I had the Apple Store wipe my system and reinstall sierra. I had high sierra before but didn’t like it. My computer shows?‘s on the dock where my application she used to be. When I go to Finder under applications there’s nothing there. I am even looking at my Time Machine back ups and it shows nothing under applications. how can this be and how do I get my applications back ?
I have a MacBook Air
Clarification question - if you go to the Applications folder, there are no applications?
Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart) and select Recovery Volume. Run Disk Utility and select First Aid. Then re-install the OS.
Try reinstalling the OS. If that doesn't work, try Internet Recovery.
Try booting into Internet Recovery (command - option/alt - R on a restart). It is a slow process. This will install the OS that the computer shipped with. You can then try to upgrade from there.
The only thing in the Applications folder is iTunes and an empty folder that says Chrome Apps.
under Utilities, the only item is Adobe Flash PlayerInstall Manager...
Applications all gone after re-installation
