Trying to activate/launch application that is hidden outside of the Maciintosh HD/Applications path.
Ok, the short version. I have an app that is hidden outside the Application folder, in a series of folders with the roots folder (which is greyed out) name starting with a dot (.). Can I somehow make Soundflow find it despite the fact that it’s not present in my Applications folder?
Long version:
I’m trying to control the Discrete4_hybrid
(control panel) for my Antelope Interface. However, when using the macro ”Activate App” Soundflow does not find it. The app is ”hidden” within the path
Users/Shared/.Antelope/discrete4_hybrid/panels/1.4.4/discrete4_hybrid
I tried to make an alias for the app and copy it to my Application folder, but Soundflow does not recognize that as an application. I also tried to move the actual discrete4_hybrid to my Applications folder and when doing that Soundflow recognizes it, but that of course stops the App from working as it should. Guess it needs to sit in the right folder (?).
A side note is that Keyboard Maestro has no problem recognizing it, which makes it possible to via the Execute AppleScript activate the Discrete4_hybrid. Another workaround is to use the SF ”Open a File” macro via an alias of the Discrete4_hybrid. I would of course prefer not to depend on Keyboard Maestro, or use the workaround I’ve created via the alias created since it gets a bit sluggish.
Thanks
Chris Shaw @Chris_Shaw2020-12-11 18:41:53.604ZI don't have that interface so I can't script something for you but there should be a couple of ways to do this as described in this post:
https://forum.soundflow.org/-1740/how-do-i-launch-macos-apps-from-the-deckhere's the TL;DR version:
(The third option will probably be what you want.)
Chris Shaw @Chris_Shaw2020-12-11 18:45:28.366Zif you navigate to the Discrete app in the Finder and select it, you can copy the path to it by going to the file menu and hold down option. "Copy" will change to "Copy"…"as path name". You can then paste that into the execute System command action.
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-12-11 23:10:45.460Z^ This ^