything seems to be fine.  On my Mac Pro, none of my applications

will open.  I get an error that says "You can't open the application "Disk Utility" because it may be damaged or incomplete."  I get the same message on all the applications I try to open.  I am beyond p i s s e d.  There is absolutely NO excuse for this kind of thing to be happening in this day and age.  If anyone know WHY this d a m n update did this and what I can do to correct it, your input is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), 24 GB, Radeon 4870, Blu-ray

Posted on Mar 21, 2016 7:44 PM

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  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 23, 2016 1:35 PM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:35 PM in response to Wakko Warner

    not hijacking - i was on this regarding your post about the applications. When i tried to install 10.11.4 again to try the solution that worked for you i encountered the problem that the installer runs but i remain with 10.11.3 after it finishes and restarts, I hoped that one of you had this problem too and could help.

     

    thanks

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka

    Yes. You are highjack his thread. You really should start you own thread especially when the OP asks you to do that. It is just common courteous to do that.

  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    really?

  • by Wakko Warner,

    Wakko Warner Wakko Warner Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka

    Yes, it is hijacking, since your problem is that the update is not installing at all.  I found NO solution to my issue.

    I am not going to install this update AT ALL - I will wait for the next one.  My solution was to restore from a backup

    and ignore this update altogether.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Shuka

    Yes. Really.

  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 23, 2016 1:46 PM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:46 PM in response to Wakko Warner

    I am sorry. I thought that chriskan0305 solution of deleting the cache solved your problem too.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Mar 23, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 23, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Shuka

    Seeing as how it didn't that is probably a very good indication that your problem is different. Which is even more reason for you to start your own thread.

  • by stephenjt,

    stephenjt stephenjt Mar 24, 2016 8:55 AM in response to chriskan0305
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    Mar 24, 2016 8:55 AM in response to chriskan0305

    A big thank you to chriskan0305 - your solution worked. Lifesaver!

     

    This was to fix the apparent corrupt applications issue described by the OP. I had a separate admin account already configured on the machine, so it was relatively easy to apply the fix. A couple of notes:

     

    1) In the folder /private/var/folders, I uses ls -al at a terminal prompt to list out contents.

    2) I had to change into each folder using "cd [folder name]" (all the folders were two character names) to check the owning account

    3) There was a single sub-folder with a long string name e.g. 'dstircnusurybd847h2kmc' or similar, which I also changed into using "cd'

    4) I had to use 'sudo rm -rf' to clear out the contents of that folder (otherwise I got permission denied).

     

    Once that was done, I was able to log back into the problem account and all was well again.

     

    Stephen

  • by winstonchan333,

    winstonchan333 winstonchan333 Mar 24, 2016 9:07 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 24, 2016 9:07 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    im a child but i think i know.just don't put bad words in your posts.so maybe you have a dameged startup disk(Macintosh HD by default)because of information overload cuz your mac might have downloaded the OS X El Capitan with a full startup disk so you might have to delete OS X El Capitan and dowload a new software by pressing command r

  • by Wakko Warner,

    Wakko Warner Wakko Warner Mar 24, 2016 8:32 PM in response to winstonchan333
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    Mar 24, 2016 8:32 PM in response to winstonchan333

    If I want 'bad' words in my posts, then I will put them there.  Second, my startup disk is nowhere near full, so that is not the problem.

  • by Russell Vaught,

    Russell Vaught Russell Vaught Mar 25, 2016 9:17 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 25, 2016 9:17 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    I am having the same problem on one account. Links to most of my files are also broken. Fortunately, I have a rarely used admin account just for such issues. It works fine. It shows files are still there. I did contact support and they are working on it. They think it has to do with alias links to that account. Still no resolution.

  • by chuckone,

    chuckone chuckone Mar 25, 2016 9:56 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 25, 2016 9:56 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    I also had the exact same problem. I did the update from the combo updater, and it may have been my imagination but the update seemed to go very fast and more than a little rough, when it was done one of my monitors was dark and my computer was running very choppy then froze, after a restart the second monitor returned but the system was very sluggish with lot's of spinning beachballs, then I noticed the Application and Utilities folders were empty with the same damage alerts. I did the update to a SSD drive on a PCIe adapter in my MacPro 3,1 and before I read these posts I suspected the problem was there, now I'm not so sure.

    I've since rolled back to 10.11.3 and I'll be in a holding pattern here until I can find a fix.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Mar 25, 2016 10:02 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 25, 2016 10:02 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    Wakko Warner wrote:

     

    If I want 'bad' words in my posts, then I will put them there.

     

    There's a filter here, so good luck with that.  Also, if you try to get around the filter, the Hosts will just remove the word(s) entirely from your post.  This a family-friendly support community, and we have younger people (under 18) posting here, so it behooves us all to use appropriate language like intelligent, educated adults. 

     

    If you want to cuss up a storm because you're upset at Apple for something not working right on your computer, that's what Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook is for.

  • by Wakko Warner,

    Wakko Warner Wakko Warner Mar 25, 2016 11:03 AM in response to pinkstones
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    Mar 25, 2016 11:03 AM in response to pinkstones

    Already did it.  The word was mild, so I am not worried about it.  No need to be all self righteous.

  • by Wakko Warner,

    Wakko Warner Wakko Warner Mar 25, 2016 11:05 AM in response to chuckone
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    Mar 25, 2016 11:05 AM in response to chuckone

    The problem has nothing to do with the hard drive type.  People are having the same problem with SSDs and Fusion (hybrid) drives.  I am

    using a standard 7,200 RPM mechanical drive.  If Apple can figure out what is going on, then I might reconsider installing this update.

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