Rule runs but doesn't achieve anything

Hi Guys,

I'm puzzled by some, what seems to me to be, odd behaviour from Hazel. If I preview the rules matched on a folder I see a nice list of rules that should run. However if I force the rules to run I see no action has been performed. If I look in the log I see:

2013-03-10 08:15:11.711 hazelworker[39994] Could not create file alias for path AAAAAAFIAAIAAQdTdGFydFVwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADGwZL8SCsAAAADlsoIVG9ycmVudHMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOW1ca2JVwAAAAAAAAAAP////8AAAkgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB0Rlc2t0b3AAABAACAAAxsEGXAAAABEACAAAxrWYvAAAAAEADAADlsoAA5aaAACSBAACACJTdGFydFVwOlVzZXJzOmdtYzpEZXNrdG9wOlRvcnJlbnRzAA4AEgAIAFQAbwByAHIAZQBuAHQAcwAPABAABwBTAHQAYQByAHQAVQBwABIAGlVzZXJzL2dtYy9EZXNrdG9wL1RvcnJlbnRzABMAAS8AABUAAgAK//8AAA==. Error creating bookmark data: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file couldn’t be opened because it doesn’t exist."
2013-03-10 08:15:11.758 hazelworker[39994] Processing folder Media Sorting (forced)
2013-03-10 08:15:14.920 hazelworker[39994] Done processing folder Media Sorting

I see the same pattern every time. I force the rules to run and the log shows an entry about not being able to create an alias then tells me it is processing a folder and so forth. I've checked permissions and tried manually doing all the actions the rule should do and it all works.

In truth I have been seeing entries about aliases not being able to be created for some time now but the rules usually run so haven't wanted to bother anyone about it. If anyone can give me a pointer, or if I need to provide more information please get back to me. As always, many thanks.

Cheers,

Grant

I'm not at all sure this will help but just in case:

2013-03-10 20:05:24.763 hazelworker[1108] Caught exception in rule evaluation of file The.Way.Back.2010.1080p.BrRip.x264.BOKUTOX.YIFY.mp4: -[CFPrefsManagedSource isTextValued]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x100255cd0
2013-03-10 20:05:24.764 hazelworker[1108] (
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8f8b10a6 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8a3453f0 objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8f9476ea -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 186
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8f89f5ce ___forwarding___ + 414
4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8f89f3b8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 232
5 hazelworker 0x000000010003d0a4 start + 243244
6 hazelworker 0x000000010002cc9d start + 176677
7 hazelworker 0x000000010003ca43 start + 241611
8 hazelworker 0x000000010002ce03 start + 177035
9 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8f86c19b -[NSArray descriptionWithLocale:indent:] + 635
10 hazelworker 0x000000010000fcc4 start + 57932
11 hazelworker 0x000000010000fd09 start + 58001
12 hazelworker 0x00000001000219a9 start + 130865
13 hazelworker 0x0000000100002f37 start + 5311
14 hazelworker 0x0000000100003cd2 start + 8794
15 hazelworker 0x0000000100006cc2 start + 21066
16 hazelworker 0x0000000100001aac start + 52
17 ??? 0x0000000000000003 0x0 + 3
)

and for the sake of completeness:

2013-03-10 19:38:59.093 HazelHelper[537] Deregistering...
2013-03-10 19:38:59.176 HazelHelper[537] Done
2013-03-10 19:44:11.452 HazelHelper[574] HazelHelper v3.0.16 launching.
2013-03-10 19:48:30.216 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Downloading.
2013-03-10 19:48:45.216 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 19:49:00.215 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/Dropbox/Office Type Docs/MS Office Docs/Excel Docs.
2013-03-10 19:49:15.216 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/Downloads.
2013-03-10 19:49:30.216 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Applications.
2013-03-10 19:49:45.215 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/Dropbox.
2013-03-10 19:50:00.215 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/Desktop/Move to Archive.
2013-03-10 19:50:15.214 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/Dropbox/Various PDF Doc Folders.
2013-03-10 19:50:30.218 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Downloading/Sources.
2013-03-10 19:50:45.214 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Users/gmc/.Trash.
2013-03-10 19:56:59.848 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:00:00.161 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:00:09.435 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:00:41.760 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:00:50.455 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:00:58.173 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:01:50.378 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:02:08.889 HazelHelper[574] Attempted to run watcher on undeployed folder: /Volumes/media/Media Sorting.
2013-03-10 20:02:12.064 hazelworker[1060] Could not create file alias for path

Did you transfer this from another installation? It seems like all your folders are messed up. Try logging out and back in. If that doesn't clear things up, you may need to re-add the folders to Hazel (make sure to export your rules before doing this).