https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ 2026-05-22T09:27:39+00:00 https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2023-09-20T07:25:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/HOUR?rev=1695194703&do=diff HOUR Function The HOUR([unixtime]) function returns the hour (0-23) in the local time zone, either the current hour, or the hour of the specified unixtime. HOUR() === the current hour HOUR( unixtime ) === the hour of the unix time See Also Actions * Filter (Process Text Tokens) text/html 2023-06-20T06:44:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Dates_and_Times?rev=1687243454&do=diff Dates and Times Keyboard Maestro offers a very full featured set of date and time tokens, formats, and calculations. Date/Time tokens are like text expansion codes that return date/time values as text in the specified format. Examples 1. Get Current Date/Time The most commonly used token is for returning the current date/time in the format you like:>*> text/html 2025-03-27T05:08:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Cron?rev=1743052136&do=diff Cron Trigger The Cron trigger (v8+) lets you execute a macro periodically while you are logged in. The Cron format lets you specify when a trigger will fire based on the time of day and and day of month and week. The times are set using 5 (or 6) space separated fields, representing the text/html 2026-02-07T07:29:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Time_of_Day?rev=1770449390&do=diff Time of Day Trigger The Time of Day trigger lets you execute a Macro at a certain time of day on certain days of the week. You could use a trigger like this to set up your Mac environment before arriving at work, run periodic maintenance or backup scripts late on the weekend, or launch iChat for your weekly video conference. text/html 2025-09-09T19:14:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/wiki/syntax?rev=1757445258&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing text/html 2023-09-20T07:08:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Style_Guide?rev=1695193726&do=diff Style Guide This Style Guide will document stylistic conventions to be followed on this wiki. Unlike the forum or other places, the wiki represents an relatively official view of Stairways Software and Keyboard Maestro (subject to the fact that is not actually moderated only by Stairways Software). As such, it needs to be somewhat more formal. text/html 2023-09-20T07:23:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/unixtime?rev=1695194592&do=diff UnixTime UnixTime (also known as POSIX time or Epoch time) is a system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970. It is used or returned by a number of text/html 2025-02-04T03:49:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Videos?rev=1738640972&do=diff Video Tutorials This page will link to a variety of tutorial videos. David “MacSparky” Sparks Keyboard Maestro Field Guide David Sparks has released his much anticipated Keyboard Maestro Field Guide with over four hours of video separated into 76 videos in 8 sections covering a broad range of Keyboard Maestro facilities, full of “heaps of dangerous knowledge, tricks, and hacks to make your Mac dance”. text/html 2023-10-29T06:53:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Create_Calendar_Event?rev=1698562408&do=diff Create Calendar Event The Create Calendar Event action (v11.0+) allows you to create a calendar event. [ Create Calendar Event Action ] Choose a name for the entry and the calendar to add it to. (i) If you see not calendars, then you probably have not enabled the Keyboard Maestro Engine in the Calendars system security permission. If you see one calendar, then (in Sonoma and later) you probably need to enable Full Calendar Permission Option in the system security permissions. text/html 2023-09-20T07:31:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/TIME?rev=1695195106&do=diff TIME Function The TIME() function returns the time in unixtime, being seconds since the start of 1970 GMT. TIME() === NOW() === the current unix time (GMT). TIME( year, month, day ) === the unix time of the start of the year/month/day (GMT). TIME( year, month, day, hour, minute, second ) === the unix time of the specified moment (GMT). text/html 2025-09-12T07:02:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_Shell_Script?rev=1757660559&do=diff Execute a Shell Script The Execute a Shell Script action executes a specified shell script using /bin/sh, either from a file or from the script embedded in the action. Important: * It is best to always specify the language using the #! at the front of the script. text/html 2019-07-04T06:56:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Pause?rev=1562223393&do=diff Pause The Pause action pauses for a number of seconds. You may enter a calculation for the number of seconds. Enter the number or calculation in the Pause for text area. [ Pause Action ] You can pause for a number of hundredths of a second, seconds, minutes or hours (seconds only prior to v9.0). text/html 2023-09-20T07:18:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/DAY?rev=1695194294&do=diff DAY Function The DAY([unixtime]) function returns the day