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| [[Macro Groups]] allow you to organize your macros. Think of them as folders of macros. Each Macro Group controls when the macros it contains are active. A [[Macros|Macro]] is made of two parts: a set of [[Macro Triggers|Triggers]] you choose to determine when the macro is executed and a list of [[Macro Actions|Actions]] that define what the macro does when it is executed. | [[Macro Groups]] allow you to organize your macros. Think of them as folders of macros. Each Macro Group controls when the macros it contains are active. A [[Macros|Macro]] is made of two parts: a set of [[Macro Triggers|Triggers]] you choose to determine when the macro is executed and a list of [[Macro Actions|Actions]] that define what the macro does when it is executed. | ||
| - | By creating macros, you can customize your Mac to suit your use, streamline tedious tasks, and remove opportunities for mistakes by automating repetitive jobs. Make stubbornly difficult applications behave the way you want them to; press a key and have the computer do the next minute worth of tedious tasks for you; type a few characters and have a page full of boilerplate text appear; and so much more. Soon you'll wonder how you could have used your Mac without Keyboard Maestro. | + | By creating macros, you can customize your Mac to suit your use, streamline tedious tasks, and remove opportunities for mistakes by automating repetitive jobs. Make stubbornly difficult applications behave the way you want them to; press a key and have the computer do the next minute worth of tedious tasks for you; type a few characters and have a page full of boilerplate text appear; and so much more. Soon you’ll wonder how you could have used your Mac without Keyboard Maestro. |
| Here are some of the primary features of Keyboard Maestro. | Here are some of the primary features of Keyboard Maestro. | ||
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| * You can [[https://www.stairways.com/action/linkthru?thirdpartyactions|download]] or write your own [[Plug In Actions]]. | * You can [[https://www.stairways.com/action/linkthru?thirdpartyactions|download]] or write your own [[Plug In Actions]]. | ||
| * There are [[:Actions|many, many actions]] covering a broad range of facilities, including: | * There are [[:Actions|many, many actions]] covering a broad range of facilities, including: | ||
| - | * Plug In Third Party Actions | + | * Plug In Third Party Actions. |
| - | * Application Control actions to launch, activate, quit, show, hide, etc, applications. | + | * Application Control actions to launch, activate, quit, show, hide, etcetera, applications. |
| - | * Clipboard actions to set, read, delete, style, filter, search, replace, etc clipboards. | + | * Clipboard actions to set, read, delete, style, filter, search, replace, etcetera clipboards. |
| * Control Flow actions to pause, loop, test conditions, process sets of items, and more. | * Control Flow actions to pause, loop, test conditions, process sets of items, and more. | ||
| - | * Debugger actions to breakpoint, pause, step over, step into, etc, while debugging macros. | + | * Debugger actions to breakpoint, pause, step over, step into, etcetera, while debugging macros. |
| * Execute AppleScripts, shell scripts, JavaScript (for Automation or in Safari/Chrome) and more. | * Execute AppleScripts, shell scripts, JavaScript (for Automation or in Safari/Chrome) and more. | ||
| * Read, write, trash, duplicate, append files, or get or set information about them. | * Read, write, trash, duplicate, append files, or get or set information about them. | ||
| * Safari/Chrome actions to work with the front web page, filling forms. | * Safari/Chrome actions to work with the front web page, filling forms. | ||
| * Image actions to find, capture, read, write, crop, annotate, or display images. | * Image actions to find, capture, read, write, crop, annotate, or display images. | ||
| - | * Interface actions to move or resize windows, click the mouse, type keystrokes, press buttons, etc. | + | * Interface actions to move or resize windows, click the mouse, type keystrokes, press buttons, etcetera. |
| * iTunes actions to play tracks, fast forward, rewind, change the volume and more. | * iTunes actions to play tracks, fast forward, rewind, change the volume and more. | ||
| - | * Actions to control Keyboard Maestro itself, enabling or disabling macros, showing and hiding palettes, etc. | + | * Actions to control Keyboard Maestro itself, enabling or disabling macros, showing and hiding palettes, etcetera. |
| * MIDI actions to send notes, control changes, or arbitrary packets. | * MIDI actions to send notes, control changes, or arbitrary packets. | ||
| - | * Send notifications via email, SMS, iMessage, notification center, sounds, alerts, etc. | + | * Send notifications via email, SMS, iMessage, notification center, sounds, alerts, etcetera. |
| * Open files, folders, URLs, system preferences, even 1Password bookmarks. | * Open files, folders, URLs, system preferences, even 1Password bookmarks. | ||
| * QuickTime player actions to play movies, step forward or backward and more. | * QuickTime player actions to play movies, step forward or backward and more. | ||
| * Actions to launch applications, select windows, or switch clipboards. | * Actions to launch applications, select windows, or switch clipboards. | ||
| - | * Sleep, restart or shut down your Mac, Fast User Switch, log out, change brightness or volume, etc. | + | * Sleep, restart or shut down your Mac, Fast User Switch, log out, change brightness or volume, etcetera. |
| * Type or paste strings, speak text, work with variables or dictionaries. | * Type or paste strings, speak text, work with variables or dictionaries. | ||
| * Perform calculations, prompt for information, read or write passwords from the Keychain and more. | * Perform calculations, prompt for information, read or write passwords from the Keychain and more. | ||
| - | * Web actions to search the web, download files, remotely trigger actions, etc. | + | * Web actions to search the web, download files, remotely trigger actions, etcetera. |
| Basically, if you can do it yourself, Keyboard Maestro can probably do it for you. | Basically, if you can do it yourself, Keyboard Maestro can probably do it for you. | ||
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| * Optionally hide other applications. | * Optionally hide other applications. | ||
| * Optionally always hide other applications. | * Optionally always hide other applications. | ||
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