Can't Launch Local by Flywheel

I can’t start Local, and it displays the following message.

Uncaught Exception:
RangeError: Invalid typed array length
    at Buffer.Uint8Array (native)
    at FastBuffer (buffer.js:11:5)
    at createUnsafeBuffer (buffer.js:37:10)
    at allocate (buffer.js:189:12)
    at Function.Buffer.allocUnsafe (buffer.js:152:10)
    at tryCreateBuffer (fs.js:468:21)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:502:14)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:505:29)
    at copyFileSync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/copy.js:88:19)
    at copyItemSync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/copy.js:129:5)
    at treeWalker.sync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/copy.js:144:7)
    at walkSync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:21:3)
    at list.sync.forEach (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:24:7)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at walkSync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:23:21)
    at list.sync.forEach (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:24:7)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at walkSync (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:23:21)
    at Object.initialWalkSync [as sync] (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/utils/tree_walker.js:30:3)
    at Object.copySync [as sync] (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/copy.js:140:14)
    at Object.copy (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-jetpack/lib/jetpack.js:78:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main-process.js:1:9110)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main-process.js:2:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/electron.asar/browser/init.js:171:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/electron.asar/browser/init.js:173:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:431:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:155:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:551:3

Hi @ixkaito,

Sorry about that!

Are you upgrading from Pressmatic?

I used to use Pressmatic, but it doesn’t work anymore, so I uninstalled Pressmatic. I solved this problem by removing pressmatic and Local by Flywheel folders in ~/Library/Application Support/. Thanks :slight_smile:

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