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--- Frequently_Asked_Questions [2025/07/04 07:37] – [How can I select Status Menus?] peternlewis
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 ==== How do I get started? ====
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 Also, Sequoia tends to re-request Screen Monitoring permissions periodically which may be a nuisance, and for headless or unattended Macs may be a serious problem.
+==== Is Keyboard Maestro compatible with Tahoe? ====
+Yes, Keyboard Maestro version 11 is fully compatible with Tahoe. In fact, Keyboard Maestro versions going back as far as version 4.x still work fine on Tahoe.
+Tahoe seems to have some sort of bug with where it places status menus, so they may move around or have gaps between them. Hopefully Apple will resolve the issue promptly.
+The Tesseract OCR library that Keyboard Maestro uses frequently fails with a memory corruption in Sequoia, and likely in Tahoe too (unverified). It is unlikely we will be able to fix this, however the Apple Text Recognition supported by recent versions of Keyboard Maestro generally works better in most cases. Note that it currently supports English-only, so if you use OCR on non-English text, this may be a problem for you.
+Similar to previous versions it is likely there are endless little niggles in the security system which may cause issues when first getting Keyboard Maestro permission.
+Also, Tahoe tends to re-request Screen Monitoring permissions periodically which may be a nuisance, and for headless or unattended Macs may be a serious problem.
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 Selecting status menu items (sometimes known as menu bar items) is difficult primarily because there is no easy way of specifying them - they don't have names so it is hard to identify them.
-You can use a Click at Found Image, although even that can be difficult as they often animate or change icons based on various states.  If the icon does not animate or change state (or has a known state when you want to select from it), then this can be a good solution, clicking to open the menu and then followed by Insert Text by Typing "Menu Name%Return%"
+You can use a [[action:Move_or_Click_Mouse|Click at Found Image]], although even that can be difficult as they often animate or change icons based on various states.  If the icon does not animate or change state (or has a known state when you want to select from it), then this can be a good solution, clicking to open the menu and then followed by [[action:Insert_Text_by_Typing|Insert Text by Typing]] "Menu Name%Return%"
 To click relative to an image, you use the Mouse Click action, configure it to be relative to a found image, and take a screenshot of the desired area of the screen using Command-Control-Shift-4, and paste it into the image well on the action.  The image has to be unique (which includes not being visible in the action if the image is small enough not to be shrunk in the image well) otherwise Keyboard Maestro will not know where to click.  The Display option in the action will allow you to see where Keyboard Maestro is matching.
+You may also be able to use AppleScript to click the menu bar, something like:
+```
+tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adguard"
+	click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
+end tell
+```
 ==== How should I name my variables? ====
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 You can learn more about regular expressions in various places:
-* The BBEdit or TextWrangler Help has extensive documentation on regular expressions.
+* The BBEdit Help has extensive documentation on regular expressions.
 * gskinner’s [RegExr](http://gskinner.com/RegExr/) provides a live testing field for regular expressions (requires Flash).
 * [Beginning Regular Expressions](http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Regular-Expressions-Programmer/dp/0764574892/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339154441&sr=1-1) book.
 * [Mastering Regular Expressions ](http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Regular-Expressions-Jeffrey-Friedl/dp/0596528124/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339154441&sr=1-2) book.
 * [Regular Expressions Tutorial](http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html) online resource.
+* [Regular Expression 101](https://regex101.com) online regex tester (but note that it has different settings and different flags so just because a regex works there does not mean it will work the same in Keyboard Maestro).
 ==== How can I close the Keyboard Maestro editor window? ====
-You can (v8+) click the close box on the editor window and it will quit the editor for you.
+You can click the close box on the editor window and it will close the editor window.
+If the last window is closed, the editor will quit. The Keyboard Maestro Engine will continue running and processing your macros after you quit the Keyboard Maestro editor. Read the [Quick Start](http://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Quick_Start) for more details about the difference between the editor and the engine.
+Note that while you can have more than one editor window open, it can quickly slow down Keyboard Maestro so it is generally best to only have one editor window open unless you need to refer to two macros at the same time. Also, it is generally a good idea to quit the Keyboard Maestro editor when you are not editing your macros and leave just the Keyboard Maestro Engine running.
-The Keyboard Maestro Engine will continue running and processing your macros after you quit the Keyboard Maestro editor. Read the [Quick Start](http://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Quick_Start) for more details about the difference between the editor and the engine.
 ==== What does Keyboard Maestro use the Contacts for? ====