AppleScript fails on local variables in the operating system
AppleScript cannot read or set local or instance Keyboard Maestro variables on the operating system Golden Gate, failing with error -1708.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
65 public reports · first reported 23 September 2026 · last reported 1 October 2026
What's going wrong
Keyboard Maestro users on the operating system Golden Gate report that AppleScript actions stop working once they read or write local or instance variables.
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