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henk
henk

Reputation: 573

Chrome devtools filesystem/workspace problem

I did a stupid thing. In the devtools (Chrome 69 on macOS Sierra 10.12) under "Sources > Filesystem > Add folder to workspace", I accidentally tried to add my system root (/) as a folder.

Now whenever I open the devtools, Chrome and mtmfs (Mobile Time Machine file system daemon) goes to 100% CPU.

The folder list is empty, so is the list in "Settings > Workspaces".

Can I fix this situation somehow without deleting my current profile? (I like my current profile...)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 330

Answers (1)

Josh Lee
Josh Lee

Reputation: 177715

I would expect that "Restore defaults and reload" at the bottom of Settings > Preferences would clear this.

If that doesn't work, you could do surgery on your preferences with jq. Quit Chrome, then:

cd /path/to/Chrome/Default
mv Preferences Preferences.bak
jq 'del(.devtools.file_system_paths)' <Preferences.bak >Preferences

Upvotes: 1

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