Mac App Store opens to blank screen; cannot switch between menu options
Solution 1:
I killed all store* processes in Activity Monitor. Then relaunched App Store and it started working.
Solution 2:
Mine would always freeze when trying to open it, I tried killing the processes, signing out through iTunes, restarting, and nothing worked. I ended up updating the OS and iTunes through terminal and once I restarted the app store worked again!
From terminal, typing
softwareupdate -l
will give you the available updates. Then you can install them doing something similar to:
softwareupdate -i OSXUpd10.10.4-10.10.4
based off the list of available updates.
Source: http://osxdaily.com/2015/07/01/fix-frozen-app-store-updates-and-high-softwareupdated-cpu/
Solution 3:
I just had this problem, poked around online, and solved it by resetting the NVRAM. It's generally my second go-to solution if rebooting doesn't fix it.
Here are the Mavericks NVRAM reset instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222?viewlocale=en_US
Resetting NVRAM
- Shut down your Mac.
- Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R.
- Turn on your Mac.
- Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you hear the startup sound.
- Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for a second time.
- Release the keys.
Solution 4:
Found Safari would not open any sites, however VNC worked fine. Go to Preference, Network, advance button at bottom, then look at the DNS tab. I found both DNS Servers and Search Domains were blank. Added my DNS info and Domains to search. Started to work. :)