Security Update Breaks Apps?

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Hi! After installing Security Update 2016-001 El Capitan this morning, a couple of my usual apps crash on open. This includes Fade In and QuickTime Player 7. The headers to the errors are included below. I&#x27;ve restarted and reinstalled both apps. Not sure if the crash report info would be helpful, but I&#x27;ve included the headers of both below. Thanks for your help!Process:               QuickTime Player 7 [1668]Path:                  /Applications/Utilities/QuickTime Player 7.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Player 7Identifier:            com.apple.quicktimeplayerVersion:               ???Build Info:            QuickTimePlayer-17090000~1Code Type:             X86 (Native)Parent Process:        ??? [1]Responsible:           QuickTime Player 7 [1668]User ID:               501Date/Time:             2016-09-02 09:09:24.804 -0400OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G1004)Report Version:        11Anonymous UUID:        Time Awake Since Boot: 2800 secondsSystem Integrity Protection: enabledCrashed Thread:        0Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000207818cdException Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFYProcess:               Fade In [1689]Path:                  /Applications/Fade In.app/Contents/MacOS/Fade InIdentifier:            com.generalcoffee.fadeinVersion:               ???Code Type:             X86 (Native)Parent Process:        ??? [1]Responsible:           Fade In [1689]User ID:               501Date/Time:             2016-09-02 09:11:11.821 -0400OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G1004)Report Version:        11Anonymous UUID:       Time Awake Since Boot: 2900 secondsSystem Integrity Protection: enabledCrashed Thread:        0Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000002081c8cdException Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

etresoft · Answer

Hello JMG114,You have omitted the most important parts of both crash reports.

JMG114 · Answer

That&#x27;s awful. Which part?Upon further investigation it&#x27;s been discovered that the crash happens immediately after the system starts to launch the apps. Whereas in a normal stack trace, the Binary Images list has a hundred or more entries, the crash seems to happen at the system level in dyld before the apps are even loaded.I just restored from a Time Machine backup from this morning before installing the update. The apps work fine. Will stay that way until there&#x27;s a fix.

JMG114 · Answer

Also, I think this might be what you referred to:VM Regions Near 0x207958cd:    VM_ALLOCATE            0000000000c81000-0000000000c82000 [    4K] rw-/rwx SM&#x3D;ALI  --&gt;     __TEXT                 000000008fe69000-000000008fe9e000 [  212K] r-x/rwx SM&#x3D;COW  /usr/lib/dyldApplication Specific Information:dyld: launch startedThread 0 Crashed:0   dyld                           0x8fe875c6 operator new[](unsigned long) + 01   dyld                           0x8fe6e650 dyld::_main(macho_header const*, unsigned long, int, char const**, char const**, char const**, unsigned long*) + 19872   dyld                           0x8fe6a231 dyldbootstrap::start(macho_header const*, int, char const**, long, macho_header const*, unsigned long*) + 4273   dyld                           0x8fe6a047 _dyld_start + 71Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):  eax: 0x00000027  ebx: 0x00000013  ecx: 0x8fe93489  edx: 0x8fe934a0  edi: 0x8fe9eb8c  esi: 0x8fe93489  ebp: 0xbfffebd8  esp: 0xbfffebac   ss: 0x00000023  efl: 0x00010216  eip: 0x8fe875c6   cs: 0x0000001b   ds: 0x00000023   es: 0x00000023   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x0000000f  cr2: 0x207958cdLogical CPU:     2Error Code:      0x00000006Trap Number:     14Binary Images:0x8fe69000 - 0x8fe9ddf7  dyld (360.22) &lt;16F74106-838E-37A2-82C3-6B382F52101C&gt; /usr/lib/dyld

VikingOSX · Answer

Perform a Safe Boot, and move the contents of /Users/yourname/Library/Caches to the Trash. Reboot normally, and empty the Trash. Symptoms fixed?

JMG114 · Answer

I&#x27;ll try that, although I&#x27;d need to re-download the 001 security update again to test it. I&#x27;ll let you know if that works!

JMG114 · Answer

After restoring from a Time Machine backup, I reinstalled the security update with the intent of subsequently moving the contents of /Users/yourname/Library/Caches to the Trash. But I tested both apps before doing that and now they work. Maybe the original security update download was somehow corrupted? In any event, thanks for the help!