Why is automator keep crashing when I save an action? Folder actions stopped working as well. I deleted all prefs with no luck. Action will run when automator is open and I test it but when I try to save it, it crashes.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Step 1
For this step, the title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the name of the crashed application or process. For example, if Safari crashed, you would enter "Safari" (without the quotes.)
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ User Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of crash reports. The name of each report starts with the name of the process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report related to the process in question. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a crash, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report—they're very long and rarely helpful.
2/20/15 8:36:55.103 AM Automator[12412]: -[AMApplicationRegistry loadDefinitionAtURL:]: No application name for definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:36:55.103 AM Automator[12412]: -[AMApplicationRegistry _loadDefinitionsAtURLS:]: Failed to load definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:36:55.695 AM Automator[12412]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:36:55.741 AM Automator[12412]: opened selecting item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:36:55.741 AM Automator[12412]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:36:55.741 AM Automator[12412]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:36:56.276 AM Automator[12412]: The action “Build Xcode Project” could not be loaded because the application “Xcode” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.277 AM Automator[12412]: The action “CVS Add” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.277 AM Automator[12412]: The action “CVS Checkout” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.277 AM Automator[12412]: The action “CVS Commit” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.277 AM Automator[12412]: The action “CVS Update” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.280 AM Automator[12412]: The action “Initiate Remote Broadcast” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Broadcaster” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.281 AM Automator[12412]: The action “New QuickTime Slideshow” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.318 AM Automator[12412]: The action “Set Movie Annotations” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.318 AM Automator[12412]: The action “Set Movie Playback Properties” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:36:56.319 AM Automator[12412]: The action “Set Movie URL” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.618 AM Automator[12465]: -[AMApplicationRegistry loadDefinitionAtURL:]: No application name for definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:37:42.618 AM Automator[12465]: -[AMApplicationRegistry _loadDefinitionsAtURLS:]: Failed to load definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:37:42.823 AM Automator[12465]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:37:42.829 AM Automator[12465]: opened selecting item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:37:42.829 AM Automator[12465]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:37:42.829 AM Automator[12465]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:37:42.857 AM Automator[12465]: The action “Build Xcode Project” could not be loaded because the application “Xcode” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.857 AM Automator[12465]: The action “CVS Add” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.858 AM Automator[12465]: The action “CVS Checkout” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.858 AM Automator[12465]: The action “CVS Commit” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.858 AM Automator[12465]: The action “CVS Update” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.860 AM Automator[12465]: The action “Initiate Remote Broadcast” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Broadcaster” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.861 AM Automator[12465]: The action “New QuickTime Slideshow” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.863 AM Automator[12465]: The action “Set Movie Annotations” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.863 AM Automator[12465]: The action “Set Movie Playback Properties” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:42.864 AM Automator[12465]: The action “Set Movie URL” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:37:54.022 AM Automator[12465]: Code signing certificates not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.385 AM Automator[12506]: -[AMApplicationRegistry loadDefinitionAtURL:]: No application name for definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:39:23.385 AM Automator[12506]: -[AMApplicationRegistry _loadDefinitionsAtURLS:]: Failed to load definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:39:23.570 AM Automator[12506]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:39:23.576 AM Automator[12506]: opened selecting item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:39:23.576 AM Automator[12506]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:39:23.576 AM Automator[12506]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:39:23.604 AM Automator[12506]: The action “Build Xcode Project” could not be loaded because the application “Xcode” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.605 AM Automator[12506]: The action “CVS Add” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.605 AM Automator[12506]: The action “CVS Checkout” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.605 AM Automator[12506]: The action “CVS Commit” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.605 AM Automator[12506]: The action “CVS Update” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.608 AM Automator[12506]: The action “Initiate Remote Broadcast” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Broadcaster” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.608 AM Automator[12506]: The action “New QuickTime Slideshow” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.610 AM Automator[12506]: The action “Set Movie Annotations” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.611 AM Automator[12506]: The action “Set Movie Playback Properties” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:39:23.611 AM Automator[12506]: The action “Set Movie URL” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:35.834 AM Automator[12520]: -[AMApplicationRegistry loadDefinitionAtURL:]: No application name for definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:43:35.834 AM Automator[12520]: -[AMApplicationRegistry _loadDefinitionsAtURLS:]: Failed to load definition at URL file:///Library/Automator/Office.definition/
2/20/15 8:43:36.069 AM Automator[12520]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:43:36.070 AM Automator[12520]: opened selecting item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:43:36.070 AM Automator[12520]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:43:36.070 AM Automator[12520]: parametersUpdated selected item with title: name & email
2/20/15 8:43:36.097 AM Automator[12520]: The action “Build Xcode Project” could not be loaded because the application “Xcode” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.098 AM Automator[12520]: The action “CVS Add” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.098 AM Automator[12520]: The action “CVS Checkout” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.098 AM Automator[12520]: The action “CVS Commit” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.099 AM Automator[12520]: The action “CVS Update” could not be loaded because the file “/usr/bin/cvs” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.101 AM Automator[12520]: The action “Initiate Remote Broadcast” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Broadcaster” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.102 AM Automator[12520]: The action “New QuickTime Slideshow” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.104 AM Automator[12520]: The action “Set Movie Annotations” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.104 AM Automator[12520]: The action “Set Movie Playback Properties” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
2/20/15 8:43:36.104 AM Automator[12520]: The action “Set Movie URL” could not be loaded because the application “QuickTime Player” was not found.
Process: Automator [12412]
Path: /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
Identifier: com.apple.Automator
Build Info: Automator_executables-409001000000000~3
Responsible: Automator [12412]
__TEXT 000000010e216000-000000010e242000 [ 176K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
8 com.apple.Automator.CreateNewEmail 0x0000000114007546 0x114004000 + 13638
9 com.apple.AutomatorFramework 0x00007fff9361615a -[AMAction _runWithInput:] + 91
10 com.apple.AutomatorFramework 0x00007fff93611e10 -[AMWorkflowRunner runAction:withInput:loopParent:] + 1040
11 com.apple.AutomatorFramework 0x00007fff9361197f -[AMRunActionOperation main] + 105
0x10e216000 - 0x10e241ff7 com.apple.Automator (2.5 - 409.1) <AF41027A-F2D0-35DD-BEE1-437875F2310A> /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
0x114004000 - 0x114009ff7 com.apple.Automator.CreateNewEmail (1.2.2 - 1.2.2) <CC248F90-EEC3-38A2-9FF8-A33A4E5AFA2E> /System/Library/Automator/New Mail Message.action/Contents/MacOS/New Mail Message
0x7fff935e1000 - 0x7fff93747ff7 com.apple.AutomatorFramework (2.5 - 409.1) <7C9BC7F5-8E6C-3BC5-8AB3-BAEC550AA5B8> /System/Library/Frameworks/Automator.framework/Versions/A/Automator
Process: Automator [12520]
Path: /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
Identifier: com.apple.Automator
Build Info: Automator_executables-409001000000000~3
Responsible: Automator [12520]
__TEXT 0000000108ccf000-0000000108cfb000 [ 176K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
0x108ccf000 - 0x108cfaff7 com.apple.Automator (2.5 - 409.1) <AF41027A-F2D0-35DD-BEE1-437875F2310A> /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator
0x10ecc1000 - 0x10ecc6ff7 com.apple.Automator.CreateNewEmail (1.2.2 - 1.2.2) <CC248F90-EEC3-38A2-9FF8-A33A4E5AFA2E> /System/Library/Automator/New Mail Message.action/Contents/MacOS/New Mail Message
0x7fff935e1000 - 0x7fff93747ff7 com.apple.AutomatorFramework (2.5 - 409.1) <7C9BC7F5-8E6C-3BC5-8AB3-BAEC550AA5B8> /System/Library/Frameworks/Automator.framework/Versions/A/Automator
That's not a complete crash report. There should be at least one that's much longer, several hundred lines perhaps.
Why is automator keep crashing?
