solved 'Empty Trash' and 'Show Trash' system commands not working on macOS Monterey 12.1

[saneef]

I'm using Alfred 4.6.1 with macOS Monterey 12.1. The 'Empty Trash' and 'Show Trash' system commands are not working

[Andrew]

Check that Alfred has permissions to automate Finder in the macOS Security & Privacy > Privacy > Automation preferences.

 

If he does, try quitting Alfred, deselecting Alfred>Finder, then reselecting it.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[saneef]

 

It's already checked. I tried quitting Alfred, uncheck 'Finder.app', check it again, and start Alfred. Still no luck

 

[Saez]

Here works, but command systems takes a little bit stuck and I can't say when it begins.

I use a lot "empty trash" and "Eject" and when I type "empt" Alfred stuck for 1-2 seconds (max)

 

Monterey+Alfred 461

[saneef]

Finally figured out the cause of the problem, and fixed!

 

Mac scripting with AppleScript (no problem with JS) was failing in my system. 

 

$ osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display dialog "Hello, World!"'
osascript: can't open default scripting component.

 

Then my search landed up on this post on reddit. Just like mentioned in that post an audio plugin was the cause!  🤦‍♂️ The plugin is installed since 2017. No idea, why the problem started now. 

 

I deleted the plugin. Everything started working! 

Edited December 31, 2021 by saneef