Comments on: Automator Fixes in OS X 10.5.2 Update

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:47:11 +0000

If your workflow is a finder plug-in, and begins with “Get Selected Finder Item”, delete that initial step. Once it is removed, the start up speed will be acceptable again.

Apparently “Get Selected Finder Item” is inserted by Automator at run-time, and there are issues if that item is also present at the beginning of a finder plug-in.

By: DANDRE

DANDRE — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:07:36 +0000

Likewise, I’ve had the same issue. Any fix for the sluggishness?

By: Gerhard Schoenthal

Gerhard Schoenthal — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:18:43 +0000

Hi, I have had these same problems. Did you ever find a fix? Thanks, Gerhard

By: Spinnetti

Spinnetti — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:04:17 +0000

I'm just a novice user, and did a number of context menu items under tiger, but went kinda south under Leopard. Scripts are dead slow to launch, and are buried under more menu items in a very un-mac way.

Any way to get my speed back (scripts take like 20 seconds to even begin to start)
Any way to pull my context menu extension back up to the root hierarchy?

Thanks...