I'm trying to create a macro to open the Display settings in the System Preferences. It first has an action that activates System Preferences and then is followed by another (Interface Control) action that selects the menu item 'View' in the system preferences menu.
I say "I'm trying" when in reality I did create such a macro and used it successfully before. Now, however, I get the error:
"Select Menu Item failed to find target menu item View➤Displays."
Thanks ccstone! And sorry for taking so long to answer. I had not seen the message notifying there was an answer.
It works perfectly. As far as I can see you simply changed the time-based pause for a 'Pause until conditions are met'. I don't understand why the time-based pause does not work in this case. It had always worked for me before. Although, I have to say, the 'pause until conditions are met' makes a lot more sense. I just had not noticed it was there
That's why timed pauses are insufficiently reliable in a workflow when other methods are available.
I never want to wait on a macro longer than necessary, so I don't want to use a 5+ second pause to make some action relatively bombproof – not when I can use a conditional pause and be certain the workflow is bombproof.