Over the last few weeks, I've noticed my text expansion macros have stopped working.
I have checked that the permissions are still granted in privacy->accessibility. Both KM and KM engine are switched to on.
In the following macro, the "display text" action fires both times, but the insert text action does not insert any text. This is the case for this macro, as well as my many others.
@peternlewis Yes, I have rebooted several times since I've noticed this issue. And yes, appears to fail in most applications (Drafts, Word, Safari, Things ...)
It sounds like something is blocking Keyboard Maestro’s ability to type characters.
Normally, the only system restriction for that is Accessibility permissions.
So I would guess, either there are Accessibility problems, or some other software is doing something, either weird or intentionally blocking it.
You could try reinstalling Keyboard Maestro, which might unbork the system permissions, or you could try resetting your accessibility permissions. After that I'm out of ideas.
Reinstalling KM did not seem to have an effect – the error persists.
I don't think there's any new software I've installed that could be an issue here. I went through my applications folder sorted by date and I don't see anything that would shape things outside of its own application functions.
Is there any way to tell if an accessibility permission is blocking it? Or is resetting all the permissions the only troubleshooting fix here?
You don't have to reset them all – you can reset just the Keyboard Maestro Engine's Accessibility settings by running this command in the Terminal app: