Does it work when you test run it via the Automator app?
Yes.
It works, but whenever I reboot my Mac Mini (late 2012, running
Sierra 10.12.6) I have to first manually invoke the service by
clicking
Firefox > Services > CalendarLaunch
("CalendarLaunch"being the workflow I created in Automator).
Calendar then launches, I quit it, and then I can invoke it from
then on with Option-a (I changed it from Ctrl-a, which also
worked after I manually start the service).
This really annoying given that this is a computer.
Why do I have to manually start this service for it to then work
with my assigned key combination?
I would like to know how to tweak my system so that I don't
have to first manually start the service.
I want the key-combo to work immediately upon bootup.
Since this is really digging into the machine, I'd appreciate
suggestions, etc., only from those who are really versed
in the innermost workings of Mac's. Unfortunately, I have
been sent on "wild goose chases" by those who are either
well-intended but know too little, or trolls simply bent
on wasting someone's time. In either case, I wasted a lot
of my time trying to make their suggestions work only to
find out later, from a real expert, that their idea could never
work and offered me a real solution.
Many thanks to those who are well-intended, but unless
you really, really KNOW your solution works, with the
latest version of the OS (Sierra 10.12.6) please, thank you,
but please withhold your suggestion.
If you are a troll remember this: what goes around, comes
around. You will always do yourself in.
Looking forward to hearing from a real expert!
Thanks!