Ken

Update: been using the script (check out my BlueSky feed), and it's been working great.

I've seen one odd behavior: the script had been working fine but then MacOS asked for permission for Statuz to access my files on iCloud. That by itself wasn't a problem (it have been triggered by an app upadate), but after giving permission, the images weren't imported into Statuz— I'm guessing the script didn't know about the OS message and couldn't recover gracefully. I was able to import the images manually, and subsequent executions worked fine.

Thought I sent the message below several days ago but must not have hit the Post button. Yep, the script has worked every time I've tried it except the first--I got the blank image that time.

I still don't see the Statuz sharing extension when I list by category, but it is enabled correctly when I list by name.

I'm also seeing a small rendering issue where the dropdown box jumps--not fixed in the update.

Jumping box.mov

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Just checked above, and the forum software still seems to be choking on my video, not sure why.

Now the video is working fine—go figure. I rebooted my MacBook, so that was probably it.

when media is exported from the cloud, there's a delay since they need to be downloaded first

Yep. I tried putting the photos an an Export album that is cached locally, but there is still a small delay as LR processes the original raw files for reduced resolution PNG export. I also set the watched folder on my desktop to be stored locally, so the OS wouldn't introduce more delays.

that said, we've just fixed an issue in the app and improved the lightroom script so it can be more resilient in this use case.

I'll updated the app and the script and it is working now.

can you drop us an email with these forum issues?

Will do. IT support is my day job, and I'm real good at breaking stuff.

Thanks!

I tried exporting one image, waiting until it imported into Statuz, then exporting the second. Both imported fine, but the second overwrote the first.

I'm wondering if something in my computer configuration may be bunging up the import—I have a few ideas:

• The folder I am exporting to is on desktop, which syncs to iCloud, although I have it set to keep files downloaded.
• I haven't purchased a license yet for Statuz, so I'm in the free model.
• The wonkiness in the share extension makes me wonder if that is somehow related.

Just checked above, and the forum software still seems to be choking on my video, not sure why. I can try recording a smaller portion of the screen.

I've attached my system information below.

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The forum software was trying to embed the video from the Dropbox link, so I compressed it as a zip file. If you download that, you should be able to extract the video.

I've uploaded a lower resolution copy below.

Screen Recording v2b.mov

Here is my Automator script--all steps are disabled except the AppleScript to import to Statuz

This is my screen recording

Brief update: based on an example I found online, I placed a wait step in my Automator action to allow time for files to finish exporting from LIghtroom. However, the script still grabbed only the files present in the watched folder when the folder action was triggered. Still working out the specifics, but I moved the wait to the very first step, then reenabled the "get from folder" step I'd added for testing after that. Now, when files are added to the folder and trigger the Automator action, the script waits ten seconds, then gets the files a second time, hopefully capturing the whole export—ten seconds may not be long enough.

I've been testing this with the Photos app, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Planning to test more and report back.