The majority of apps won't launch after a restore

Hi, first of all, excuse any mistake, english is not my main language.
I did a restore using time machine and it seemed fine at first, but a further look after seems like I cannot open the majority of applications I have, for example, mail, software update, itunes, even third party soft like transmission or adium. Other apps works correctly, seems so random...
When I try to open mail for example, it pops up in the dock for a few seconds and then stops, and doesn't open. Same for the other "broken" apps. I repared permissions, restarted, but still hasn't improved.
Any ideas?

Poperah wrote:
Hi, first of all, excuse any mistake, english is not my main language.
You're doing fine (better than many native English speakers)
I'm assuming you followed the procedure in #14 of Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If not, do it that way.
Why did you restore? If it was because you'd been having serious problems with your Mac, whatever was causing them may have been copied to the last backup(s), so the one you restored may have been compromised. If so, try the restore again, but select an earlier backup.
If not, or if that doesn't help, try verifying your internal HD, per #6 in Using Disk Utility.
If that doesn't help, install a fresh version of OSX, per Installing the ''combo'' update and/or Reinstalling OSX.

Similar Messages

IWork apps won't launch after new HD installed

My hard drive was failing so all files were backed up to an external hard drive (don't know what method - the Mac store did it for me) then moved to the new hard drive. Now the iWork apps won't launch. Doesn't matter which account I use and makes no difference if I boot in Safe Mode. I've updated iWork and still no difference. The icon flashes a couple of times on the dock, then disappears. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

When you say you updated iWorks are you talking about the update a few days ago? How about just reinstalling the applications?

Apps won't launch after disk reformat

I recently deactivated my Creative Cloud apps on my primary machine because I needed reformat the startup partition. After the reformat everytime I try to launch an app I'm asked to sign in, after the thank you screen the app will not launch (with the exception of Photoshop). Everything works fine on my secondary laptop.
I'm on OSX 10.6.8. Also, I use Retrospect to clone my system back to the reformatted disk. I'm suspicious that that might be the cause, but I'm also worried about making things worse if I try to reinstall a new system.

Installing a new system fixed the problem

Apple apps won't launch after update to Yosemite

Hi all,
I'm unable to launch and Apple apps (app store, email etc) after update from Lion to Yosemite. I've got a crash report but don't seem able to post it here for some reason. Any ideas?

When I try to post the crash report the 'Post' button just goes grey and nothing else happens

Apps won't launch after sleep

I've begun to notice a strange condition after my MacBook Pro 15" wakes from sleep. It comes back normally but I cannot launch any app that is not a Universal Binary. I get one bounce and then nothing. If I try to launch a UB app like Safari or any of the other apps they'll open and work normally. If I try to launch anything like any of the Adobe CS apps or any part of MS Office they all bounce once and that's it.
If I reboot when this happens, everything is fine. It's getting kind of annoying.

What have you tried to fix this? The things most people try first include:
Use Disk Utility to repair permissions.
Reset the PMU by removing the power and the battery and holding down the power button for awhile.
Sign on as a different user. If the problem is with your settings, then this might fix it by giving you a fresh start.
Start up in safe mode (hold down shift key when booting.)
You may want to boot from the install disk (1) by inserting the disk and holding down the "C" key. You can go to the menu to repair the hard drive.
If you've already tried them all, then there are some other things....

Some apps won't launch after downloading

I've downloaded and "successfully" installed some applications from the cloud according to the application manager. Bridge, Ai; Id; Muse and Ps will launch without a problem, however Pr family products; Dw; Ae; and Media Encoder won't launch. All except Dw at least get a splash screen and then crash, Dw just goes nowhere. I've uninstalled the later apps using the uninstaller and tried re-downloading Dw but still doesn't work. What's going on here?
Using a Mac Pro with Mac OS X 10.7.4

I'm having the same problem. Have you found a solution yet?
Thanks.

Apps won`t launch after update

i made an update this morning and now none of my apps will launch except for FireFox and some other i have an iMac intel core duo running OS X 1.5.7

Ezequiel Sierra wrote:
i made an update this morning and now none of my apps will launch except for FireFox and some other i have an iMac intel core duo running OS X 1.5.7
That's pretty vague. If you post a few more details, it might increase the chances that someone can help you.
- What update?
- What happens when you try to launch those apps?
- Besides Firefox, what "some other" apps can you launch?

Just installed CC - Apps won't launch after updating App Manager v7.0

I keep getting a couple different error messages after installing Creative Cloud for the first time.
I should mention that I accidentally uninstalled the Adobe Application Manager, but then updated to v7.0

Hi DannLedwick,
Please perform the following steps according to the operating you are using.
Mac OS X 10.7 and later
Remove AdobeAAMDetect.plugin from HD Library/Internet Plugins/.
Relaunch the browser.
Go to https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.
Sign in with your Adobe ID and password and download the Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
Widows 7 and 8 (64 bit)
Using explorer, navigate to \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe and rename OOBE to OOBE_old.
Relaunch the browser.
Go to https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.
Sign in with your Adobe ID and password and download the Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
Windows 7 and 8 (32 bit)
Using explorer, navigate to \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe and rename OOBE to OOBE_old.
Relaunch the browser.
Go to https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud
Sign in with your Adobe ID and password and download the CC Desktop App.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Sumit Singh

I'm trying to download the trial versions of illustrator and PS but the download manager app won't launch it quits immediately!

