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Dock Question Mark - Big Sur

  • August 12, 2021
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Hi,

I have upgraded a machine to Big Sur, and now get a question mark against system apps in the managed Dock. Currently, these are added like this /Applications/Calculator.app for example. I'm guessing this is to do with these apps now sitting in System/Applications - however, updating the path does not solve the issue.

 

Has anyone else come across this?

Best answer by s_osman

are the path like this file:///System/Applications/Launchpad.app/ 

 


Thanks @YanW - Sorted it now.

/System/Applications/Launchpad.app

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Fluffy
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  • August 12, 2021

I have come across this when setting up devices with a dock configuration payload with third-party apps. The path will be correct and the app will function once it is installed, but there will be a question mark. I believe the dock item is created before the app was "ready". We didn't keep the configuration, but I believe restarting the device made it pick up the icon.


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  • August 12, 2021

I have come across this when setting up devices with a dock configuration payload with third-party apps. The path will be correct and the app will function once it is installed, but there will be a question mark. I believe the dock item is created before the app was "ready". We didn't keep the configuration, but I believe restarting the device made it pick up the icon.


Thanks, @Fluffy, however, these are system apps, e.g. calculator and Launchpad. It seems to be something that has changed in Big Sur, as it wasn't an issue in the previous OS.


YanW
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  • August 12, 2021

Thanks, @Fluffy, however, these are system apps, e.g. calculator and Launchpad. It seems to be something that has changed in Big Sur, as it wasn't an issue in the previous OS.


are the path like this file:///System/Applications/Launchpad.app/ 

 


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  • August 13, 2021

are the path like this file:///System/Applications/Launchpad.app/ 

 


Thanks @YanW - Sorted it now.

/System/Applications/Launchpad.app