of the month (1-31), either the current day, or the day of the specified unixtime. DAY() === the current day DAY( unixtime ) === the day of the month of the unix time Unix Time (also known as POSIX time or Epoch time) is a system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970 text/html 2023-09-20T07:23:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/DOW?rev=1695194638&do=diff DOW Function The DOW([unixtime]) function returns the day of the week (1=Sunday, 7=Saturday) component from the current time or an optional unixtime. See Also Actions * Filter (Process Text Tokens) * See all Actions Functions * YEAR * MONTH * DAY * DOW * HOUR * MINUTE * SECOND * TIME * See all Functions Tokens text/html 2023-09-20T04:33:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/JD?rev=1695184401&do=diff JD Function The JD() function returns the JulianDate. JD() === the current JulianDate JD( year, month, day ) === the JulianDate of the start of the year/month/day JD( year, month, day, hour, minute, second ) === the JulianDate of the specified moment See Also text/html 2023-09-20T07:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/MINUTE?rev=1695194699&do=diff MINUTE Function The MINUTE([unixtime]) function returns the minutes (0-59) in the local time zone, either the current minutes, or the minutes of the specified unixtime. MINUTE() === the current minutes MINUTE( unixtime ) === the minutes of the unix time See Also text/html 2023-09-20T06:33:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/MJD?rev=1695191614&do=diff MJD Function The MJD() function returns the MJD (Modified Julian Date). MJD() === the current Modified Julian Date MJD( year, month, day ) === the Modified Julian Date of the start of the year/month/day MJD( year, month, day, hour, minute, second ) === the Modified Julian Date of the specified moment text/html 2023-09-20T07:18:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/MONTH?rev=1695194282&do=diff MONTH Function The MONTH([unixtime]) function returns the month (1-12), either the current month, or the month of the specified unixtime. MONTH() === the current month MONTH( unixtime ) === the month of the unix time See Also Actions * Filter (Process Text Tokens) text/html 2023-09-20T07:30:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/NOW?rev=1695195020&do=diff NOW Function The NOW function returns the current time in unixtime, being seconds since the start of 1970 GMT. NOW() === TIME() == the current unix time It is the same as TIME(). See Also Actions * Filter (Process Text Tokens) * See all Actions Functions * YEAR * MONTH * DAY * DOW * HOUR * text/html 2023-09-20T07:25:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/SECOND?rev=1695194752&do=diff SECOND Function The SECOND([unixtime]) function returns the seconds (0-59) in the local time zone, either the current seconds, or the seconds of the specified unixtime. SECOND() === the current seconds SECOND( unixtime ) === the seconds of the unix time See Also text/html 2023-09-20T07:17:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/function/YEAR?rev=1695194260&do=diff YEAR Function The YEAR([unixtime]) function returns the year, either the current year, or the year of the specified unixtime. YEAR() === the current year YEAR( unixtime ) === the year of the unix time See Also Actions * Filter (Process Text Tokens) * See all Actions Functions text/html 2023-10-06T06:28:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/manual/Plug_In_Actions?rev=1696573704&do=diff Plug In Actions You can develop custom Macro Actions using a facility known as Plug In Actions. After you install a Plug In Action in your local Keyboard Maestro Support folder, you can use them like the built-in Actions. Third Party Plug In Actions You can download Plug In Actions developed by others from these sources: text/html 2025-01-22T03:51:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/manual/Search_Strings?rev=1737517906&do=diff Search Strings Search Strings are filters which, in addition to the text you type, can include qualifiers that may be applied to searches for Macros and Actions in: * The Keyboard Maestro Editor search field. * A Smart Group. * A Trigger Macro by Name action. Keyboard Maestro will search for the text you type, and all of the below qualifiers that you specify, for matches in your list of macros. Each word is searched for separately (and in any order) unless you quote a phrase. text/html 2023-01-03T05:19:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/token/ICUDateTime?rev=1672723184&do=diff ICU Date/Time Tokens The %ICUDateTime%, %ICUDateTimePlus%, %ICUDateTimeMinus% and %ICUDateTimeFor% tokens return the a date formatted in a specific format. More details are provided in the Dates and Times article. Required Parameters for ICUDateTime Tokens The parameters are specified between text/html 2025-03-27T05:11:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Periodic?rev=1743052280&do=diff Periodic Trigger The Periodic trigger lets you execute a macro at specified intervals while you are logged in. The Period of the trigger can be set as follows: * Interval of seconds, minutes or hours. * Limit to a certain portion of the day, or on particular days of the week.