10.12.1 - problems after update

Does anyone have an idea what I could try?

Many thanks.

dwb wrote:

I suggest you restart in Safe Mode (restart and hold the shift key until you see the Apple icon). This will clear caches and run Disk Utilities. After the computer has started in Safe Mode, restart normally.

Thanks. I had already tried this, didn't change anything.

woodmeister50 wrote:

my first suggestion would be to go to Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility

and run Disk First Aid and see if that helps. Maybe some permissions or

such may have got messed up or some other directory error needs to be fixed.

Thanks. I booted from my 10.12.0 USB installer and ran Disk Utility from there.

Though it didn't report any problems it might have repaired something, because now after restarting my Mac System Preferences and Preview are working again!

But now Activity Monitor doesn't start!!

The menu bar problems still exist.

I also noticed my Kensington Trackball Works driver 1.3.0 no longer works.

A lot of problems because of such a small update...

Kurt J. Meyer wrote:

I watch the same symptoms. It affects Apple's own applications as well as third party applications: about 60 % do not launch successfully; their icons are jumping in the dock endlessly, no activity marker appears in the dock. But once you force quit them, they start successfully then.

Some minutes ago I wrote "Activity Monitor doesn't start". I tried your "trick" and it helped.

(I also hope I don't have to repeat this procedure again and again for many apps...)

woodmeister50 wrote:

coxorange wrote:

I also noticed my Kensington Trackball Works driver 1.3.0 no longer works.

Is there a driver update for it? Also, try disconnecting it. Maybe it has gone wonky.

No update yet. I know disconnecting/re-connecting can help - not in this case unfortunately...

EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

Report generated 2016-10-25 16:14:20

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 1:44

Performance: Excellent

Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Problem: Other problem

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

iMac - model: iMac17,1

1 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core

24 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: Unknown

Video Information:ⓘ

AMD Radeon R9 M395 - VRAM: 2048 MB

iMac 5120 x 2880

System Software:ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2555) - Time since boot: about one hour

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD ST3000DM001 disk0 : (3 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 3.11 TB (2.16 TB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 3.00 TB Online

Core Storage: disk1s2 120.99 GB Online

APPLE SSD SM0128G disk1 : (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB

Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 3.11 TB (2.16 TB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 3.00 TB Online

Core Storage: disk1s2 120.99 GB Online

USB Information:ⓘ

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse

Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

SanDisk Cruzer Force

SanDisk Cruzer Force

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.1.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-10-25) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.kensington.trackballworks.driver (1.1.0 - 2016-10-25) [Support]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 170 Apple tasks

[running] 94 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 38 Apple tasks

[loaded] 167 Apple tasks

[running] 99 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[running] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist (2015-01-19) [Support]

[loaded] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist (2016-07-27) [Support]

[running] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist (2014-09-21) [Support]

[running] com.epson.scannermonitor.plist (2016-09-08) [Support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (2014-05-17) [Support]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (2014-05-17) [Support]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist (2016-09-21) [Support]

User Login Items:ⓘ

PopClip Application (/Applications/! File Stuff/! Actions & Enhancements/PopClip.app)

Flux Application (/Applications/! Utilities/! Display/Flux [F.lux]/Flux.app)

TrackballWorksHelper Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/TrackballWorks.prefPane/Contents/Resources/TrackballW orksHelper.app)

TrashMagic 2 Menu Application (/Applications/! File Stuff/! Undelete Trash Recover/TrashMagic 2.app/Contents/MacOS/TrashMagic 2 Menu.app)

Paste Helper Application (~/Library/Application Support/Paste Helper/Paste Helper.app)

Rocket Launch Application (/Applications/! File Stuff/! Launch Menus Arrange/Rocket Launch.app)

Paste Application (/Applications/! Utilities/! Clipboarding/Paste.app)

Proportion Calculate Application (/Applications/! Calculating/Aspect Ratio/Proportion Calculate.app)

myPoint Heavy Shade Application (/Applications/! Utilities/! Display/myPoint Heavy Shade.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-10-25)

User internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (2013-04-26) [Support]

Audio Plug-ins:ⓘ

Hear: 1.3.1 - SDK 10.11 (2016-10-06) [Support]

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

TrackballWorks (2016-01-14) [Support]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 3.11 TB Disk used: 959.52 GB

Destinations:

My Book for Mac hl [Local]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 37

Oldest backup: 27/01/2016, 03:26

Last backup: 25/10/2016, 10:30

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk used 959.52 GB X 3)

My Book for Mac hr [Local]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 37

Oldest backup: 27/01/2016, 06:07

Last backup: 25/10/2016, 10:35

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk used 959.52 GB X 3)

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

All this worked perfectly before the update.

dwb wrote:

If it doesn't then downloading Sierra and reinstalling (without erasing anything) would be my next step.

Do you mean via Internet recovery?

(Or how else?)

Thanks again.

dwb wrote:

I notice quite a few User Launch items that I don't recognize (not that I know every Mac program mind!). Are they all up to date?

Yes, and yesterday they all worked fine. 😕

dwb wrote:

You don't want to use Internet Recovery - just download via the Store App or recovery partition if that fails.

Just to be 100% sure: you mean via the App Store "INSTALL":

... and this will leave my user files and everything intact, just refresh the 10.12.01 installation?

(on my USB installer drive I only have 10.12.0)

Doesn't work:

My recovery partition exists, but it's never mounted, so how do I get there to do it?

Thanks a lot.