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 pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Mar 25, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 25, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    Wakko Warner wrote:

     

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

     

    It doesn't matter what your opinion of the word is, it's the opinion of the Hosts that count.  It also has nothing to do with being self-righteous.  I swear like a drunken sailor on liberty, but I don't do it here.  This isn't a bar.

  • by chuckone,

    chuckone chuckone Mar 25, 2016 11:42 AM in response to chuckone
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    Mar 25, 2016 11:42 AM in response to chuckone

    On a whim I tried the 10.11.4 update from the App Store and lo and behold everything seems to be working properly, Applications and Utilities in place and working. As I said in my previous post I felt as if the update (from the combo updater) seemed to go quickly, but I wasn't watching very closely, but I think that it didn't do a complete job with the install. I noticed with the App Store update the installation part of the the update process seemed to take quite a bit longer. 

  • by Abolmakarem,

    Abolmakarem Abolmakarem Mar 26, 2016 5:25 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 26, 2016 5:25 AM in response to Wakko Warner
  • by Grant Lenahan,

    Grant Lenahan Grant Lenahan Mar 26, 2016 5:44 AM in response to DonP
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    Mar 26, 2016 5:44 AM in response to DonP

    To all: nothing is "wrong" with the update, but clearly something went wrong in during the process (disk error, etc.)

     

    10.11.4 works great for 99.???% of people, ncluding me 3 times.

     

    Try re-installing over the obviously corrupted disk.

     

    Oh, and are you running any anti-malware that might be the real culprit?

     

    G

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 6:49 AM in response to Wakko Warner
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    Mar 26, 2016 6:49 AM in response to Wakko Warner

    WW,

     

    Consider creating a separate partition on your mac and install 10.11.4 on this partition, then install each third party application one at time on the new partition assuming everything remains stable noting which app if any causes instability. Finally copy your personal data to the new partition and test for a few weeks if no issues have occurred. If everything functions and remains stable after that test period you could delete your old partition and then expand the new "test" partition to fill the entire volume.

     

    just an idea...

     

    dave

     

    P.S. Running factory supplied fusion drive here on my Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 with zero issues with the .4 upgrade or a clean install.

  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 26, 2016 7:21 AM in response to blackdogaudio
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:21 AM in response to blackdogaudio

    Hi:

     

    Where did you find an installer of 10.11.4?

     

    Thanks,

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 7:31 AM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:31 AM in response to Shuka

    Hi Shuka,

     

    The App store has had 10.11.4 published since the day it was released for download and installation on any partition. You simply download it from your current partition and point it to a new test partition for installation during setup as opposed to your current partition if that's what you're referring to.

     

    regards,

     

    dave

  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 26, 2016 7:37 AM in response to blackdogaudio
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:37 AM in response to blackdogaudio

    Hi blackdogaudio:

     

    Whenever I try this on a Mac that is already updated to 10.11.4  nothing downloads. Any idea how to get around this?

     

    Shuka

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 7:40 AM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:40 AM in response to Shuka

    Try from App Store>Purchased tab.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 26, 2016 7:41 AM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:41 AM in response to Shuka

    Shuka wrote:

     

    Hi blackdogaudio:

     

    Whenever I try this on a Mac that is already updated to 10.11.4  nothing downloads. Any idea how to get around this?

     

    Shuka

    Download the combo update instead.

     

    Download OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Combo Update

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 7:45 AM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:45 AM in response to Csound1

    The combo will not work on a new, empty partition...correct?

  • by Shuka,

    Shuka Shuka Mar 26, 2016 7:47 AM in response to blackdogaudio
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:47 AM in response to blackdogaudio

    You are correct, it is also just an updater (a little larger because it will work on 10.11.1, 2 and 3

     

    Shuka

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 7:47 AM in response to Shuka
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:47 AM in response to Shuka

    Thanks, thought that was the case.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 26, 2016 7:48 AM in response to blackdogaudio
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:48 AM in response to blackdogaudio

    No, it is an upgrade to 10.11 (earlier versions)

  • by blackdogaudio,

    blackdogaudio blackdogaudio Mar 26, 2016 7:58 AM in response to blackdogaudio
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    Mar 26, 2016 7:58 AM in response to blackdogaudio

    For any that may be confused...

     

    "Consider creating a separate partition on your mac and install 10.11.4 on this partition, then install each third party application one at time on the new partition assuming everything remains stable noting which app if any causes instability. Finally copy your personal data to the new partition and test for a few weeks if no issues have occurred. If everything functions and remains stable after that test period you could delete your old partition and then expand the new "test" partition to fill the entire volume."

     

    ...this post refers to the full installer of 10.11.4 which would be required for installation on a new test partition on an existing OS X 10.11.x, etc machine if not clear.

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