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I recently upgraded my machine (see side panel for details) with an SSD system drive and a clean install of El Capitan.
Everything has been running very well, day to day - but recently I have had couple of occasions where something odd has happened. This is how it goes...
I put the machine into Sleep mode and leave it for a while.
When I bring it out of Sleep, I log into the OS and all looks normal ...until I try to launch an app. Any app. When I do this, I get an error message box saying "The application (name of app) cannot be opened." with an error code of 36.
Interestingly, I can visually access files on my storage drive that I had open just before I put the machine to sleep (no doubt because they're still hanging around in memory), but any action that requires the launching of an app results in the error message - and, if I persist in trying, the perpetual spinny beachball appears. If I try to shut down the machine from the onscreen Apple logo menu, nothing happens.
The only way out of the problem is to do a hard shutdown (long press on the power button) and then restart the machine, at which it boots into the OS normally and all works fine. Last time it happened, I did an SMC reset just to be on the safe side, although it doesn't appear to be necessary.
Based on the behaviour I'm seeing, I get the impression that on the rare occasions when this fault occurs (it's only happened twice so far), what's happening is that the machine can't access the contents of the SSD system drive (a brand new 240Gig Crucial BX500 with masses of free space).
The SSD is mounted on an OWC expansion card in slot 2.
Provided this remains a rare occurrence, I'm not over-bothered. If it starts to become a frequent thing, though, I'll have cause to worry.
Anybody else experienced a similar issue? If so, did you manage to find a solution?
Cheers,
Ken
Everything has been running very well, day to day - but recently I have had couple of occasions where something odd has happened. This is how it goes...
I put the machine into Sleep mode and leave it for a while.
When I bring it out of Sleep, I log into the OS and all looks normal ...until I try to launch an app. Any app. When I do this, I get an error message box saying "The application (name of app) cannot be opened." with an error code of 36.
Interestingly, I can visually access files on my storage drive that I had open just before I put the machine to sleep (no doubt because they're still hanging around in memory), but any action that requires the launching of an app results in the error message - and, if I persist in trying, the perpetual spinny beachball appears. If I try to shut down the machine from the onscreen Apple logo menu, nothing happens.
The only way out of the problem is to do a hard shutdown (long press on the power button) and then restart the machine, at which it boots into the OS normally and all works fine. Last time it happened, I did an SMC reset just to be on the safe side, although it doesn't appear to be necessary.
Based on the behaviour I'm seeing, I get the impression that on the rare occasions when this fault occurs (it's only happened twice so far), what's happening is that the machine can't access the contents of the SSD system drive (a brand new 240Gig Crucial BX500 with masses of free space).
The SSD is mounted on an OWC expansion card in slot 2.
Provided this remains a rare occurrence, I'm not over-bothered. If it starts to become a frequent thing, though, I'll have cause to worry.
Anybody else experienced a similar issue? If so, did you manage to find a solution?
Cheers,
Ken
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