How do I fix Screenshot in automator?

I am new to automator, but it seems like it can be very helpful. I am trying to automate a screen capture process for website content. I think my workflow is working but the problem is that screen capture only returns the blue desktop screen beneath my browser, or icons or any open app. It does not let me take a picture of the actual content "open on top of my desktop". Weird right? Because if I manually do it with SHIFT CMD 4 it works. I am on BigSur

iMac 27″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jun 25, 2022 7:55 AM

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Jun 26, 2022 5:02 AM in response to LearningAutomator

Luis, Thank your for your help!

Frustrating day but woke up this morning and everything worked perfectly. Not sure why. I quit playing with automator but noticed that I had two software updates waiting to be executed. I ran one for safari and the other for BigSur. I disconnected my 2nd monitor and went to bed. Rebooted everything this morning. Ran the automator workflow....and it was perfect. Reattached my 2nd display and it worked seamlessly on both.

Jun 25, 2022 12:30 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Correct. I used interactive, which gave me the opportunity to select specific areas of the screen,. Tried at least 15 different times on different types of content and always got the same result. I have 2 displays. I disconnected one and built a new workflow. It didn't help. I tried toggling the settings from "interactive " to full screen. Didn't help.

Jun 25, 2022 2:23 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I checked the privacy settings and made sure that anthing associated with Automation was turned on. I didn't have that many apps. They included Amazon Photo, Google software, WDD finder. Then I checked all the icons on the left side and it offered an Automator option i selected it. Like Screen recording was originally off but i turned it on.


Still not working.

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