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By Jonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
    2020-06-17 01:31:21.432Z

    I am trying to write a macro for QuickTime Player X and it won't even show up as a application option. I tried writing Java like this and it still didn't work.

    sf.ui.app('com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX').appActivate();

    Here's the log:

    16.06.2020 18:30:55.15 [Backend]: Logging unknown error in action (02) AppActivateAction: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: str
    Error in line 0:
    Error invoking app.activate
    System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: str
    at CFString..ctor(String, Boolean) + 0x6d
    at Mac.AppKit.NSRunningApplication.GetRunningApplications(String) + 0x3d
    at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Automation.Actions.AppActivateAction.d__3.MoveNext() + 0x57
    --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
    at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() + 0x1c
    at sfbackend!+0xe5df0b
    at sfbackend!+0xe5de36
    at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Automation.AutoAction`1.d__20.MoveNext() + 0x268

    << Command: SCREEN RECORD [user:cka5k7bd0000ebs1090w9ktyy:ckbio9fux0002ec10tf8dltw5]

    Solved in post #9, click to view
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    1. Dustin Harris @Dustin_Harris
        2020-06-18 00:10:38.164Z

        try it like this:

            sf.app.launch({
        path: "/Applications/Quicktime Player.app",
    });

        Maybe that'll do it?

        Edit: the above script launches Quicktime if it's closed. If it's already open but not the focused app, your script will make it the focused app.

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        1. JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
            2020-06-18 00:17:39.536Z

            Thanks Dustin, but this won't open the app. btw - I'm on Catalina 10.15.5 using QuicktimeX

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            1. Dustin Harris @Dustin_Harris
                2020-06-18 00:27:37.851Z

                Ahh, I hadn’t realized they switched things up in Catalina (which I can’t move to yet :( )

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                1. In reply toJonathan_Grossman⬆:
                  Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-06-18 14:50:54.545Z

                  Hi Jonathan. Are you trying to launch the app or to activate it if it's already open?

                  Dustin's method should work to launch the app, but it needs a valid path, and the paths changed in Catalina, so you'd need to update it with the valid path to the app.

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                  1. JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
                      2020-06-18 14:54:11.843Z

                      open the app, dismiss a dialog box, choose menu option "new screen recording"

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                      1. In reply tochrscheuer⬆:
                        JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
                          2020-06-18 17:12:33.808Z

                          What is the correct path for Catalina? The QuickTime app doesn’t even come up as an option in the macros application drop down. Guess it has to be java?

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                          1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-06-18 18:23:30.275Z

                            I don't have Catalina so I can't help you directly.
                            But if you navigate to the application in Finder you can press Option+Cmd+C to copy its path to the clipboard.

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                            1. JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
                                2020-06-18 19:40:12.409Z2020-06-18 19:42:11.407Z

                                That worked...here's the code I used to open QT, dismiss the dialog box, put it into screen record

                                   sf.app.launch({
        path: "/System/Applications/QuickTime Player.app",
    });
    
sf.wait({intervalMs:500});

sf.ui.app('com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX').mainWindow.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Cancel').first.elementClick();

sf.keyboard.press({
    keys: "ctrl+cmd+n",
});
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                                1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-06-18 19:42:04.655Z

                                  Brilliant! Thanks for sharing, Jonathan :)

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