I’m always amazed when I see someone who considers themselves a Macintosh power user not using a macro utility like Keyboard Maestro. After all, computers excel at performing boring, repetitive, and ...

Imagine you have some keyboard shortcut in your head, such as ⌘+⇧+5 for Skitch, or ⌘+⇧+O for "Quick Add" to OmniFocus. Over time, you learn that whenever you want to do {thing} you press {this ...

The first Mac program I ever bought was CE Software’s QuicKeys, back in 1989. Although I’ve used different macro utilities over the past 22 years — KeyQuencer, OneClick, iKey — there has always been ...

Before I get into today's main topic, I want to remind you that until November 18th, you can get Keyboard Maestro as part of the current Productive Macs bundle. For $30 you get seven apps, including ...

Many Mac users whose relationship with the Mac predates Mac OS X retain an affection for macro utilities—applications that let you string together a series of actions, and summon those macros with a ...

Keyboard Maestro, while not as powerful as QuicKeys, is an easy-to-use, capable, and affordable macro utility. Stairways Software’s $36 Keyboard Maestro is a Macintosh macro utility for automating ...

Keyboard Maestro is a powerful automation tool for Mac that can do all sorts of things. Over on MacStories, they show how to use it so you can write text in any app, then automatically send it ...

I work on my computer all day, and over the years I've noticed how small, repetitive tasks quietly eat away at my time. Opening the same apps, typing the same phrases, rearranging windows—none of it ...