Hello, the download manager quits immediately on launch to download

Ron Samuel,
You may try to restart the Creative Cloud application by quitting and relaunching it.
This may be one for Customer Care (tick I Still Need Help and hope for an agent available for a chat),
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?product=illustrator&topic=downloading-installing-and-s etting-up
or for this specialized forum (where you may be able find the answer from previous threads),
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup
or for Adobe Support (phone),
http://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/adobe-connect-phone-numbers.html

Pro Apps won't launch after migration

We just migrated from a PowerBook G4 to a MacBook Pro and FCP, DVDSP, and iDVD all won't open. I tried reinstalling FCS but it didn't work. I used a freeware called Final Cut Remover to try to get rid of all the bits but that didn't work.
HELP! We have an edit scheduled on this machine tomorrow!
I had the same problem once before when I upgraded my computer but I had more time so I just did a clean install of OSX and all my apps. I don't have that luxury this time.
Vic DiAngelo
Glazen Creative Studios
Cleveand, Ohio

You could try this as posted by our friend Brian Conner:
Warning - This is a long post.
How to uninstall Final Cut Pro & the other ProApps -
There are two ways to do this. The first requires that you insert the install disc and go through the following procedure to identify the installed files.
1) Insert the disc and double click the install icon.
2) Click to let the installer check your system
3) After the installer opens, click File > Show Files (Command-T)
4) Click the disclosure triangle next the the app's name to show all the files installed, then select all of them
5) Choose Edit > Copy (Command-C)
6) Open a text editor & paste the list
7) If you have a printer connected, print
8) Make sure you delete the file/folder in the exact location indicated in the list
The other way involves the Terminal.
Using Terminal:
1) In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G)
2) Enter the location /Library/Receipts/FinalCurPro.pkg/Contents
3) Click Go to open the Contents folder
4) Launch Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
5) Enter the command lsbom -s (a lower case L, not an upper case i)
lsbom lists each of the files inside the bill of materials. To list only the folders, the command would be lsbom -d.
6) Type a space, then drag the Archive.bom file from the Finder window to the Terminal window.
7) Press Return to view the list
8) Drag to select the list in the Terminal window and choose File > Copy (Command-C)
9) Open a text editor and paste the list into it. Print if you have a printer attached.
10) Guided by the list, delete all the files and folders, being extremely careful to delete from the exact locations shown in the list.
NOTE: The above comes from the Peachpit book Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System.
CaptM

Apps. won't launch after system install?

I had to do a system re-install because of a finder corruption and while the re-install seemed to go okay, many of my third party apps required re-installing, some major apps like FM Pro 11 required re-installing and NONE of my iLife apps will launch. Any idea, suggestions without having to re-install virtually everything.

If you erased the hard drive first, then you should have to reinstall everything. But you did not say what you did to reinstall Snow Leopard.

Apps won't launch after Terminal has been launched.

I just started noticing this recently. Before I launch terminal, I can open and close as many apps as I want. After I launch terminal, no apps will launch. They just keep bouncing in the dock indefinitely. Does anybody else have the same problem?

I deleted the file, but it did not work. Terminal was still interfering with launching my other apps. If I do a fresh Snow Leopard install, it would work fine, but after I do a Time Machine restore, or Migration Assistant and transfer my user account over, the problem came back. I ended up reformatting the HD, do a fresh Snow Leopard install, and used migration assistant to copy over ONLY my home folder, nothing else. I ignored the copying over the Applications, Settings, and Other. Now my system is working fine, but I have to reinstall a bunch of Applications now.

Bloomberg app won't launch after v2.0.5 update

I downloaded the latest Bloomberg update (v2.0.5) into iTunes on my Mac Pro, and then I connected and synced my iPod Touch. My Bloomberg app now fails to launch. The initial Bloomberg screen appears for a few seconds, but then I get sent back to the main iPod Touch screen. Shutting down and restarting my iPod did not help, nor did re-synching via iTunes.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Did you find a solution? Is it possible to revert my Bloomberg app back to its previous version without affecting all my other apps? Thanks!
Don

is it just the bloomberg app, or is it others?
this is quite a common problem, which normally affects all apps. the two solutions generally suggested are a reset of the ipod (hold down home and power button until you get an apple on the screen) or downloading another app (any seems to do it)
if you downloaded it via your computer, have you tried downloading it straight to you ipod using wifi? or have you tried deleting it and downloading it again?
if it is just that app, it may be a problem with the update, in which case it may be a good idea to contact the manufacturer/go to their website and see if any problems have been reported in any forums they may have.
another thing i've just thought of, and i'm not sure whether this will work, but when i go into the apps folder via mymusic and itunes, (on a windows machine, not sure about mac) there are usually multiple versions of the same app listed if they've been upgraded. you could try deleting the most recent one and then resyncing.

Apps won't launch after sync - 3Gs

So I've downloaded some apps, via the app store on my iPhone 3Gs. When I connect it to my Mac some of them refuse to launch.
If I uninstall and then re-install them they work.
All of the apps are free.
I've read that I might need to authorize my computer to run things that are "bought" from the itunes store, is this the case? On that token, do I HAVE to buy something or is there a way I can authorize my Mac without making an actual purchase?
Thanks for any help that is given.

I obviously posted early. I found it in the menu bar...I was to jumpy, haha.
Checking to see if authorizing my Mac has had an effect.
Message was edited by: dnovelta

Microsoft office apps won't launch after installing leopard

Hi everyone, I just installed leopard and after installing i tried opening one of my word documents to do some work and none of my Microsoft applications will open now!! So i re-installed leopard and same result...should i go back to tiger? re-install word? if i reinstall word will all my documents remain intact? this ***** can someone help me?
Thank you!

I found it on Mactopia.com
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/ Office2004/Office2004_1139.xml&secid=4&ssid=39&flgnosysreq=True

The majority of apps won't launch after a restore

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for