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Pause Until Action

The Pause Until action pauses until criteria for conditions are met.

By default (v11.0+) Keyboard Maestro will start to conserve CPU usage of this action if it runs for a long time (after 10 seconds it will conserve a little, after 60 seconds it will conserve a lot) by only checking the condition periodically. You can turn off this feature in the action (gear) ⚙ menu.

Fields on the Pause Until Action

Criteria for condition(s)

  • Any of the following are true — at least one condition must be true.
  • All of the following are true — every condition must be true.
  • None of the following are true — no condition is true.
  • Not all of the following are true — at least one condition must be false.

Conditions

  • Add one or more new conditions by clicking the green + button beside New Condition to select from a list of available conditions.
  • Conditions are grouped by the following categories. See the Conditions section for further details.
  • After selecting a condition category you can make further choices. For example, if you choose the Application Condition you can choose a specific application to be running, or at the front, and so on.
  • Add further conditions by clicking the green + button again.

List of Available Conditions

Examples

1. Pause Until the “Finder” app is at front, and the key is pressed.

2. Pause Until the Mouse Is Clicked

For a discussion or other approaches, see this Forum Post.

See Also

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action/Pause_Until.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/15 05:04 by peternlewis