Used Automator to automatically insert file path; now "~a" is substituted with "ã"

Solution 1:

I found a way to fix this!

This automation doesn‘t work like copy and paste. It "mocks" the user and "presses" the exact keys as in the string. On my keyboard, when I press ⌥N and then A, I get "ã". However, when I press ⌥N and then Space and THEN "A", I get "~a". So the solution is to add a space after the ~:

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "/Users/johnappleseed/Library/Mobile Documents/com~ apple~CloudDocs/University"
    return input
end run

Used Automator to automatically insert file path; now "~a" is substituted with "ã"

Solution 1:

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