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The spinning progress indicator seems to be missing from menu bar in Lion. I can't seem to find any visual indication that a workflow is running or completed, or stop the workflow if I need to. Is this a bug or are we now expected to build progress bars and add dialog confirmations to every workflow?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
Not much help I know, but it's showing for me, at least for workflows created in Lion.
Yes, same issues here, since I've created many long-progress workflow, if there is no indicator, that's so inconvenient
Strangely, I have the opposite problem: that the running indicator won't go away even after the workflow is done.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3201382?answerId=15921954022#15921954022
I see the spinning gear on one mac but not on another, both running Lion. I would like to see it on both. Anyone know how to make it appear, or why it would appear on one computer but not another?
I figured it out. The spinning progress indicator is not missing in Lion; it just does not appear for all Automator types. If the Automator workflow is saved as an Application, the spinning gear will appear in the menu bar while the application is executing. If the Automator workflow is saved as a Service, the spinning gear will not appear. I have confirmed all this on two separate macs running Lion 10.7.2.
Unfortunately, once the type is chosen and the workflow is created as that type, it does not appear possible to convert from one type to another, e.g. from a Service to an Application. At least I haven't seen a way to do it. (If someone knows how to do such a conversion, please advise.) Fortunately, it is rather easy to create a new workflow as the desired type while having the other workflow type open in another window.
Lion: Automator/Script spinning progress indicator missing from menu bar
