Mac General Actions

Mac general actions are a category of RPA actions that handle system level interactions, such as open file or save file dialogs that are common to your Mac operating system.

Since macOS currently only supports web automation, these actions enable the bot to handle the native system dialogs that pop up during a web workflow, such as when you need to select, upload, or save a file to your system.

Supported RPA Agent Platforms : Mac

Available Actions

Open file dialog

This action opens the "Open" dialog window, which allows the bot to browse the mac's file system and select a file for a web-based action.

Example: We can use this action when a web portal requires an upload, such as selecting a CSV file from your downloads folder or uploading a file to your cloud drive.

Configuration

Variable name: The output variable that stores the selected file's path and name. You can use this variable to reference the file in subsequent actions of your workflow.

Folder path: The location of the folder containing the file you want to open. You can manually enter the path or use the browse icon to select the folder directly from your system.

File name: The name of the file you want to select or upload from the specified folder.

Save file dialog

This action opens the save file dialog window, allowing the bot to specify the location and file name when downloading or saving the a file to your local machine.

Example: You can use this action when downloading a report from a web portal or saving a backup file from your cloud application to a specific folder on your system.

Note : To ensure the automation can successfully interact with the save process, you must enable the browser setting: Ask where to download files every time.

To configure this setting, copy and paste the specific link below into the corresponding automation browser's address bar:

Chrome: chrome://settings/downloads

Edge: edge://settings/downloads

Ulaa: ulaa://preferences/#/downloads

Firefox: about:preferences#downloads

Configuration

Variable name: The output variable that stores the selected file's path and name. You can use this variable to reference the file in subsequent actions of your workflow.

Folder path: The location of the folder where you want to save the file. You can manually enter the path or use the browse icon to select the destination folder directly from your system.

File name: The location of the folder where you want to save the file. You can manually enter the path or use the browse icon to select the destination folder directly from your system.

If document already exists: If the file you're saving already exists, select the appropriate action from the following options:

Do not replace. Save as {filename(1)}: This option will save the file as a new version with an incremental number appended to the original filename, starting with 1. For example, if the original filename is "myfile.txt," the new file would be saved as "myfile(1).txt."

Replace file: This option will overwrite the existing file with the new file.

Do not save: This option will not save the file and will discard any changes you have made.