How to investigate an app that crashes when starting up, using log entries. Includes detailed instructions for one of the simplest adventures in the log, and a summary of code signature errors.
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When an app can only run for a moment, it might seem hard to work out why it crashes. Here are useful clues from the crash log and elsewhere to help you get the app running properly.
Why is that app slow to launch, unable to update itself, generally behaving erratically, and often crashes? Could it be stuck in app translocation? Here’s how to tell, and how to fix it.
Whether a quarantined and notarized app undergoes translocation, Tahoe doesn’t run XProtect checks to determine if it’s malicious. And how to tell when an app is running from translocation.
Get started browsing your Mac’s log using this lightweight and friendly utility. A walkthrough looking at what happened when I launched an app.
It has often been assumed that App Store apps don’t undergo app translocation. That isn’t true: here’s an example of one that gets stuck in eternal translocation because it comes with an unwanted gift.
Launching an app for the first time used be simple. Now we have the SSV, launch constraints and app translocation to contend with.
Some apps have odd problems when they’re run in translocation. Here’s how to tell whether they are, and what to do about it.
Gatekeeper may decide to run a new app from a random location, in translocation. The rules for this are explained, and how to ensure that doesn’t affect your apps.
All apps now undergo Gatekeeper assessment, but only some have XProtect checks for malware, and the unfortunate few get translocated too.
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