Bug: cannot open finder selection anymore

Questions & Suggestions
, , ,
1

I don't know what happened but since a few weeks this very simple shortcut doesn't work anymore:

Open the Finder Selection Action (v11.0.2)

Open the Finder Selection.kmactions (622 B)

Keyboard Maestro Export
Keyboard Maestro Export720Ă—85 10.2 KB

When I try this I get the following error message:

image

I have the same shortcut with Adobe Photoshop, and that fails too, so I think it's a general problem and not application related?

I've seen similar errors posted in the past with older MacOS versions and other apps but I did not see a clear solution... What is going on?

Addition: as per suggestions in other posts I've tried it with multiple files with exactly the same result.

Thanks --Mike

1 Like
2

Have a look at this recent thread on the same issue to determine if any of the suggestions provide a resolution.

3

Hi @NaOH,

Thanks for the link, indeed completely similar observations, but no solution... Hoping that @peternlewis cracks this.

Thanks & cheers --Mike

4

The solution is to remove the Quarantine bit, or to ask Apple to fix the API so that it does not return -128 “user canceled” when the quarantine bit is on on the file (except maybe that is exactly what Apple considers to be working as designed).

5

There are at least two solutions in that thread -- use a Shell Script action instead, or set the quarantine bits of the file(s) before you open them.