Can't add workflow to Alfred 2.8.1

Danieliu · December 27, 2015

I am happy with Alfred 2. But after I upgrade to OS X 10.11.2, evernote workflow did NOT work.

I deleted the workflow and try to reinstall it, but after I double clicked the evernote.alfredworkflow, the workflow can not be added to Alfred, and I got some error log from console as below:

12/27/15 10:42:35.277 PM CoreServicesUIAgent[74709]: Error -60005 creating authorization
12/27/15 10:42:35.320 PM Alfred Preferences[74320]: working directory doesn't exist.
12/27/15 10:42:35.321 PM Alfred Preferences[74320]: (
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a20dae2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff97fc6f7e objc_exception_throw + 48
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a20d98d +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
	3   Foundation                          0x00007fff9aa9d522 -[NSConcreteTask launchWithDictionary:] + 620
	4   Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100118121 +[AlfredWorkflowSharingHelper unzipWorkflowToTemp:] + 422
	5   Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100117e84 +[AlfredWorkflowSharingHelper importWorkflow:intoWindow:] + 59
	6   Alfred Preferences                  0x00000001000021cc Alfred Preferences + 8652
	7   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c770c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
	8   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c767f ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63
	9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c6d47 _CFXRegistrationPost + 407
	10  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c6ab2 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 50
	11  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c0d42 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1922
	12  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a0af145 _CFXNotificationPost + 693
	13  Foundation                          0x00007fff9aa7f921 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66
	14  Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100096d51 -[AlfredDistributedNotificationManager incoming:] + 256
	15  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c770c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
	16  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c767f ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63
	17  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a11d4ac __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
	18  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10f165 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 341
	19  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10eecb __CFRunLoopRun + 2347
	20  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10e338 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
	21  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a935 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235
	22  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a76f ReceiveNextEventCommon + 432
	23  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a5af _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
	24  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e0610ee _DPSNextEvent + 1067
	25  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e42d943 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454
	26  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e056fc8 -[NSApplication run] + 682
	27  AppKit                              0x00007fff9dfd9520 NSApplicationMain + 1176
	28  Alfred Preferences                  0x0000000100001bf8 Alfred Preferences + 7160
)

How can I solve this?

I am not happy when my Alfred without evernote workflow...

Andrew · December 28, 2015

How can I solve this?

I am not happy when my Alfred without evernote workflow...

This looks like a permissions issue as Alfred is unable to create the workflow folder.

I can help you with a few Terminal commands to fix this - To help me with this, do you have syncing setup? If so, which folder?

Cheers,

Andrew

Danieliu · December 29, 2015

This looks like a permissions issue as Alfred is unable to create the workflow folder.

I can help you with a few Terminal commands to fix this - To help me with this, do you have syncing setup? If so, which folder?

Cheers,

Andrew

Appreciate your reply.

My sync folder is `~/Documents/Alfred`

Andrew · December 29, 2015

Appreciate your reply.

My sync folder is `~/Documents/Alfred`

Quit Alfred then paste the following commands into Terminal.app, replacing "andrew" with your username...

chown -R andrew:staff ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

xattr -rc ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

chmod -R u+rwX,go+rX ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

Let me know how you get on, or if you see error messages with the above

Cheers,

Andrew

Danieliu · December 29, 2015

Quit Alfred then paste the following commands into Terminal.app, replacing "andrew" with your username...

chown -R andrew:staff ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

xattr -rc ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

chmod -R u+rwX,go+rX ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

Let me know how you get on, or if you see error messages with the above

Cheers,

Andrew

I followed your commands, and got the same error messages from console:

12/29/15 7:30:06.817 PM CoreServicesUIAgent[65971]: Error -60005 creating authorization
12/29/15 7:30:06.854 PM Alfred Preferences[67752]: working directory doesn't exist.
12/29/15 7:30:06.856 PM Alfred Preferences[67752]: (
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a20dae2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff97fc6f7e objc_exception_throw + 48
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a20d98d +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
	3   Foundation                          0x00007fff9aa9d522 -[NSConcreteTask launchWithDictionary:] + 620
	4   Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100118121 +[AlfredWorkflowSharingHelper unzipWorkflowToTemp:] + 422
	5   Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100117e84 +[AlfredWorkflowSharingHelper importWorkflow:intoWindow:] + 59
	6   Alfred Preferences                  0x00000001000021cc Alfred Preferences + 8652
	7   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c770c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
	8   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c767f ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63
	9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c6d47 _CFXRegistrationPost + 407
	10  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c6ab2 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 50
	11  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c0d42 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1922
	12  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a0af145 _CFXNotificationPost + 693
	13  Foundation                          0x00007fff9aa7f921 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66
	14  Alfred Framework                    0x0000000100096d51 -[AlfredDistributedNotificationManager incoming:] + 256
	15  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c770c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
	16  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a1c767f ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63
	17  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a11d4ac __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
	18  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10f165 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 341
	19  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10eecb __CFRunLoopRun + 2347
	20  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a10e338 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
	21  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a935 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235
	22  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a76f ReceiveNextEventCommon + 432
	23  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9911a5af _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
	24  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e0610ee _DPSNextEvent + 1067
	25  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e42d943 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454
	26  AppKit                              0x00007fff9e056fc8 -[NSApplication run] + 682
	27  AppKit                              0x00007fff9dfd9520 NSApplicationMain + 1176
	28  Alfred Preferences                  0x0000000100001bf8 Alfred Preferences + 7160
	29  ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
)

Andrew · December 29, 2015

I followed your commands, and got the same error messages from console:

Could I see a screenshot from the Terminal output from those commands please?

