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 ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ==== ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ====
  
-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, iPhone 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 [[Windows#​Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]].+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 receiving clipboards, displays palettes, and, of course, executes your Macros. It should be running at all times, so we recommend you enable the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the [[Windows#​Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]].
  
 ==== Macro Groups ==== ==== Macro Groups ====
  
-Keyboard~~Maestro allow you to organize your Macros into Macro~~Groups which are like folders of macros. Each Macro~~Group controls when the macros it contains are active. A Macro~~Group can target or exclude specific applications,​ which means the macros it contains will only be active in those desired applications. ​for example, you can have macros which are active only in Mail.app, or only in Mail.app when a compose window is open.+Keyboard~~Maestro allow you to organize your Macros into Macro~~Groups which are like folders of macros. Each Macro~~Group controls when the macros it contains are active. A Macro~~Group can target or exclude specific applications,​ which means the macros it contains will only be active in those desired applications. ​For example, you can have macros which are active only in Mail.app, or only in Mail.app when a compose window is open.
  
-A Macro~~Group can also act as a container for specific-use macros which are enabled only when you specifically activate them. For example, you could create a Macro~~Group containing macros that resized or repositioned windows using the arrow keys, but those macros would only be active after the Hot~~Key was pressed so that the arrow keys could be used normally at other times.+A Macro~~Group can also act as a container for specific-use macros which are enabled only when you specifically activate them. For example, you could create a Macro~~Group containing macros that resized or repositioned windows using the arrow keys, but those macros would only be active after a specific ​Hot~~Key was pressed so that the arrow keys could be used normally at other times.
  
 Macro~~Groups can be displayed as palettes, allowing you to create your own custom toolbars which can be configured with a variety of themes. Macro~~Groups can be displayed as palettes, allowing you to create your own custom toolbars which can be configured with a variety of themes.
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 ==== Actions ==== ==== Actions ====
  
-When a Macro is Triggered it executes a list of [[Macro Actions|Actions]]. Keyboard~~Maestro performs each of the Actions in order. There are a wide variety of Actions allowing you to control applications,​ simulate user interface events like key presses, mouse clicks and menu selections, work with files or images, control your Mac or the clipboard, or display a variety of powerful switchers (Application,​ Window, Clipboard and Clipboard History Switchers). You can also execute a script (AppleScript,​ Java, Swift, shell Script or Automator Workflow) or even download or create your own custom plug in actions. You create Actions by creating or editing a Macro and clicking the BUTTON{{{+}}} button to display available actions, or by clicking on the Record button and performing the action while Keyboard~~Maestro records your actions to your Macro.+When a Macro is Triggered it executes a list of [[Macro Actions|Actions]]. Keyboard~~Maestro performs each of the Actions in order. There are a wide variety of Actions allowing you to control applications,​ simulate user interface events like key presses, mouse clicks and menu selections, work with files or images, control your Mac or the clipboard, or display a variety of powerful switchers (Application,​ Window, Clipboard and Clipboard History Switchers). You can also execute a script (AppleScript,​ Java, Swift, shell Script or Automator Workflow) or even download or create your own custom plug in actions. ​There are [[:​Actions|many,​ many more actions]], so if you can do it yourself, Keyboard Maestro can probably do it for you.  ​You create Actions by creating or editing a Macro and clicking the BUTTON{{{+}}} button to display available actions, or by clicking on the Record button and performing the action while Keyboard~~Maestro records your actions to your Macro.
  
manual/Quick_Start.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/26 03:22 by peternlewis