Don't run another Macro until another had finishedKeyboard Maestro 8.0.3 “1B HotFolderB” Macro

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Keyboard Maestro 8.0.3 “1B HotFolderB” Macro

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So the Macro I have is like this

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Now I have the same for another that runs on another folder. With the same behaviour. The issue I have is that when the script runs via KM finder hangs, at the moment I can only put it down to 2 things. macOS High Sierra. or as its handling lots of files and doesn't like a similar script running at the same time.

On the last note I figured that I should prevent the macro from running until another Macro has finished.

I've tried Pause until conditions are met

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But that is not operating as expected. What have I missed

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Please post the script.

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That “pause until” which waits until the macro is active. Did you intend “pause while”? If that’s the case, try changing the condition to “none of the following are true”

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I don’t know what the Pause Until is supposed to be doing, but “active” does not mean running. It means available to be triggered. You cannot test whether a specific macro is running or not.

If you want to limit a macro to be running sequentially, use the Semaphore Lock action.

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It should have been pause until the macro is inactive. Same result though.

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Macro “active” or “inactive” has nothing to do with whether the macro is running or finished.

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