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Troubleshooting [2017/09/27 13:01] JMichaelTX [Run-Away Login Macros] add when to use restart opt |
Troubleshooting [2017/10/02 21:19] peternlewis [Secure Input Mode] |
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| - **Cancel _ALL_ Macros** | - **Cancel _ALL_ Macros** | ||
| - | - Hold down <kbd>⌃</kbd><kbd>⌥</kbd><kbd>⇧</kbd> (that's Control-Option-Shift) and click on Keyboard Maestro Status Menu icon in the Apple Menu Bar. | + | - Hold down <kbd>⌃</kbd><kbd>⌥</kbd><kbd>⇧</kbd> (that's Control-Option-Shift) and click on Keyboard Maestro Status Menu icon in the Apple Menu Bar.\\ |
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| - **Launch the Keyboard Maestro Editor app without starting its _Engine_** | - **Launch the Keyboard Maestro Editor app without starting its _Engine_** | ||
| - Hold down <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>⌃</kbd><kbd>⌥</kbd><kbd>⇧</kbd> (that's Cmd-Control-Option-Shift) and click on the _Keyboard Maestro app in the Dock_, or double-click in the _Applications_ folder. | - Hold down <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>⌃</kbd><kbd>⌥</kbd><kbd>⇧</kbd> (that's Cmd-Control-Option-Shift) and click on the _Keyboard Maestro app in the Dock_, or double-click in the _Applications_ folder. | ||
| - This will quit the Keyboard Maestro _Engine_ and start the Keyboard Maestro app _without_ starting its _Engine_. | - This will quit the Keyboard Maestro _Engine_ and start the Keyboard Maestro app _without_ starting its _Engine_. | ||
| - | - Locate the problem Macro, and remove the trigger or disable it | + | - Locate the problem Macro, and remove the trigger or disable it\\ |
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| - **Restart Your Mac in [[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262|Safe Mode]] Without Login Items** | - **Restart Your Mac in [[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262|Safe Mode]] Without Login Items** | ||
| - Use this option if //none of the above work//. | - Use this option if //none of the above work//. | ||
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| And a final new cause for this may be Parallels Version 8, which apparently can interfere with the keyboard event queue and/or hot keys. Restarting Parallels may help. | And a final new cause for this may be Parallels Version 8, which apparently can interfere with the keyboard event queue and/or hot keys. Restarting Parallels may help. | ||
| - | There is a [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/disable-secure-input/2410|forum topic]] on the subject and the Smile Software folks have a [good page](http://smilesoftware.com/textexpander/secureinput.html) on this subject as it affects TextExpander similarly to Keyboard Maestro. | + | There is a [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/disable-secure-input/2410|forum topic]] on the subject and the Smile Software folks have a [good page](http://smilesoftware.com/textexpander/secureinput.html) on this subject as it affects TextExpander similarly to Keyboard Maestro. |
| Note that there is nothing Keyboard Maestro can do to “work around” Secure Input Mode - it is a system security feature that has been erroneously left on. Keyboard Maestro can detect and report it, but it can no more work around the problem that it could bipass any other security features of Mac OS X. | Note that there is nothing Keyboard Maestro can do to “work around” Secure Input Mode - it is a system security feature that has been erroneously left on. Keyboard Maestro can detect and report it, but it can no more work around the problem that it could bipass any other security features of Mac OS X. | ||
Troubleshooting.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/11 00:08 by peternlewis
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