For many years, I've used a utility called DropZone in my menubar, which (among other things) allows documents to be automatically sorted into user-created locations (e.g… (funda okungaphezulu)
For many years, I've used a utility called DropZone in my menubar, which (among other things) allows documents to be automatically sorted into user-created locations (e.g., folders in the Finder).
Last night, suddenly, each time I drag a photo from Firefox to DropZone, a large window called "Action Console" opens, displaying a bunch of text. Here's a typical message that's displayed:
[Launching task with command line: runner.rb task-26498]
Task description file task-26498:
ACTION: "/Applications/- Misc. apps/Dropzone 4.app/Contents/Actions/Move Files.dzbundle"
EVENT: "dragged"
VARIABLE: "support_folder" "/Users/mervynwarren/Library/Application Support/Dropzone"
VARIABLE: "dragged_type" "files"
VARIABLE: "app_version" "4.80.66"
VARIABLE: "apple_silicon" "1"
VARIABLE: "os_version" "26.0.0"
VARIABLE: "path" "/Users/mervynwarren/Pictures/iTunes art"
VARIABLE: "tmp_folder" "/var/folders/7l/ldzhrwyx1v1dy2tky3c1_y640000gn/T/"
Determinate: 1
Begin_Message: Moving files...
/Applications/- Misc. apps/Dropzone 4.app/Contents/Actions/lib/filecopy.rb:13:in `do_copy': undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
from /Applications/- Misc. apps/Dropzone 4.app/Contents/Actions/Move Files.dzbundle/action.rb:27:in `dragged'
from /Applications/- Misc. apps/Dropzone 4.app/Contents/Actions/lib/runner.rb:77:in `call'
from /Applications/- Misc. apps/Dropzone 4.app/Contents/Actions/lib/runner.rb:77:in `<main>'
[Task completed]
Ironically, although the last line says "Task completed," the task I was attempting to perform (moving a photo into a given folder) is in fact NOT comleted at all.
Further observations:
This behavior is not displayed in Safari. In Safari, images continue to be moved to the desired folder, as intended.
I googled "action console keeps opening in Firefox," and I performed 4 troubleshooting steps that google AI suggested (including launching Firefox into troubleshooting mode). Unfortunately, in troubleshooting mode, the behavior persists, which suggests that this has nothing to do with any add-ons.
I also created a new, test profile—but even in the test profile, the behavior persists.
So, I'm stumped. After years of using Firefox, this behavior has appeared out of nowhere—and I cannot figure out why, nor how to fix it.
Any further suggestions?
