I’m currently trying to resurrect my 2010 MacBook Pro 15″ while my 2015 is away for repairs. The latest it can run is macOS 10.13.6.
After installing all the latest OS updates and security patches, I’m facing a strange issue: every app that I’ve installed from the App Store fails to start due to a signing error. Sometimes they also crash on startup, rather than just failing to start.
Uninstalling and reinstalling the apps doesn’t help. Apps installed from outside the app store, whether signed or not, work fine. In Security & Privacy system settings, “Allow apps installed from” is set to “Anywhere”.
Any idea why this would be happening, and how to fix it?
Sample Console output:
default 20:31:42.893857 +0000 kernel mac_vnode_check_signature: /Applications/Yoink.app/Contents/MacOS/Yoink: code signature validation failed fatally: When validating /Applications/Yoink.app/Contents/MacOS/Yoink:
Code has restricted entitlements, but the validation of its code signature failed.
Unsatisfied Entitlements:
default 20:31:42.893940 +0000 kernel proc 6823: load code signature error 4 for file "Yoink"
default 20:31:42.893734 +0000 amfid /Applications/Yoink.app/Contents/MacOS/Yoink signature not valid: -2147409652
Sample Crash Reporter output:
Process: Pages (7034)
Path: /Applications/Pages.app/Contents/MacOS/Pages
Identifier: com.apple.iWork.Pages
Version: ???
Build Info: Pages-5249000000000000~2
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? (1)
Responsible: Pages (7034)
User ID: 115949
PlugIn Path: (null)
PlugIn Identifier: (null)
PlugIn Version: ??? (551.5)
Date/Time: 2020-11-29 20:37:42.495 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G14042)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 277B67CC-4E89-F7CC-FA7F-AE59417A41CC
Sleep/Wake UUID: E63C0512-2451-43AF-8BF3-4227F90C05E0
Time Awake Since Boot: 9800 seconds
Time Since Wake: 480 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
-->
__TEXT 0000000101167000-00000001051ed000 ( 64.5M) r-x/rwx SM=COW > ()
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x0000000110be119c _dyld_start + 0
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x00007ffeeea98bf0
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x0000000110be119c rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000
Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0
Binary Images:
0x101167000 - 0x1051ecff7 +??? (5249) <6DBF698C-C948-37A9-8ADF-CCDB742CD3AB> (null)
0x110be0000 - 0x110c2aadf +??? (551.5) <CB9BFB56-4511-36F1-A546-891FF770C01C> (null)
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 7743
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=66.6M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=66.6M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8848K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8848K(100%)
VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 2
Stack 8192K 2
__DATA 13.6M 5
__LINKEDIT 1808K 4
__TEXT 64.8M 3
shared memory 8K 3
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 144.2M 13
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM 99.0.0.0.0, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463531323634485A2D3147314431
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463531323634485A2D3147314431
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.102.30)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.7f22, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Crucial_CT512M550SSD1, 512.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus: