Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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 wrote: > > Hi

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

Hi Barry, > On 24 Mar 2016, at 2:03 PM, Barry Sexstone 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

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

Hi Ronni I think there should have been enough time for spotlight but how does one tell? 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,

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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'

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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 wrote: > > Hi Barry, > > Have you tried

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

Hi Ronni Yes The first thing I did Barry > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Barry, > > Have you tried restarting your Mac? > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:04 PM, Barry Sexstone

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

Hi Barry, Have you tried restarting your Mac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:04 PM, Barry Sexstone 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

Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

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