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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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2603 points mattsolle | 4 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.274s | source
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submeta ◴[12 Nov 20 21:15 UTC] No.25075156[source]▶
Unbelievable. When I read the tweet (tried to post here as well), I suddenly realized why my Mac was unresponsive an hour ago.

Here is another tweet that describes the problem in more detail:

https://mobile.twitter.com/llanga/status/1326989724704268289

> I am currently unable to work because macOS sends hashes of every opened executable to some server of theirs and when `trustd` and `syspolicyd` are unable to do so, the entire operating system grinds to a halt.

EDIT:

As others pointed out, I put this to my `/etc/hosts` file and refreshed it like so:

    sudo emacs /etc/hosts # add `0.0.0.0 ocsp.apple.com` 
    sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder # refresh hosts
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jrochkind1 ◴[12 Nov 20 22:57 UTC] No.25076387[source]▶
Huh apparently I win by still being on an old OS version?
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1. pgt ◴[12 Nov 20 23:14 UTC] No.25076589[source]▶
My policy is to never upgrade anything until everyone I know has upgraded to the next version and not downgraded after N weeks.
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2. sjwright ◴[12 Nov 20 23:59 UTC] No.25077025[source]▶
My policy is to upgrade my secondary/personal/low importance computer on day one and my primary computer a few weeks later.
3. JKCalhoun ◴[13 Nov 20 03:43 UTC] No.25078585[source]▶
LOL, my policy is to never major-upgrade the OS the machine came with.

I have machines around the house with OS'es going back a ways...

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4. trophycase ◴[13 Nov 20 17:39 UTC] No.25084996[source]▶
This is the correct policy. I upgraded my mac because I couldn't install a certain application on the version I was running and now it runs crazy hot and the fans run on full blast whenever I watch a video on the internet.