This will seem a pretty generic question, but for some reason that I cannot fathom the handful of "Move to Mailbox..." macros I have created have all just .... arbitrarily stopped working.
I am running MacOS Sequoia v15.1
Can somebody offer some trouble shooting steps? Happy to provide screenshots or whatever it might take to figure it out.
Thanks,
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Have you checked the engine log? I don't suppose you just upgraded to macOS 15.1? Or that your macros that stopped working are using Applescript? In either case, it's usually helpful to share the macro/s you're having trouble with.
If a macro “does nothing”, start with the Interactive Help (in the Help menu), and that will verify if the macro is active and if the macro is triggering. If it is not, resolve those issues so the macro triggers. If it is triggering, then the actions are executing and you know that is what you need to look at.
Ensure that the actions are set to notify about errors, and ensure that Notifications are enabled in the System Preferences (otherwise Keyboard Maestro may be telling you things are failing and the system is not showing them to you). Such errors will also show up in the Engine.log file (Help menu, Open Logs Folder).
If you have very recently updated the system, ensure you have restarted again after the update - in my experience the system can be flaky after an update until the next restart.
If you have recently updated the system or the target applications, then they may have changed in a way that renders the macro no longer effective (such as menus changing name for example).
Thank you for the suggestions.
Cut to the chase: the Macros are working again.
I decided to drill into this a bit this morning. Before starting with the troubleshooting steps, I figured it might be a good idea to install the latest Sequoia update.
After I did that and the Mac started up again, Keyboard Maestro showed me the warning seen in the attached file:
I run two Password Managers: Apple's new "Password" app and 1Password. When the machine rebooted, 1Password was running... guess in the background? Anyway, I closed the app, and after doing so, I tested my email macros and... huzzah, they are now working again.
I am grateful the moment that the solution seems to have surface by taking a couple of logical first steps and didn't have to do a lot of trial and error troubleshooting.
I tried to find the panel in Mac Settings that sets what apps open on startup to make sure I don't have a Password Manager in that lineup, but Apple has done a remarkably good job of hiding that panel. I'd be grateful if somebody here could remind me where to find that.
Thanks for the help.
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System Settings → General → Login Items & Extensions
You can also use the search field at the top of System Settings to find any particular setting you're looking for.
I've got 1Password running all the time and it only causes this problem if it is frontmost, you've the insertion point in the password field, and you're trying to use a typed string trigger. Hot key triggers when 1Pass is frontmost, or any trigger when it isn't, work just fine.
The main cause of this for me has been any Chrome window showing a web site's login page, so watch for that.
Good advice, now I have some idea what to watch out for.
Thanks,
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Oh, my... that was a revealing little exploration. I'm fairly adept at this stuff, but had no idea how much stuff runs in the background on startup.
Now to figure out what I really need (and what's slowing me down / using RAM).
Thanks,
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