Maybe Chris (or anyone of course) knows this off the top of his head. Not a huge deal but I notice if I move too fast executing the macros that include it moves the cells up or down too quickly. Is there anyway to have Keyboard Maestro make sure the AppleScript is finished executing before executi…

[image] skillet: Is there anyway to have Keyboard Maestro make sure the AppleScript is finished executing before executing key commands in a macro? Keyboard Maestro ensures (in as much as it is possible) that an action is complete before the next action starts. So Execute AppleScript Type …

[image] peternlewis: If you want them to run only once, then you need to explicitly control that, which you can do trivially by adding a Semaphore Lock at the start of the macro. Sounds like what I am after, sorry to be doofus but I am not able to get this to work. I have read what is in the…

Where is the AppleScript? Your macro is simply: Semaphore Lock, Key1, Key2, Key3, Key4, Key5. What that will ensure is that even if this macro is executed twice simultaneously, those keys will be added to the queue in that sequence twice. You will always get: Key1, Key2, Key3, Key4, Key5, Key1, …

Thanks Peter and sorry about that, I uploaded another macro that didn’t’ have the AppleScript included (to which the Semaphore Lock also helped. I uploaded the macro with the AppleScript in the post above. Just so I am a bit more clear, the name seems to not matter all that much from my testing. I…

[image] skillet: Just so I am a bit more clear, the name seems to not matter all that much from my testing The name is so you can have multiple independent locks. Eg, you might be using the lock you describe, and you might also want a backup script to run every hour, but if the backup took m…

Thank you Peter very much for all the excellent answers and clarification and thought why things are done the way they are. It is very helpful to know your thought and that I am not missing something and adding Semaphore locks is the way to go. [image] peternlewis: I am confused at how command…

[image] skillet: If it is not too much crazy trouble could you make two macros that link to each other with one that has the Semaphore lock where it should be and the other with the Semaphore lock for the end. Something like in the example you gave where a backup shouldn't start again until the…

[image] peternlewis: In some alternate dimension, Keyboard Maestro could be designed so that all macros defaults to behaving as if they had a Semaphore Lock at the front of them, and those few macros that should run independently were somehow marked otherwise. And that would be a perfectly vali…

[image] skillet: Thanks Peter you should add all that to your Wiki page as you answer these questions so well in the forums! Yes, I should, and the wiki is slowly being built up with this sort of thing.

Nice to see this here, had to revisit this again so I thought I would just post an update for anyone coming across this thread. https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Semaphore_Lock?s[]=semaphore&s[]=lock

Finish Executing AppleScript Before Executing Key Commands

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