Q: Automator 'rename finder items' was not supplied with the required data - error
This is doing my head in.
Super simple Automator script saved... all its designed to do is print an email as a PDF and then rename it with the date and time of the email.
When run from the Mail App - print dialog - it just doesn't run and the Automator log has no entries for it.
When run form Automator manually it runs, but fails with the above error.
I read that prefs for Spotlight need to be set to accept PDFs and also not exclude the volume... my spotlight is fine and is correct - so thats not it.
Seems to me the Automator app is not seeing the file created - therefore its not renaming it, as there is nothing to rename. I tested this... i removed all steps form the script and just left the first step... selection... so when its run I should see an entry in the log and it should print the email to PDF that is currently selected.
Test failed. No PDF printed.
Any ideas ?
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 12:08 AM


