In some rare cases it can happen a application does not launch and there are no reaction after double clicking on th E application icon, not even the splash screen appears.
The following work-around might.
Verify issue
First verify if the work-around applies to your issue:
- Launch the Terminal.app (in applications/utilities)
- Type the following and then hits Enter:
/applications/dacuda\ Pocketscan.app/contents/macos/pocketscan
- If The following message is displayed continue to the solution:
"This application failed-to-start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin" cocoa "."
- If you don't see the message mentioned above the work-around is not being useful.
Apply Work-around
- In the terminal type the following command:
sudo cp-r/applications/dacuda\ pocketscan.app/contents/plugins/platforms/applications/dacuda\ PocketScan.app/ contents/macos/
- Enter Your password
- Now the application should start normally
Https://dac.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205023259-Starting-the-application-on-Mac-does-not-work
Starting the application on Mac does don't work (copy platforms to a different location to solve the problem)