Good morning Barry, When you do decide to update to OS X 10.11.4 I recommend you download and install the Combo Update. I have always used the Combo updates to update OS X on all Macs I update and never had any problems.
My OS X update procedure: BACKUP - a Bootable Backup - and Time Machine backup. Download & update using the Combo backup. <https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1869?locale=en_US> File size: 1.94 GB System Requirements: OS X El Capitan 10.11 Have a good Easter, take it easy on the roads. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel-Core i7 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD El Capitan OS X 10.11.4 > On 25 Mar 2016, at 6:41 AM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > > Good Morning Ronni > > Having lain awake during the night thinking about the problem I thought “ > what is the point of always backing up prior to any change if I don’t take > advantage of it?”. Therefore, I took th cowards way out and restored the Mac > from my backup having first run it from the backup to check that was OK. All > now seems OK but, of course, I am still running 10.11.3. I will update a t > later stage when I have the confidence to do so after this episode. > It would have been nice to have pin pointed the cause of the problem and > solved it that way but I only have so much patience and time at the moment. > Many thanks for your help,have a good Easter. > > Regards > > Barry >> On 24 Mar 2016, at 4:58 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Ronni >> >> I am pretty sure spotlight had sufficient time to index, probably a couple >> of hours from restart after update before attempting to don anything else. >> Doing anything else may have to wait until tomorrow. >> >> Barry >>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 4:11 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Barry, >>> >>>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 2:03 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >>>> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ronni >>>> >>>> I think there should have been enough time for spotlight but how does one >>>> tell? >>> >>> It can take over an hour or more, depending on what is on the drive & its >>> speed -- SSD's should take considerably less time to be indexed than >>> mechanical drives, particularly large ones with a lot of document files on >>> them. >>> I reindexed the mechanical startup drive on a client's iMac some time ago >>> to fix a different issue & according to system.log it took nearly two hours >>> to complete. >>> >>> Activity Monitor - CPU - mdworker will sometimes cause your Mac to be >>> slow and have high CPU usage, this is totally normal. >>> mdworker is basically the core technology behind Mac OS X’s awesome search >>> engine Spotlight, it spiders meta data from your Mac and its files and >>> creates a readable index so that you can find things practically >>> instantaneously via Spotlight (command-spacebar). >>>> >>>> I will try your suggestions regarding the finder when I get back to the >>>> iMac, but regardless shouldn’t applications start either from the dock or >>>> launchpad even if they are not appearing in the finder, >>> >>> Not if Spotlight was still indexing the HD >>> >>>> that is if they still exist! >>> >>> Post back if Applications are still not showing in Applications and I’ll >>> give you further instructions to reset the "Launch Services database” >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>>> >>>> Barry >>>>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:43 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Barry, >>>>> >>>>> After the update installation completed and you logged in, did you allow >>>>> time for Spotlight to reindex the HD? >>>>> And also run Software Update and install any updates that showed? >>>>> >>>>> You could try open: >>>>> Finder > Preferences, select the Sidebar button at the top and deselect >>>>> 'Applications' from the Show these items in the sidebar section - then >>>>> reselect it. >>>>> That may help. >>>>> >>>>> If it doesn't help, open a new Finder window and go to the top level of >>>>> your HD (Macintosh HD?) >>>>> You should see the Applications folder there so just drag it to where it >>>>> used to be in the sidebar. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> >>>>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>>>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>>>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>>>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>>>> >>>>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.4 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:28 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >>>>>> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> There now appears to be some further action in Finder as the “gear >>>>>> wheel” in the bottom right is spinning but only two item appear “mail” >>>>>> which does not open and a folder labelled “utilities”. >>>>>>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Barry, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Have you tried restarting your Mac? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:04 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >>>>>>> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have just updated my iMac to 10.11.4 via the App Store. All >>>>>>>> appeared to go normally until I tried to open Safari from the dock >>>>>>>> after the update when I got the message “Safari cannot be opened as >>>>>>>> the application may be damaged or incomplete” The same problem occurs >>>>>>>> with all the other applications I have tried. I then tried to open >>>>>>>> applications from the finder but the applications do not show in the >>>>>>>> finder. >>>>>>>> I have a couple of questions as regards this problem. >>>>>>>> 1. Has any-one any idea why this has happened? >>>>>>>> 2. Is there any way to recover the applications apart from restoring >>>>>>>> from backup either time machine or CCC backup? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Barry >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> iMac Retina 5K 27" >>>>>>>> Intel i% >>>>>>>> 24GB RAM >>>>>>>> 1.0 TB HD >>>>>>>> OS X 10.11.4 ? >>>>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>> >>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.4
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