Automator

Are you attempting to run the Automator solution on the released Big Sur? I have Big Sur running on both an M1 and Intel Mac, and will look into this for you. Standby.

1. We left this where you had installed the command-line tools for Xcode 11.4. These will not work in Big Sur, and you will need to install the command-line tools for Xcode 12.2 for Big Sur compatibility. This is for the homebrew (brew) package manager compilations.
2. Once you have done [1], then from the Terminal, brew update, folllowed by brew upgrade. Homebrew will inform that is not yet compatible with Big Sur, but it will still upgrade your packages (e.g. ImageMagick).
3. You will need to update your ~/.zshrc file to reflect changes to the ImageMagic version number in your MAGIC_HOME export.
4. Open that Automator workflow in Automator on Big Sur, and resave it. See if it runs after all of the preceding changes [1-3] have been made.

All of the following was done on my 2014 MacBook Air running Big Sur 11.0.1.

1. Installed Imagemagick 7.0.10-43
2. Adjusted the MAGIC_HOME variable in my ~/.zshrc file to the 7.0.10-43 path

• • export MAGIC_HOME="/usr/local/Cellar/bin/imagemagick/7.0.10-43"

1. Created a new Automator application with the same three actions and script contents as in the original.
2. Reorganized the Test directory to your original hierarchy
3. Ran the Automator application without issue

The individual MOCKUP folders gained a B.jpg that was 300 dpi at 25KB, just as in the original.

For step 1: In the Terminal, what is the result of:

brew list

and does imagemagick appear in that list? If it does, then:

brew upgrade imagemagick

As of 2020-11-29, that should install imagemagick version 7.0.10-44.

For step 2: By using brew, there is no apparent need for the MAGIC_HOME environment variable usage in the ~/.zshrc file, and it can be revised to:

export PATH="$HOME:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

When you have edited the ~/.zshrc file and saved it, do the following from the Terminal command-line:

source ~/.zshrc

You should now be able to run the mogrify command on the command line.

As I mentioned previously, use Automator to open the Automator application you were using previously, and then simply save it again. That should update it for Big Sur. Try running it and assess the results.

I have no idea why that output occurred unless homebrew is too old. Did you do the following in the Terminal:

brew update
brew upgrade
brew cleanup
brew list



Does the problem reoccur after the preceding steps have completed?

In the Terminal, if you are running the Zsh shell, open the "dot" file:

open -e ~/.zshrc

or with Bash shell:

open -e ~/.bash_profile

Ensure that in the TextEdit's Format menu, the it is set make plain text, or no TextEdit toolbars are present:

If there is any code currently setting MAGIC_HOME, then remove that line, and in the line exporting PATH, set it too:

export PATH="$HOME:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Now, save the "dot" file, close the document, and exit TextEdit. From the Terminal again:

source ~/.zshrc

or

source ~/.bash_profile

Depending on the shell you are running. Now, open Automator, look for your Automator application that you have been using, and then open, and save it. Quick Automator, and run that Automator application again.

With imagemagick installed by homebrew, there are links to its binaries in that /usr/local/bin PATH reference.

    montage ${adir}[1-9].jpg -geometry +3+3 -tile 3x3 -units PixelsPerInch -density ${PPI} \
        -adjoin -strip -quality ${QUALITY} -background black ${adir}/10.jpg

These changes will allow it to see files 1-9 and output 10.jpg as the montage result.

I am traveling today, so won't be able to test this on the M1 mini, but I have Big Sur on my laptop and the test directory with images with me. Let me know if the updates on your end resolve the current issues.

Are you attempting to run the Automator solution on the released Big Sur? I have Big Sur running on both an M1 and Intel Mac, and will look into this for you. Standby.