Problem Renaming a Folder

Questions & Suggestions
1

I'm having a problem renaming a folder. What I want to do is:

If "this folder" exists, then rename it with a dash after it.

Here's how I set it up:

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But when I run it (and I know that this folder does exist), I get this error, which I can only partially read:

Screenshot 2023-05-13 at 3.31.11 PM

Anyone know what's wrong, and how to fix it?

(Note: I do know this folder is in the global Library folder, and will thus need admin privileges to modify its name. I can't tell if this is part of the KM problem or not though.)

2

Under Keyboard Maestro's Help menu, select Open Logs Folder. Read the last entries in the Engine.log for the full error message.

3

It's hard to read but this is what I see at the end of the log:

 Move
), NSDestinationFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components-, NSFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, NSUnderlyingError=0x600001e39e30 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}} in macro “Toggle name of Components folder” (while executing Move or Rename File “/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components”).
2023-05-13 15:31:05 Execute macro “HOTKEY FOR TRIGGER MACRO BY NAME” from trigger The Hot Key ⌃Space is pressed
2023-05-13 15:31:06 Execute macro “Toggle name of Components folder” from trigger Name
2023-05-13 15:31:06 Action 6959 failed: Move file /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components failed with Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "“Components” couldn’t be moved because you don’t have permission to access “Plug-Ins”." UserInfo={NSSourceFilePathErrorKey=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, NSUserStringVariant=(
    Move
), NSDestinationFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components-, NSFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, NSUnderlyingError=0x600001f74a20 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}}
2023-05-13 15:31:06 Move file /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components failed with Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "“Components” couldn’t be moved because you don’t have permission to access “Plug-Ins”." UserInfo={NSSourceFilePathErrorKey=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, NSUserStringVariant=(
    Move
), NSDestinationFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components-, NSFilePath=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, NSUnderlyingError=0x600001f74a20 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}} in macro “Toggle name of Components folder” (while executing Move or Rename File “/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components”).

Also a related question: the manual says I should be able to choose Rename, but Rename doesn't appear in the dropdown, so I just choose Move instead:

Screenshot 2023-05-13 at 3.54.24 PM

4

This is what I'd worry about:

you don’t have permission to access “Plug-Ins”
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5

No it doesn't, although it's easy to make that mistake.

  • Move (and/or Rename)

This is explained in detail by on the relevant wiki page: