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 (i) NOTE: Keyboard Maestro references to files or applications that exist on one Mac and not the other will likely cause problems, so you should ensure any application you reference on one Mac is available at the same path on both Macs. (i) NOTE: Keyboard Maestro references to files or applications that exist on one Mac and not the other will likely cause problems, so you should ensure any application you reference on one Mac is available at the same path on both Macs.
  
-On the Mac that currently has your macros, choose the [[Menus#​Start_Syncing_Macros|File ➤ Start Syncing Macros menu]]. ​ **Read the text carefully**,​ and then click the BUTTON{{{Create New}}} button. ​ Save your existing macros in the macro sync file in your shared location. ​ From now on, Keyboard Maestro will sync any changes to/from that file.+On the Mac that currently has your macros, choose the [[Menus#​Start_Syncing_Macros|File ➤ Start Syncing Macros menu]]. ​ **Read the text carefully**,​ and then click the BUTTON{{{Create~~New}}} button. ​ Save your existing macros in the macro sync file in your shared location. ​ From now on, Keyboard Maestro will sync any changes to/from that file.
  
-Wait for the file to be mirrored to the second/​target Mac.  On that second Mac, choose the [[Menus#​Start_Syncing_Macros|File ➤ Start Syncing Macros menu]]. Again, **read the text carefully**,​ and then click the BUTTON{{{Open Existing}}} button.+Wait for the file to be mirrored to the second/​target Mac.  On that second Mac, choose the [[Menus#​Start_Syncing_Macros|File ➤ Start Syncing Macros menu]]. Again, **read the text carefully**,​ and then click the BUTTON{{{Open~~Existing}}} button.
  
-(!) **WARNING: All of the existing macros on this second Mac will be destroyed when you click the BUTTON{{{Open Existing}}} button.** ​ If you have any macros on the second Mac that you wish to preserve, export them first, and then after syncing is enabled, import them (and they will then be synced to your other Macs).+(!) **WARNING: All of the existing macros on this second Mac will be destroyed when you click the BUTTON{{{Open~~Existing}}} button.** ​ If you have any macros on the second Mac that you wish to preserve, export them first, and then after syncing is enabled, import them (and they will then be synced to your other Macs).
  
 Select the mirrored sync file.  **Your existing macros will be replaced with the macros from your first Mac.** Select the mirrored sync file.  **Your existing macros will be replaced with the macros from your first Mac.**
manual/Macro_Syncing.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/29 04:16 by peternlewis