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-====== What is Keyboard Maestro? ====== 
-FIXME -- This is just a first draft. ​ Needs review & input by Peter and other editors. 
  
-  * An extremely powerful, but easy-to-use,​ automation/​integration/​prototyping tool that runs on Mac OS X 
-  * Very useful for both non-programmers and power users who are uncomfortable/​comfortable with almost any scripting 
-  * Allows you to easily create [Macros](/​manual/​Macros),​ a list of [Actions](/​manual/​Macro_Actions),​ that can be [triggered by a wide variety of events](https://​wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/​Triggers),​ like 
-    * hotkeys, 
-    * typed string (text expansion), 
-    * app startup/​shutdown 
-    * login 
-    * Status Menu in the Apple menu bar 
-    * scripts 
-    * and [many, many more](https://​wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/​Triggers). 
-  * For non-programmers,​ Macros can be easily built using drag/drop of Actions. 
-  * Power users can combine the ease of drag/drop orthogonal actions with [powerful integrated scripting](/​manual/​Scripting) using AppleScript,​ JXA, Shell Scripts,​ JavaScript,​ Python, Swift Scripts, and Automator Workflows. 
-  * One of the best supported Mac apps available today 
-    * Extensive help is readily available in the [Keyboard Maestro Forum](https://​forum.keyboardmaestro.com/​) 
-    * The very few bugs that are found are fixed quickly 
-    * Each major release has provided an incredible number of useful new features. ​ See [Version 7](/​manual/​Whats_New) for example. 
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-**Here are some great examples of Keyboard Maestro Macros:** 
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-  * TBD 
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-First draft by [JMichaelTX](https://​forum.keyboardmaestro.com/​users/​jmichaeltx) on Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at   8:07 PM 
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