Applications delete themselves or quit after opening

Almost all of the apps I have downloaded from the internet quit soon after opening, or even delete themselves. Even terminal quits after opening! It is not a disk problem, as first aid turns up nothing. Could I create a partition to possibly solve it? I solved one app by using iTerm2 to open the UNIX executable file, but it does not work for the other apps. I could use safe mode or recovery mode, but unless I use the hash given, I can't. I have run out of possible solutions that work with my limited access. The only cause I can think of is that it might be an unauthorized auto-update of the OS, as that usually causes problems like characters being replaced by question marks.

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), No SUDO or admin, firmware locked

Posted on Mar 2, 2018 3:46 PM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2018 7:50 PM

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later. Please post if this worked or not.


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If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. Please post if this worked or not.



Safe Mode - About El Capitan
also Sierra


Safe Mode Startup – El Capitan. also Sierra


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. You can run the report for free at least once, but if you run it several times, at some point it will ask you to pay a license fee.

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Mar 5, 2018 7:38 AM in response to StopItGetSomeHelp

Quit all available Chrome items.

The reason for the apps quitting is because there is not enough power for them to run, see that in the last part of the etrecheck list. Take Chrome out of the login items if it is there, even better: take all items out of the Login Items!

Then restart the mac and do-not-start-Chrome. Use Safari OR Firefox.

There may be some 32-bit software that is not Sierra compatible: check that on roaringapps.com

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