All App Store app downloads quit unexpectedly - New High Sierra Install

[hiim_kyle]

Hey there!
I managed to get my first hackintosh in (mostly) working order about 2 nights ago. One of the issues I can't figure out, or find previous solutions for, is that any app I install from the App Store immediately quits unexpectedly.

Here is the error I get:


Process: Spark [870]
Path: /Applications/Spark.app/Contents/MacOS/Spark
Identifier: com.readdle.smartemail-Mac
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Spark [870]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2020-11-20 18:45:29.414 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G14042)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 86C024CA-AB04-7760-7D32-A80AB814709B


Time Awake Since Boot: 740 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 000000010055e000-00000001011f2000 [ 12.6M] r-x/r-x SM=COW [
]

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x000000010b6d819c _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: 0x00007ffeef6a1c40
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x000000010b6d819c rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000

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


Binary Images:
0x10055e000 - 0x1011f1ff7 +??? (0) <9BE30761-F559-3612-A585-682E27E14665> (null)
0x10b6d7000 - 0x10b721adf +??? (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: 664
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=13.8M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=13.8M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8500K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8500K(100%)

VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 2
Stack 8192K 2
__DATA 3808K 5
__LINKEDIT 908K 4
__TEXT 12.9M 3
shared memory 8K 3
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 81.5M 13


I have looked into resigning apps, changed my SMBIOS information a thousand times and so far no luck.

Wondering if you guys have any ideas?

Thank you!

 

[muchachoalves]

There is a solution. You can check here: https://kubadownload.com/news/codesign-sign-app/

What I have done:
1. Install Xcode tools. Go to Terminal copy, paste and press enter the following line: xcode-select --install
2. After installing Xcode tools, go to Terminal copy and paste the following line (but don't hit enter yet): sudo codesign --force --deep --sign -
3. Go to the applications folder, grab the app icon (of the app that is crashing) and drop it on Terminal after that line you copied, it will be like this (for example):
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/Mapping\ Tonal\ Harmony\ Pro.app
4. Check the spacing between sign - /App....
5. It has to be with the correct spacing. At least this procedure worked for me.
6. If doesn't work in a first time, try again.

 

[Edhawk]

Don't you need to be an Apple Developer to sign Apps or kexts? With the correct certificates installed etc. so the signing is not rejected?

 

[muchachoalves]

Don't you need to be an Apple Developer to sign Apps or kexts? With the correct certificates installed etc. so the signing is not rejected?

You don't need to be an Apple Developer. Have you tried this method?

 

[Edhawk]

No, someone else on another site communicated this process to me, but he was an Apple Developer. His Apple ID provides him with access to more Apple Resources than the standard Apple ID does for us.

Hey, if it works then great, I was just trying to clarify if you need to be an Apple Developer or not.

 

[hiim_kyle]

Hey guys,

I ended up grabbing an AMD card and jumping up to Catalina so I never got to try this solution. However, I know there were a few others on reddit who were experiencing the same thing so hopefully this can be a helpful resource for them. In Catalina, app store apps install and run fine so far.

I appreciate the help!