![]() ![]() For example, there’s no built-in function for ticking a checkbox. And in some instances, Keyboard Maestro doesn’t provide a way to do what you want. To do it effectively, you must spend time inspecting page elements to identify exactly what you’re trying to interact with. That doesn’t mean, however, that creating the underlying macro is always easy. For example, when you take your MacBook to work and log on to the office Wi-Fi network, a macro can mount a local server volume and changes the default printer to the one across the hall. Similarly, you can have Keyboard Maestro fire off a macro whenever you connect to a particular wireless network. Or when you jack in a USB thumb drive, a macro launches that copies its contents to a folder on your Mac’s startup drive. For example, you might arrange that when you plug in a scanner, your scanning utility launches and then scans, saves, and prints your document. You can now configure a macro to execute when you plug in or disconnect a particular USB device. The cake itself has been enriched in welcome ways. These niceties are all great to have, but they’re features I’d classify as “icing on the cake.” ![]() Among the niceties, I would include macro syncing between Macs, support for retina graphics, the ability to assign icons to macros and macro groups, a customizable status icon, a debugger that lets you walk through your actions to look for problems, and the power to trigger macros by typing their name, much as you would with a utility like You can broadly classify Keyboard Maestro’s new features in two ways: niceties and improved functionality. To create a macro, you just drag actions from the second column to the third, in the order in which you want them to execute. When adding an action, you’ll notice that the first two columns change: The first shows categories of actions, and the second offers actions associated with the selected category. When you create a new macro, the third column becomes the editing area where you add actions and configure triggers (the things you must do to execute the macro-type a keyboard shortcut, type a string of characters, or launch an application, for instance). Keyboard Maestro’s main window shows your groups, macros, and macro details. The third column details the actions included in the selected macro. The second column displays all macros in the selected group (both those included with Keyboard Maestro and those you’ve made). The first includes any macro groups you’ve created. ![]() Feel free to check that review for all the details, but here’s the gist: The macro editor is laid out in three columns. Reviewed Keyboard Maestro 4.2 in 2010, I covered the utility’s workflow, which hasn’t changed significantly (though its system requirements have-version 6 requires OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion). ![]()
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