Dock Question Mark - Big Sur

s_osman
New Contributor II

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?

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s_osman
New Contributor II

Thanks @YanW - Sorted it now.

/System/Applications/Launchpad.app

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Fluffy
Contributor III

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.

s_osman
New Contributor II

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
Contributor III

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

 

s_osman
New Contributor II

Thanks @YanW - Sorted it now.

/System/Applications/Launchpad.app