Pause until action broken in Sierra

Hey guys,
I maybe made a dumb decision last night and both updated to MacOS Sierra and KM 7.3 last night at the same time.

Most KM macros seem to be working but I have several macros that use a “Pause until the key ` is down” that have stopped working at that exact point. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Jeff

Just a shot in the dark, but do you also use Karabiner? Because that broke in Sierra, and perhaps you’re depending on it to map a keystroke that no longer gets mapped?

Thanks Dan! I thought this as well because I do use Karabiner/Seil for a hyperkey but that is to trigger the macros. I have worked around that but this is just midway through the macros, I have it go collect some text, parse, create some variables, then when I am ready I hit the tilde key and then it populates those variables into a chrome window or a document. So that step is really straight forward, pause until Tilde is pressed. For some reason the macros are stopping at that point. I tried using a different character as well but that didn’t change anything. Any other thoughts?

Thanks for your help!

Hmm. I don’t have Sierra (some of us don’t like the bleeding edge :slight_smile:) so I can’t test it. I haven’t noticed anyone mentioning this before, if that’s of any value.

Could it be related to the type of keyboard you have? Perhaps the driver has some issues? Otherwise, I have no idea. Perhaps someone else will.

Also where do you have the KM app itself located? Is it in the Applications folder, or somewhere else?

Pause Until Key Down works fine in Sierra.

My guess would be the same generic issue that the system is blocking Keyboard Maestro Engine from sensing keys because:

• The system not granting Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine accessibility.
• The system being in Secure Input Mode.
• Keyboard Maestro Engine not running.
• Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine not able to communicate.

If you recently upgraded your Mac, I strongly recommend after every upgrade to do an additional restart - in recent years I have found it to be highly likely strange things happened after an upgrade without a further restart.

This will also give the system a chance to properly prompt you for accessibility permissions and such if they have been lost.

Thanks guys. Ultimately I couldn’t figure out whatever it was. I just used
a time machine back up that was a few weeks old and reverted back to El
Capitan and all is well :slight_smile:

Thanks for your help!
Jeff