

Remember to use caution when installing a macro or macro library from anyone – macros can potentially do a lot of damage and compromise the security of your Mac, so only install macros from trusted sources. You can get Macro Library entries from us or from other Keyboard Maestro users and add them to you library by double clicking them or by choosing the File ➤ Import to Macro Library menu. You can add macros to your library by choosing the File ➤ Export as Macro Library menu and selecting the Add to My Macro Library checkbox.

You can learn about them by selecting them, and then you can insert them into your macros by clicking the Insert button or by dragging them to a particular macro group (dragging is not available if the library entry represents more than one macro group as you can't drag to two macro groups). You get this window by choosing the Window ➤ Macro Library menu.Įach entry represents one or more macros, usually in a single macro group, but occasionally in more than one macro group. You can use the macros as is, or edit them to customize them for your particular needs. This window contains example and template macros you can add to your macro collection. To learn more about creating or editing Macros, see the Macros section. You can click the Record button to record your actions. You can try the selected actions by clicking the Try button. Use the - button and ✓ button to delete or enable/disable the selected actions. You can also Copy and Paste actions, as well as drag them around to rearrange them. Double click one or more of them to add actions to the action list for this macro. This will show the lists of possible actions. To add an action, click the New Action button, or equivalently the + button below the detail view.

How you can execute the macro remotely is also displayed.
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To see how to execute this macro via a script, select from the “Or by script”’ menu. To remove a trigger, click the red ⊖ button. To add a trigger, click the green ⊕ button and select the type of trigger.

You can edit its name, add or remove triggers, and configure its action list. Its details will be shown in the right hand column. To edit a Macro, select it and click the Edit button. See also the Macro Groups, Macros and Macro Editor Window sections. You cannot delete, rename or modify the Global Macro Group. Similarly, you can enable or disable Macro Groups or Macros by clicking their respective ✓ button. You can delete a Macro by selecting it and clicking the - button below the Macros list. You can delete a Macro Group by selecting it and clicking the - button below the Groups list. You can rename a Macro Group or Macro by double clicking it and changing the title. You can select the All Macros meta-Group to show all Macros, and you can use the search field to filter down the list of macros. You can see the selected Macro Group or Macro in the right hand column, and edit it by clicking the Edit button. You can create a new Macro by selecting a macro group and then clicking the + button below the Macros list. You can create a new Macro Group by clicking the + button below the Groups list. The window contains a list of Macro Groups and their associated Macros. You get this window pane by launching Keyboard Maestro. This window lets you manipulate Macros and Macro Groups, creating new ones, deleting old ones, enabling and disabling them, editing them and so on.
