Custom Automator service doesn't fire

[Fez Vrasta]

Hello, I'm kinda new to Mac, It's my first one and I've bought it about 3 months ago.

I've set some wallpapers with the auto-switch feature every 30 minutes and I've found an Applescript to skip a wallpaper if I don't like it or I'm bored of.

This is the script:

property theSwitch : 0
if theSwitch = 0 then
	tell application "System Events"
		tell current desktop
			set change interval to 1801.0
		end tell
	end tell
	set theSwitch to 1
else
	tell application "System Events"
		tell current desktop
			set change interval to 1800.0
		end tell
	end tell
	set theSwitch to 0
end if

When I run it trough Automator it works great and the wallpaper changes. I've then created an Automator service with `No input` and in the Shortcuts settings I've set it to CMD + SHIFT + T.

I see it in the services menu of every app but even if I use the shortcut or if I click on it using the menu, nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

 

[mreed911]

anyone?

Is CMD-SHIFT-T mapped to something else? That's New Tab in Chrome, for instance.

 

[Fez Vrasta]

I've tried with several hotkeys and even running it from the menu...

 

[dZp]

When you built your Automator workflow, what action did you select?
Execute Applescript or Run Applescript

I just tried it using Run Applescript and changed the keyboard shortcut to something different to avoid conflicts and it works from both the menu and shortcut.

 

[Fez Vrasta]

@dZp thanks! Run Applescript did the trick!

Great, now it works perfectly

 

[dZp]

You'll notice that the Execute Applescript action applies to ARD.

This action will execute the provided AppleScript script on the remote computers.