I have a workflow for reviewing items in my "Inbox" album to keep new photos and videos organized. I attempted to use the "select or show menu item" action, but get stuck at "View->"Albums" . I tried using the "Menu" selector tool on the right, but it doesn't list my existing albums, so I cannot select the Inbox.
I'm pretty green with KM. Is there another way to accomplish what I want to do - open Apple Photos and select the Inbox album?
Hmm...
This works perfectly for me on my Mojave box – what version of macOS are you using?
-Chris
I can confirm what @majorgear is saying (on Big Sur). Keyboard Maestro cannot see the actual Albums in the Sub-Menu and even typing the Album Name in manually doesn't work:
Thanks.
Okay.
First try opening up to Albums using a Select or Show a Menu Item action.
Then add a Type a Keystroke action with a right-arrow.
Then try another Select or Show a Menu Item action with the whole path.
If that doesn't work then delete it and add an Insert Text by Typing action with "inbox\n" in the field.
Clearly this is a bug – if you and the OP have time please complain to Apple
-Chris
@ccstone - you have done it again! Your first suggestion works (repeating the menu Action twice, with the Sub-Menu the second time - it didn't need the Type a Keystroke Action with right arrow).
For the benefit of @majorgear here is the Macro that worked for me:
Photos Album Example.kmmacros (27.3 KB)
As you say, this must be a Big Sur Photos bug.
Thanks for sharing the macro. It wasn't the exact solution but I used it as a jumping off point.
Select Menu
Insert Text by Typing
Keystroke
macros did the trick. Now I need to add it to my workflow conflict menu.
Photos Album Example Insert Text.kmmacros (27.8 KB)
Screenshot
Thanks for your help!
This is using
I came up with this same solution in the past when trying to select a Smart Album I have named Advanced Search. The insert by typing step doesn't need the full album name, just the first few characters.
