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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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My MacBook is basically unusable right now. This appears to be the reason. Is there any way to fix it without installing little snitch? Edit: working as usual now, moments after i wrote this. But seriously Apple, how can you allow this to happen? Your services hanging should _never_ prevent my device from running things locally. This is seriously making me reconsider my next computer purchase.

Turn off your internet, open the app, turn it back on.

I'm laughing so hard at this right now.

And people somehow still love their macs...

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

#12
post #8

My MacBook is basically unusable right now. This appears to be the reason. Is there any way to fix it without installing little snitch? Edit: working as usual now, moments after i wrote this. But seriously Apple, how can you allow this to happen? Your services hanging should _never_ prevent my device from running things locally. This is seriously making me reconsider my next computer purchase.

Add the `127.0.0.1 ocsp.apple.com` line to your /etc/hosts file.

Thank you, this fixed it for me. (What a mess!)

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

#16

You should never, ever, install a MacOS update the moment it comes out. There is a high chance (> 30% from my experience) that something will be wrong with it. iOS too for that matter. Wait for at least one week and check out other people's experiences first.

This applies to every Mac, with or without an update.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Unbelievable. When I read the tweet (tried to post here as well), I suddenly realized why my Mac was unresponsive an hour ago. Here is another tweet that describes the problem in more detail: https://mobile.twitter.com/llanga/status/1326989724704268289 > I am currently unable to work because macOS sends hashes of every opened executable to some server of theirs and when `trustd` and `syspolicyd` are unable to do so,…

Can apple not use security certificates to verify publishers ? why does it need to go to their servers ?
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