Quitting Dropover

Questions & Suggestions
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I am trying to get the action "Quite a Specific Application" to stop the app "Dropover" which is a menu bar app running in the background. It's not working . The link is a screenshot of the simple macro I am trying to use. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Screenshot

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Hello Lou (@Lou_Plummer):wave:

What you could try is using the Type a Keystroke Action using the send to Application Option and selecting the Dropover Application.

Greetings from Germany :de:

Tobias

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You should define "not working." Do you mean it's not triggering? Or giving an error message? Did you check the Engine Log file to see what it says in there?

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Hi, @Lou_Plummer. This works for me...

Execute a Shell Script.kmactions (820 B)

Keyboard Maestro Export

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Does pkill send a shut down command so the app can quit nicely, or does it terminate the process? If the latter, maybe cleaner to send a quit via AppleScript?

tell application "Dropover"
    quit
end tell

This would let the app clean up anything open before it quit (though I have no idea what the app does; maybe this isn't a concern). I also can't test if it actually works :slight_smile:

-rob.

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Thank you. I'd tried a different shell script that didn't work. Yours does. Much appreciated.

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Oddly enough, an AppleScript will not quit the app. I tried the same one you suggested. The pkill shell script that @_jims suggested did the trick.

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I just noticed that autocorrect renamed the app to "Droopier" in my previously-posted script; I assume you didn't try that one :).

Very interesting that it won't work, because that's a pretty basic level of functionality. But maybe it's different for menu bar apps? Glad Jim's works for you!

-rob.

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