https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ 2026-05-12T21:42:30+00:00 https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2025-06-30T06:45:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Accessibility_Permission_Problem?rev=1751265950&do=diff Accessibility Permission Problem Accessibility access to control your computer is required to use many features including selecting menu items, manipulating windows, pressing buttons, typed string triggers and the window switcher. You will need to enable Accessibility permissions for both Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine. This is not something Keyboard Maestro can work around - it is a security feature of macOS. text/html 2023-01-13T07:25:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Allow_JavaScript_From_Apple_Events?rev=1673594703&do=diff text/html 2017-03-15T08:34:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Cannot_Communicate_With_Engine?rev=1489566892&do=diff Cannot Communicate With Engine If Keyboard Maestro communicates with the Keyboard Maestro Engine for many facilities. This should never be a problem assuming the Keyboard Maestro Engine is running normally and the system is behaving normally. So if Keyboard Maestro tells you it cannot communicate with the Keyboard Maestro Engine, something has gone wrong. text/html 2022-11-18T06:47:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Contacts_Permission?rev=1668754052&do=diff Contacts Permission Contacts permission allows Keyboard Maestro to read your contacts. This is used for the %AddressBook% token, and also used in the Feedback form to fill in your email address if requested. If you wish to use these tokens you will need to enable the permission for Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine in the System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy, Contacts permissions. text/html 2017-03-17T04:23:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Engine_Not_Launched_At_Login?rev=1489724608&do=diff Engine Not Launched At Login The Keyboard Maestro Engine is a background only application that enables all of Keyboard Maestro’s features. It responds to your Hot Key presses, watches the time, tracks applications and maintains your clipboard history, handles remote web requests and receiving clipboards, and, of course, executes your Macro Actions. It should be running at all times, so we recommend you enable the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the Keyboard Maestro General preference pan… text/html 2017-03-15T08:52:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Engine_Not_Running?rev=1489567945&do=diff Engine Not Running The Keyboard Maestro Engine is a background only application that enables all of Keyboard Maestro’s features. It responds to your Hot Key presses, watches the time, tracks applications and maintains your clipboard history, handles remote web requests and receiving clipboards, and, of course, executes your Macro Actions. It should be running at all times, so we recommend you enable the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the Keyboard Maestro General preference pane. text/html 2017-03-16T06:46:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Disabled?rev=1489646777&do=diff Macro Disabled A macro must be enabled for it to be triggered. If it is disabled, it will not run no matter what the trigger is. You can enable or disable macros by selecting them and clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button at the bottom of the Macro column text/html 2017-03-16T06:46:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Group_Disabled?rev=1489646811&do=diff Macro Group Disabled A macro group must be enabled for any of the macros it contains to be triggered. If it is disabled, the macros it contains will not run no matter what their trigger is. You can enable or disable macro groups by selecting them and clicking the text/html 2017-03-16T06:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Group_Inactive?rev=1489646749&do=diff Macro Group Inactive A macro group must be active for any of the macros it contains to be triggered. If it is inactive, the macros it contains will not run no matter what their trigger is. You control when a macro group is active by editing it, which you can do by double clicking on its entry in the Macro Group column (or just clicking on it if you are in Edit mode already). text/html 2017-03-16T06:50:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Has_No_Actions?rev=1489647008&do=diff Macro Has No Actions A macro that has no actions will not do anything even if you trigger it. You will need to add some actions to the macro by editing it. Double click on the macro in the Macro column to edit it (or just click on it if you are already in Edit mode). text/html 2017-03-16T07:08:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Has_No_Enabled_Actions?rev=1489648106&do=diff Macro Has No Enabled Actions A macro that has no enabled actions will not do anything even if you trigger it. If your macro has actions, but they are all disabled, it will still not do anything. You can enable or disable actions by editing the macro (double click on the macro in the text/html 2017-03-20T09:03:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Macro_Has_No_Triggers?rev=1490000631&do=diff Macro Has No Triggers A macro that has no triggers can still be executed in a number of indirect ways, such as via the Execute a Macro action, via AppleScript or a Palette or the web server. So it is not required to have a trigger, however if you have no explicit trigger you will not be able to trigger the macro directly. That is fine, if that is your intention, but if you are expecting to manually trigger the macro you will probably want to add a trigger to it. text/html 2019-05-27T14:04:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Post_to_Forum?rev=1558965893&do=diff Post to Forum If you are having a problem with creating or using a macro, the best place to get an answer is the Keyboard Maestro Forum. For the best change to get a positive result, please post as much details as you can, including: * A good descriptive subject (eg “How to get Preview to Print?”, not “ text/html 2021-10-13T01:55:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Screen_Recording_Permission?rev=1634090110&do=diff Screen Recording Permission Screen Recording permission allows Keyboard Maestro to capture the image on your screen or in windows. This is used for actions like Find Image on Screen or Screen Capture. If you wish to use these actions in macOS Catalina or later you will need to enable the permission for Keyboard Maestro Engine in the System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy, Screen Recording permissions. text/html 2024-08-13T03:07:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Secure_Input_Problem?rev=1723518468&do=diff Secure Input Problem macOS will not let applications watch the keyboard when you are in a password field (to prevent hackers getting hold of your passwords). However, the system can sometimes get into a state where it thinks it is permanently in a password fields. There are many possible culprits for this but almost anything that asks for a password could cause the problem (eg, web password fields, web password managers, VPN connections, Mail, Parallels, etc). Quitting the appropriate affected … text/html 2019-01-23T02:30:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Translocation_Problem?rev=1548210632&do=diff Translocation Problem In macOS Sierra, Apple added a strange security feature called App Translocation (sometimes known as Gatekeeper Path Randomization) which means that after downloading an application, if you do not move the resulting application somewhere (anywhere!), with the Finder (you must use the Finder!), the application will be run as if it is located at a randomly chosen path by the system. The consequence of this is that Launch Engine at Login will not work (because the Keyboard Ma… text/html 2024-09-16T07:05:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/assistance/Web_Browser_Automation?rev=1726470335&do=diff Web Browser Automation Keyboard Maestro can control Safari (or Safari-like browsers like Safari Technology Preview) or Google Chrome (or Chrome-like browsers like Chrome Canary) using Browser Window Actions or Browser Form Actions. In order to control the browser, Keyboard Maestro needs Automation permission for the browser, and the browser needs to be configured to Allow JavaScript From Apple Events.