Accessing clipboard history crashes Alfred

[sydmalicious78]

Alfred crashes each time I try to access the clipboard manager. macOS 10.13.1, iMac 27" 5K late 2015. The gif is below. Alfred build:  3.5.1

 

It's only happened since the latest macOS update.

 

https://imgur.com/LQ90oHm

Edited November 14, 2017 by sydmalicious78
Needed more info and Alfred build number.

[Andrew]

@sydmalicious78 strange! Could you try deleting the clipboard database in the following location:

 

~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3/Databases/clipboard.alfdb

 

It could be that the latest macOS update has corrupted the database.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[sydmalicious78]

6 hours ago, Andrew said:

@sydmalicious78 strange! Could you try deleting the clipboard database in the following location:

 

~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3/Databases/clipboard.alfdb

 

It could be that the latest macOS update has corrupted the database.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

Nope. That doesn't work either. Is there a way to send you some diagnostics data?

[Andrew]

@sydmalicious78 open Console.app and you should find the crash logs there. Pop an email to our info@ address and I'll take a look

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[srudersdorf]

I'm experiencing the same kind of problem.

- macOS 10.13
- 3.5.1 [883]

I've quit Alfred and deleted
~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3/Databases/clipboard.alfdb

Problem still occurs as soon as I invoke first Alfred and then the Clipboard Viewer. Alfred crashes shortly after the Clipboard Viewer appears in the list of results.

 

Please let me know if my crashlog helps

 

Thanks,

Stefan

Edited November 15, 2017 by srudersdorf

[Andrew]

@srudersdorf have you emailed it? I don't see it in the inbox.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[srudersdorf]

Just sent it.

Thanks for the quick reply, Andrew!

[Andrew]

@srudersdorf the last email I see from last year, could you double check the address you sent to? it should be info@ (our domain)  

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[srudersdorf]

oops... I used the forum's domain... tried it on the main domain a second ago

[srudersdorf]

full low level reindexing did the trick for me. Problem solved.
Thanks Andrew for your instant support. Very much appreciated!
 

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This looks like an Apple API crash outside of Alfred's control which is taking Alfred out. The crash is in the metadata query API which Alfred uses to search for files and apps.

The first thing to try is doing a full low level reindex of your Mac. There is a shortcut for this in Alfred's Advanced preferences > "Rebuild macOS Metadata". Be sure to select the option to delete the /.Spotlight-V100 folder as this helps clear out any corruption or permissions issues.