Some macros don't start at all

[okn]

Now my simplest test macro is

"Speak Text "some text"

with a hot key trigger, it doesn't even start, and I get e macOS error sound instead?

This is after a clean install of the MacHD.

What is happening here?

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with best regards,
Omar KN
Stockholm, Sweden

[suliveevil]

Have you add KM in the Security&Privacy(in System Preference)?

[suliveevil]

This works on my MacBookPro 13 mid 2018 (Keyboard Maestro 8.2.4 on macOS 10.14.3)

[okn]

Hi @suliveevil

Yes the settings are just like yours!

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with best regards, okn

[suliveevil]

Try to remove and then add those two again may fix the problem.

[peternlewis]

Keyboard Maestro tries to help you with messages like this:

Note the difference on the one that works:

The difference is because the macro group that it is contained in on the first Mac is not always active. Macros are active only when they are enabled, and their parent macro group is enabled and their parent macro group is active.

Almost certainly this is the cause of your problem.

Check the activation settings on the _Finder macro group.

The Assistance window (Help ➤ Assistance) can also help explain why a macro is not firing.

[okn]

Thank you Peter - =SOLVED_!

It seems the macro group (_Finder) was active, but under a condition: when the hot key ALT-SH-Ö is pressed (?).

When I moved the macros to a new group (Finder) they did work alright!

/okn