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Frequently_Asked_Questions [2017/09/19 09:55] peternlewis [How can I close the Keyboard Maestro editor window?] |
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| * If you purchased Keyboard Maestro directly after March 1 2017 you have received a free upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 8. | * If you purchased Keyboard Maestro directly after March 1 2017 you have received a free upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 8. | ||
| - | * If you purchased Keyboard Maestro 7, you can upgrade for $18 until 19 November 2017. | + | * If you own any previous version of Keyboard Maestro, you can upgrade for $25. |
| - | * If you own any version of Keyboard Maestro, you can upgrade for $25. | + | |
| * If you purchased Keyboard Maestro from the Mac App Store, you can convert your license to a direct license, and then you can upgrade for $25. | * If you purchased Keyboard Maestro from the Mac App Store, you can convert your license to a direct license, and then you can upgrade for $25. | ||
| * Otherwise you can purchase a new version for $36. | * Otherwise you can purchase a new version for $36. | ||
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| ==== Is Keyboard Maestro compatible with High Sierra? ==== | ==== Is Keyboard Maestro compatible with High Sierra? ==== | ||
| - | We believe Keyboard Maestro is fully compatible with High Sierra. | + | Keyboard Maestro is fully compatible with High Sierra, however for some small set of people the Keyboard Maestro Engine can sometimes crash after sleep. This crash appears to be a memory corruption issue, and it is unclear whether the memory corruption is caused by Keyboard Maestro or by the OS X system software or some other software. Unfortunately so far efforts to track down this crash have not found a cause. Relaunching the Keyboard Maestro Engine (by launching Keyboard Maestro or by selecting File ➤ Launch Engine) will restart the engine and allow the macros to be processed. |
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| - | There is an issue with old Color Pickers which may cause the editor to crash on launch. | + | |
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| - | Other than that, Keyboard Maestro 7.3.1 and 8.x have no issues that we know of with High Sierra. | + | |
| ==== Reporting a bug ==== | ==== Reporting a bug ==== | ||
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| If possible, you should avoid using mouse click actions. They tend to be very fragile, easily broken by subtle changes to the system or applications. And they also require the screen to be in the expected state, so you usually need to add a Pause action before them to ensure the item they are clicking on is where it is expected to be. | If possible, you should avoid using mouse click actions. They tend to be very fragile, easily broken by subtle changes to the system or applications. And they also require the screen to be in the expected state, so you usually need to add a Pause action before them to ensure the item they are clicking on is where it is expected to be. | ||
| - | That said, there are two easy ways to get the screen coordinates for a mouse click. | + | That said, there are two easy ways to get the screen coordinates for a mouse click. |
| The first is to simply record the click. Turn on recording in Keyboard Maestro, go to where you want to be, wait a could seconds for the screen to be stabilised so the click will be relative to the front window, and click. Turn off recording, delete any extraneously recorded actions and you have your coordinates. | The first is to simply record the click. Turn on recording in Keyboard Maestro, go to where you want to be, wait a could seconds for the screen to be stabilised so the click will be relative to the front window, and click. Turn off recording, delete any extraneously recorded actions and you have your coordinates. | ||
Frequently_Asked_Questions.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/30 23:32 by peternlewis
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