Can't Activate Premiere Pro

Questions & Suggestions
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Hi guys, my simple macro to activate Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 fails every time if the program is not already open. Wasn't an issue with Adobe Premiere Pro 2024, nor is it an issue with any other app.

I've already tried:

  • Reselecting the app from the menu several different ways, including navigating to my Applications folder and selecting the app there
  • Trying "Match by Default / Path / Bundle ID"

Macro works fine if Premiere Pro is already open.

Activate a Specific Application.kmactions (795 B)

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Keyboard Maestro Export
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Can you share the whole macro rather than just the single Action?

Looks like your Action is finding Premier Pro 2025 as it had grabbed its icon:

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But be interesting to see the whole Macro, particularly what Group it is assigned to.

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Thank you. That's the only action, but here's the whole macro.

It's in a group that's always activated and used multiple times per hour. Other macros in the group are working correctly.

Premiere Pro.kmmacros (1.8 KB)

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My guess would be something like the Launch Services cache is messed up or there are two copies of the application and one of them cannot be launched for some reason.

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Thanks for uploading the Macro. It works fine for me, unmodified. So, as @peternlewis is saying, something else is going on with your setup.

Here's an alternative approach to opening specific Apps using a different KM Action. Try it and see if it works for you.

Premiere Pro - open Application by path.kmmacros (2.5 KB)

Premiere Pro - open Application by path
Premiere Pro - open Application by path1022×958 119 KB

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@Jack_Brannen

If installation is recent, I wonder if there is still a lurking DMG image which hasn't been unmounted ?

(or whether there was one when the target application was chosen for the activate action)

Perhaps worth:

  1. Checking that all virtual installation devices are unmounted
  2. Reselecting the target application for the activate action

?

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Thanks, @Zabobon, this works fine. I can probably just use this indefinitely.

Thanks, @peternlewis. I did reset Launch Services now and restarted KM. No changes. There may be a duplicate of the app somewhere, but if so, I can't find it anywhere.

Thanks, @ComplexPoint. No DMGs.

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In fact, it's a good one to know as the path to the Application can be a Variable. Also note that you set the "open with" to "Finder"

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