Andrew · December 29, 2015

Also, could you show me the output from Terminal if you type the following command:

touch /tmp/hello

Cheers,

Andrew

Danieliu · December 29, 2015

Could I see a screenshot from the Terminal output from those commands please?

Screenshot is as below:

(I can NOT use image extension).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7m8sotpbhsga3dz/screen-1.png?dl=0

Danieliu · December 29, 2015

Also, could you show me the output from Terminal if you type the following command:

touch /tmp/hello

Cheers,

Andrew

─liudanking@Daniel-rMBP.local ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences
╰─➤  touch /tmp/hello
╭─liudanking@Daniel-rMBP.local ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

Andrew · January 4, 2016

─liudanking@Daniel-rMBP.local ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences
╰─➤  touch /tmp/hello
╭─liudanking@Daniel-rMBP.local ~/Documents/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences

Did this create the "hello" file in /tmp?

I suspect that for some reason, Alfred Preferences is not able to write to the tmp folder. This could be a permissions issue, or the tmp folder is being incorrectly reported to apps.

Have you tried creating a new user account as this may be an issue with your primary account?

Cheers,

Andrew

mixedfeelings · January 7, 2016

I'm having the same problem, but with different symptoms. I have tried chmod-ing and moving alfred preferences folder, to know avail and I was able to create a hello in my /tmp as above, but i still get the following line in console when trying to add a worfklow:

1/7/16 2:11:22.428 PM CoreServicesUIAgent[566]: Error -60005 creating authorization

It seems like a permissions thing, but wouldn't chmod resolve that?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Andrew · January 8, 2016

I'm having the same problem, but with different symptoms. I have tried chmod-ing and moving alfred preferences folder, to know avail and I was able to create a hello in my /tmp as above, but i still get the following line in console when trying to add a worfklow:

1/7/16 2:11:22.428 PM CoreServicesUIAgent[566]: Error -60005 creating authorization

It seems like a permissions thing, but wouldn't chmod resolve that?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Could you try temporarily creating a new account on your Mac and see if things work there?

Cheers,

Andrew

Danieliu · January 8, 2016

Did this create the "hello" file in /tmp?

I suspect that for some reason, Alfred Preferences is not able to write to the tmp folder. This could be a permissions issue, or the tmp folder is being incorrectly reported to apps.

Have you tried creating a new user account as this may be an issue with your primary account?

Cheers,

Andrew

Yes, it creates "hello" file in /tmp.

Andrew · January 8, 2016

Yes, it creates "hello" file in /tmp.

There is obviously a permissions issue outside of Alfred's control preventing Alfred's Preferences from writing to the tmp folder. Now that El Capitan's Disk Utility doesn't have the repair permissions option anymore, try following this guide to repair permissions:

http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/04/verify-repair-permissions-mac-os-x/

A quick search on google for "Error -60005 creating authorization" also suggests trying changing your account password which may flush some issues.

Cheers,

Andrew

Danieliu · January 8, 2016

There is obviously a permissions issue outside of Alfred's control preventing Alfred's Preferences from writing to the tmp folder. Now that El Capitan's Disk Utility doesn't have the repair permissions option anymore, try following this guide to repair permissions:

http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/04/verify-repair-permissions-mac-os-x/

A quick search on google for "Error -60005 creating authorization" also suggests trying changing your account password which may flush some issues.

Cheers,

Andrew

I tried to fix disk, without success.

Then I remove the whole Alfred using CleanApp and install alfred.

The problem is gone, and I am happy now.

Edited January 8, 2016 by Danieliu

mixedfeelings · January 8, 2016

Same here, i just manually deleted all traces of Alfred, reinstalled, reset my sync folder and I seem to be all set now. Probably just a weird quirk of El Capitan we both fell in to.

Andrew · January 8, 2016

I tried to fix disk, without success.

Then I remove the whole Alfred using CleanApp and install alfred.

The problem is gone, and I am happy now.

Same here, i just manually deleted all traces of Alfred, reinstalled, reset my sync folder and I seem to be all set now. Probably just a weird quirk of El Capitan we both fell in to.

Thanks for the update chaps - I'm moving this to noted so that it's still searchable for other users who may experience this issue!

Cheers,

Andrew

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