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to run a recording? Piseth Mao July 19, 2012 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email I really like how Automator can handle routine tasks on Mac. I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.3. What I like the most is the recording feature as I am not familiar with scripting. However, what really let me down is when I press Run button after recording, it will always display an error message. Ads by Google 9 answers Comments are Closed Mike July 20, 2012 at 12:30 pm What is the error message? Piseth Mao July 22, 2012 at 1:20 am Sorry I should have included. I just forgot it. Here it is <>. Any advice to fix this would be very much helpful and thus highly Piseth Mao July 22, 2012 at 1:22 am 'The action "Watch Me Do" encountered a problem":Check the action's properties and try running the workflow again'. Any advice to fix this would be very much helpful and thus highly Mike July 23, 2012 at 1:04 am Automator has very creative error messages ... (sarcasm) Can you list the actions recorded? Orbetter ~ if the workflow doesn't contain any personal or confidential con
enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. bluehz Level 1 (16 points) Q: Many automator actions failing since Mavericks I have several automator actions that previoulsy worked fine and now are failing under Mavericks with no errors or console
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message thrown and I am stumped as to what the problem is. Most are simple automator runtime error 440 automation error actions with some basic AppleSript and shell scripting usually affecting a Finder selection. One example is a simple Automator action where I select a automation error the system cannot find the file specified file/folder and run automator to create a soft link (ln -s) in another location. Again - no errors are thrown and running the action from within Automator works fine - just not in the FInder when using the contextual menus http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/fix-automator-error-run-recording/ and automator actions.Any clues on what might be going on? iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9) Posted on Oct 24, 2013 8:36 AM I have this question too by VikingOSX,Apple recommended VikingOSX Level 7 (21,014 points) Mac OS X A: For those transitioning AppleScript and Automator utility scripts to Mavericks, this may be useful readiing. Yosemite brings additional changes.I had a GUI script working on Mavericks for Pages v5.2.2, that broke on Yosemite Pages v5.5.2. Everything was visually the same in terms https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5477012?tstart=0 of menu, panel, and button selection, but Apple completely changed the UI element hierarchies in the Yosemite version of Pages. This will always be the achilles heel of GUI scripting.The other issue is changes in the application scripting dictionaries that bite back. Posted on Jan 31, 2015 5:31 PM See the answer in context Close Q: Many automator actions failing since Mavericks All replies Helpful answers Page 1 Next by nvrmore100, nvrmore100 Oct 26, 2013 8:03 AM in response to bluehz Level 1 (0 points) Oct 26, 2013 8:03 AM in response to bluehz I'm having a lot of issues as well, mainly in "Watch me do" actions (clicking buttons on applications in my case). They are all failing now. I even tried creating a new one, which works flawlessly when I run it from automator, but fails every time "Automator encountered an error with Watch me Do action" when it runs on its own. Really frustrating. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by mlbdenver, mlbdenver Oct 26, 2013 6:49 PM in response to bluehz Level 1 (4 points) Mac OS X Oct 26, 2013 6:49 PM in response to bluehz Same here. I have a workflow action that moves all photos from Photostream into a folder where Lightroom picks them up. Since Mavericks, the photos are not being moved. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by minnow68, minnow68 Oct 29, 2013 7:48 AM in respons
iOS now does a better job round-tripping to MS Word AppleScript and Automator gain new features in OS X Mavericks Latest in Automator 17 Automate your iOS life with Workflow 12.11.14 View https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/19/mac-automation-creating-watch-me-do-workflows/ AppleScript and Automator gain new features in OS X Mavericks 10.23.13 View Triggering AppleScripts from Calendar Alerts in Mountain Lion 03.18.13 View Alfred v2 brings Workflows, automates what Automator might not 03.15.13 View Image http://superuser.com/questions/321599/automate-sequence-of-key-strokes-in-mac credit: save Save share Mac Automation: Creating Watch Me Do workflows Cory Bohon 01.19.09 Share Tweet Share Save Do you want to use Automator's powerful features, but don't want to worry with "programming" automation error the usefulness each and every time you wish to perform an action? With Automator for Leopard, you have the ability to easily record mouse moves/clicks and keyboard input with a feature called "Watch Me Do." Initial SetupBefore using this Automator feature, you will need to turn on "Access for assistive devices." So head over to System Preferences > Universal Access. Make sure the checkbox is checked beside "Enable automation error the access for assistive devices." This allows Automator to control your mouse and keyboard movements/clicks/key presses. Watch Me Do will not work unless this box is checked. Recording an Action in AutomatorYou are now ready to start recording your first Watch Me Do action in Automator. This feature gives Automator additional functionality if a prebuilt action is not readily available. So, before you go creating your own Watch Me Do action, look through the action list to make sure the functionality doesn't already exist. When you are ready to record, press the "Record" button in the top-right corner of the window. The main Automator window will disappear, and you will see a heads-up display on the screen showing that Automator is recording; this display will also have a stop button -- when you are done recording your actions, you press this to return to the main Automator window. While recording, any mouse movements/clicks and key presses will be captured and added to your workflow. Managing your recorded eventsEach time you click, press a key, or move the mouse, you create an "event." Once you have recorded your Watch Me Do actions, you can reorder the specific events of the action.
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Automate sequence of key strokes in Mac up vote 6 down vote favorite 1 I want to automate a long sequence of keystrokes that I have to type every time I use a specific web site. How can I do it in Mac OS X. I've tried the Automator. I record the sequence, but when I run it I got this error: The action “Watch Me Do” encountered an error. Check the actionʼs properties and try running the workflow again. osx mac keyboard automation automator share|improve this question asked Aug 10 '11 at 21:20 Daniel Cukier 1,40592644 add a comment| 5 Answers 5 active oldest votes up vote 9 down vote accepted To do this, I created a automator workflow with a Run AppleScript object with this content: on run {input, parameters} tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" keystroke "A" keystroke "B" keystroke "C" end tell return input end run This worked fine for me share|improve this answer answered Aug 10 '11 at 21:47 Daniel Cukier 1,40592644 On OS X El Capitan I got an error when including the first and last two lines. Removing them made the script work fine. –Eneko Alonso Aug 3 at 16:59 add a comment| up vote 3 down vote In addition to writing your own script, Keyboard Maestro can be used to compose key sequences l