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| ==== Keyboard Maestro editor ==== | ==== Keyboard Maestro editor ==== | ||
| - | The Keyboard~~Maestro application is the editor. It lets you create and modify macros and configure preferences. You use it only when you want to make changes and then you quit it. It does not always need to be running. Whenever you launch Keyboard~~Maestro, it also launches the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine which continues running until you log out (you can, and should, have the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine launched automatically when you login by enabling the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the [[Windows#Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]]). | + | The Keyboard~~Maestro application is the editor. It lets you create and modify macros and configure preferences which are stored on your local Mac. You use it only when you want to make changes and then you quit it. It does not always need to be running. Whenever you launch Keyboard~~Maestro, it also launches the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine which continues running until you log out (you can, and should, have the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine launched automatically when you login by enabling the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the [[Windows#Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]]). |
| ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ==== | ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ==== | ||
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| You can also trigger a macro when you login or when your Mac sleeps or wakes or goes idle, at a specific time or on a specific day, when an application launches, activates or quits, by executing a script, or remotely using a web browser or iPhone or our trigger server. And you can trigger a macro when something changes, like a volume being mounted or unmounted, plugging in headphones, connecting a monitor, a USB device, or to a wireless network. | You can also trigger a macro when you login or when your Mac sleeps or wakes or goes idle, at a specific time or on a specific day, when an application launches, activates or quits, by executing a script, or remotely using a web browser or iPhone or our trigger server. And you can trigger a macro when something changes, like a volume being mounted or unmounted, plugging in headphones, connecting a monitor, a USB device, or to a wireless network. | ||
| - | A Trigger will only execute the macro if the Macro~~Group and Macro are enabled and currently active. You create Triggers by creating or editing a Macro and clicking the green BUTTON{{{⊕}}} button near the top of the macro detail view. | + | A Trigger will only execute the macro if the Macro~~Group and Macro are enabled and currently active. You create Triggers by creating or editing a Macro and clicking the green BUTTON{{{+}}} button near the top of the macro detail view. |
| ==== Actions ==== | ==== Actions ==== | ||
manual/Quick_Start.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/26 03:22 by peternlewis
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