Issue Downloading and Installing AppStore Apps in fresh High Sierra Build

[Girash]

Hi, I had been using El Capitan with my Hackintosh but recently overwrote that system and installed High Sierra (10.13.6). I've got almost everything up and running well and have also installed two security updates and iTunes updates. My last problem, however, is that my App Store is having some odd, inconsistent behavior when trying to download and install Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro.

Both of these programs have an "INSTALL" button to click on. Sometimes clicking results in starting the download with the progress bar appearing. Sometimes I get a message that "APPNAME failed to download - Use the Purchased page to try again". However, if I'm able to get the program downloaded and installed it never opens and I'll get a myriad of error messages including:

"You can't open the application "APPNAME" because it may be damaged or incomplete"

"APPNAME quit unexpectedly. Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple."

I've tried with SIP enabled and disabled. Any ideas of what might be happening? Let me know if I can supply any more info, thanks!

Also -
Here is my Problem Report when trying to open an app (The Unarchiver) I have downloaded and installed through the App Store:

Process: The Unarchiver [835]
Path: /Applications/The Unarchiver.app/Contents/MacOS/The Unarchiver
Identifier: cx.c3.theunarchiver
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: The Unarchiver [835]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2020-12-03 12:32:50.632 -0800
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G14042)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 8B9FF74F-69ED-889D-49F1-C4E409A29718


Time Awake Since Boot: 2400 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

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 00000001016a7000-00000001016f3000 [ 304K] r-x/r-x SM=COW & [(null)]

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x0000000103f0819c _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: 0x00007ffeee558c18
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x0000000103f0819c rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0


Binary Images:
0x1016a7000 - 0x1016f2ff7 +??? (???) <4CC58FC2-E9C2-3F2E-8CBE-A89199F4203B> (null)
0x103f07000 - 0x103f51adf +??? (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: 1661
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=760K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=760K(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8408K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8408K(100%)

VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 2
Stack 8192K 2
__DATA 320K 5
__LINKEDIT 156K 3
__TEXT 604K 3
shared memory 8K 3
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 65.1M 12

Model: iMac17,1, BootROM IM171.0157.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 4.01 GHz, 32 GB, SMC 2.33f10
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, PCIe
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2400 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2400 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR4, 2400 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR4, 2400 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x3112), Atheros 9380: 4.0.74.0-P2P
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, Display Controller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: OCZ-VERTEX4, 512.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA HDWD110, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB, 500.11 GB
USB Device: USB 3.1 Bus
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub
USB Device: Controller
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: iLok
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: USB Device
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
USB Device: USB3.0 Hub
USB Device: My Passport 25E1
USB Device: My Passport 0837
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
Thunderbolt Bus:

 

[quickfire]

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252037712

 

[Girash]

Thanks for the assist! The thread led me to this comment which seems to have fixed the issue (at least temporarily). Unfortunately it seems I have to do this every time I start up either program, but at least I can get them to work now.

this is not a perfect solution. however, it is a temporary solution for recent issues.

entering command+shift+g in finder activates go to the folder.

enter /Library/Keychains/crls/

delete or rename the "valid.sqilite3" file.

my opinion is that all apps recently installed by high sierra are having problems due to an error in authentication problems caused by the keychain.

as said at the outset, this is a temporary solution. If the same problem is repeated, repeat the solution.



-Sean