Open URL suddenly not working for me

Questions & Suggestions
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Hi everyone,

I have a very simple macro that until recently worked perfectly. It copies a highlighted URL in a text document, runs the Open URL action using %CurrentClipboard%, and opens the URL in Safari. Suddenly it no longer works for me and returns the following error:

Action Failed
Open URL failed with invalid URL ‘%CurrentClipboard%’ in macro ‘Open URL’ (while executing Open URL: %CurrentClipboard%).

Any thoughts or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

2

You probably need to URL encode the URL BEFORE the "Open URL" Action.

4

Holy crap, I got it to work by inserting a Set Clipboard to Text ‘%CurrentClipboard%’ between the Copy and the Open URL actions. Why in the world that makes any difference, I don’t know, but it’s working again.