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Lindave1325 Author

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Automator thumbnail replication run amok

Last week I created a thumbnail of a photo using Automator and the thumbnail was saved to my desktop. Yesterday the thumbnail file started replicating by the thousands on my desktop. I deactivated the action in Folder Action Setup to no avail. I deleted related files in Automator. No malware has been detected. I have shut the computer down multiple times, but the replicating continues. I'm using a MacBook Air running Mojave 10.14.6. Any help would be appreciated.

MacBook Air

Posted on Apr 26, 2022 12:20 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Apr 26, 2022 1:15 PM

Unless you are purposely saving that generated thumbnail outside of the designed folder for the folder action, each time you create a thumbnail in that folder or write anything within it, the Automator folder action will run in a continuous loop due to it detecting the write activity.

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