#Keyboard maestro mac old version update#
#Keyboard maestro mac old version portable#

Calculation Conditions (is the calculation true).

Variable Conditions (does it contain certain content).

Clipboard Conditions (does it contain certain content).

Path Conditions (whether or not a file or folder exists).

Disk Conditions (name matches, whether or not it’s mounted).

Typed String Conditions (uppercase, lowercase, or title case).

Key Conditions (whether a particular key is up or down).

Modifier Conditions (whether or not they’re pressed).Menu Conditions (name matches, whether or not it’s enabled).Button Conditions (name matches, whether or not it’s enabled).Front Window Conditions (exists, various title matches).Application Conditions (running, front, and the opposites).Of course, the power here relies on the conditions against which the environment can be checked, and Keyboard Maestro offers oodles of them, including: Previously, Keyboard Maestro could only pause for a user-specified amount of time, but now it can pause until a particular time, use if/then/else constructions, and repeat actions while some condition is true or until some condition is met.

#Keyboard maestro mac old version update#

And that’s where Peter has taken Keyboard Maestro 5, a major update that also includes numerous other welcome additions.Ĭontrol flow basically enables Keyboard Maestro to make decisions about what to do at a given point, rather than simply running through a series of steps sequentially. But I do understand control flow when programming, and I can use it effectively when I’m freed from the gotchas of syntax and punctuation that bedevil me every time I try to tweak some PHP or ExpressionEngine code. Keep in mind, I’m no programmer - I stumble along in a variety of languages thanks largely to the power of copy-and-paste. It also provides me with the capability to access previous and stored clipboards, something that enables me to avoid using a separate clipboard utility.īut every now and then, I’ll admit, Keyboard Maestro hasn’t had the power I needed. For those things I absolutely need, such as switching applications by pressing F-keys, entering a few text strings I use constantly, remapping or creating keyboard shortcuts in various applications, automating moving data from one application to another, applying BBEdit text factories to clipboards, performing actions at particular times, and more, Keyboard Maestro has longĭone what I want. Although I’ve used different macro utilities over the past 22 years - KeyQuencer, OneClick, iKey - there has always been one on every Mac I’ve owned, and my current favorite is Keyboard Maestro, from Peter Lewis of Stairways Software.

The first Mac program I ever bought was CE Software’s QuicKeys, back in 1989. #1616: Explaining passkeys, Apple challenges for senior citizens, macOS 11.6.7 Big Sur fixes email attachment bug.#1617: Pages regains mail merge, HomeKit sensor improvements, keyboard flags in Monterey.

#Keyboard maestro mac old version portable#

Preview selections, portable power for a MacBook Pro

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