Hello everyone! I'm new to the forum and a complete beginner with Keyboard Maestro (KM).
I'm hoping you can help me finish a macro I'm struggling with. I've managed to set up the first few steps, but I'm getting stuck at some point.
Here is the entire flow I'm trying to build:
Trigger: A Folder Trigger runs when a new .wavfile is added to the Desktop.
Action 1 (Rename): A Prompt for User Input action appears, asking me to rename the file.
Action 2 (Move): The newly renamed file needs to be automatically moved to a specific destination folder.
The issue is that the file is not being renamed, it's only being moved to the destination folder using its original name.
Is this type of automation even possible? I know that I’m missing something, so if anyone could help me I would be very grateful!
i’ve tried solving this using Chat GPT but still can get it to work.
Have a look at the "File Actions" Wiki page. You'll see that "Move and/or Rename" has three variants:
Specify a folder in the "to" field -- move the item there
Specify a file name (no slash) in the "to" field -- rename the item in place
Specify a full path, including name, in the "to" field -- move and rename the item
You've only specified a folder -- ~/Desktop/Music -- so the item is only being moved.
If these are always .wav files you can simply append the text returned from your "Prompt" plus .wav -- set the "Move" action's "to" field to:
~/Desktop/Music/%Variable%Local__NewName%.wav
If you want to keep the original extension -- even if it is always .wav you may care about case and sometimes have .WAV -- then you could either use another "Get" to get the extension in the same way you did the base name, or use "Split Path":
OMG! Thank you so much for taking the time to help and answer my question! Everything is finally working as it should. I spent six hours trying to figure that out since I'm still learning this amazing software, so I seriously appreciate the help. You're the best!
If you get stuck and 10 minutes with the KM manual and Wiki doesn't help -- post here.
While KM is well documented, it can difficult for a new user to map their own terms and concepts to KM's and find answers. The Forum has a lot of practice at that and will give you quicker (and more correct!) help than ChatGPT -- especially if your questions as as excellently presented as this one!
