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I'm trying to create a simple Folder Action with Automator (on macOS Sierra 10.12.2) that watches a folder for PDF files and convert these to TXT files and save it to a subfolder. The problem is that the selected subfolder is not being stored. When I hit save and open the action again, the subfolder is set to its default Desktop.
This is how it looks like when I hit save. When I close Automator, open it again and select this recent action, Save Output to is set to Desktop.
This seems to be a bug with Automator, as I can reproduce the same problem.
The workaround is to have Automator move the file to your desired destination after the text is extracted. Just add the Move Finder Items action (sorry, I'm not sure of the exact french translation) after the Extract action, and set it to your desired directory.
yes use the action "Ask for Folder Contents" (i hope its called like that on an English OS - I'm currently on a German one there it is called "Ordnerinhalt abfragen"), there you can say if you also wanna use subfolders or not.
I added a demo workflow for you.
Best Answer
Seems to be a known bug that hasn't been resolved since 2012:
How to extract the text of a PDF document with Automator, and save it in a directory