Apps not launching in 10.12.1 after boot / first try

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Apps not launching in 10.12.1 after boot / first try

Hey,

I've installed the 10.12.1 update on my iMac yesterday. After reboot, many apps I had set to start automatically wouldn't launch, their icons just kept bouncing.

Right-clicking and force-quitting them, my mac told me that the app couldn't be opened. If I clicked the icon again, the app would open immediately.

So far this has happened with many apps, including Spotify, Dropbox, Sublime Text, Firefox, Chrome, Airmail.... which are all updated to their latest version. Rebooting my mac doesn't help, the apps just won't start on the first try.

Alfred 3 won't even start up at all anymore.

So far I've checked the disk permissions with disk utility, deleted the PRAM (cmd+option+p+r while booting), tried re-installing the apps... nothing helped.

The activity-log in the console throws alot of "CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG" errors. If it helps, I could post the full log, this is just an excerpt:

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Oct 26, 2016 1:45 AM

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Answer 1

kritz91 Author

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Oct 26, 2016 2:04 AM in response to kritz91

Since I can't edit the post for some reason, I'll have to reply to myself:

It seems like some others are having the same problem:

Re: 10.12.1 - problems after update

This is driving me crazy - I never thought such a small update would cause such huge problems. I really don't want to erase my drive and do a clean install of macOS sierra, because that would take ages. Is there any way to fix this?

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lucouto

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Oct 26, 2016 4:53 AM in response to kritz91

Hi Kritz,

Finally I restored from Time Machine to 10.12 and so I've got my system working again. From now on, I think I'll try to update a virtual machine first... it took me 3 hours for restoring my MacBook Air this morning...

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kritz91 Author

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Oct 26, 2016 6:54 AM in response to lucouto

Sadly I don't have any recent backups (which is totally my fault). I really didn't anticipate so many problems with such a small update. I mean, every major OS update was way smoother than the transition from 10.12 to 10.12.1 ...

For now, I guess I'll have to wait for a solution, or an update from Apple.. even though that could take a while.

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Answer 4

Oct 26, 2016 7:54 AM in response to kritz91

kritz91 wrote:

Sadly I don't have any recent backups (which is totally my fault)...

I guess I'll have to wait for a solution...

That can take too much time I'm afraid...

Get Find Any File (MAS) and ALT-search for all files modified since your last backup.

Back them up to ext. drives (e.g. USB thumbs).

Restore to last working backup and copy your new fils back.

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Answer 5

Oct 26, 2016 11:15 AM in response to kritz91

Kritz, are you using Hands Off! perchancely?

For me it was the culprit and since removing it all is well again!

Good luck.

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Oct 26, 2016 7:23 PM in response to kritz91

Solved:

Uninstall the Following Apps if you have it in your MAC.

1. Hands Off

2. Little Snitch

Or any Apps that BLOCKS application / services to connect to the internet.

I recommend Don't install these Cheap non-Appstore apps. This will Ruin the MAC.

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Answer 7

Oct 26, 2016 11:32 PM in response to Karthikeyan.Gunasekaran

I can confirm that Hands Off was the culprit. I uninstalled it completely and no more bouncing applications.

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niktsak

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Oct 27, 2016 6:38 AM in response to Karthikeyan.Gunasekaran

oh my GOD thanks guys.i was struggling to find a solution and i didn't know that this program was the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oct 28, 2016 7:55 AM in response to kritz91

Hands Off was the culprit. Uninstalled and I'm back in biz. THANKS SO MUCH!

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SBBBear

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Oct 28, 2016 1:21 PM in response to Karthikeyan.Gunasekaran

Hi, thanks for the helpful information! That was what my issue was too!

I was just curious to know if you happen to know of any apps on the AppStore that do the same thing as Hands Off/Little Snitch (since you recommend using apps from there)?

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Answer 11

Oct 28, 2016 3:07 PM in response to SBBBear

Hands Off is working on a solution. It should not take too long to update the application.

I don't know if Little Snitch behaves like Hands Off. I have not read any reports of that.

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rmvZ3

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Oct 29, 2016 5:06 AM in response to Karthikeyan.Gunasekaran

Thanks! Add Radio Silence to the list. Everything was OK since I uninstall it

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chojraak

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Oct 29, 2016 3:16 PM in response to coxorange

Thanks, it worked perfectly. But I saw that even after deleting HandsOff, there still two processes in activity monitor running. Any idea how to get rid of them? Or do u have those too?

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Answer 14

Oct 29, 2016 3:48 PM in response to chojraak

Did you run the FULL uninstallation via Hands Off! options...?

It removed everything as if it had never been installed.

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chojraak

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Oct 30, 2016 4:56 AM in response to coxorange

I didn't know about the Uninstall option and I just deleted it with cleanmymac. So I reinstalled Handsoff! and used the Uninstall option and everything runs well now. Thanks again:)

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