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QuicKeys is a powerful macro program that allows you to create shortcuts to automate computer tasks. It takes the daily tasks that would normally take you five ... six ... twenty or more steps and turns them into simple one step shortcuts. Automatically insert commonly used blocks of text, move or copy files and folders, launch your favorite web sites, open applications and documents plus so much more. The possibilities are endless; the result is always the same: more work in less time. Using QuicKeys is easy. Just tell QuicKeys what shortcut you would like to create and then trigger that shortcut with a hot key, toolbar, timer, specified application event or even speech command. Whether you need to create multi-step shortcuts, store or retrieve text and images, reformat text, select menus, run UNIX commands, automate e-mail correspondence or connect to file servers, you can make it happen in a snap with a QuicKeys shortcut. Even though QuicKeys requires no programming to use it still has incredible power. With QuicKeys' advanced Logic & Variables you can playback complex actions whose results may differ depending on user intervention, the current date or time, the status of a menu item or button, plus many more decision criteria. Whatever the task, simple or complex, QuicKeys provides the tools you need to automate your computer processes. Once you simplify your daily computer tasks with QuicKeys, the benefits are obvious. Primarily, you'll save time. Every shortcut, whether saving you 10 seconds or 10 minutes, will give you back some of that most precious commodity. Accuracy is another bonus. QuicKeys shortcuts can be built to be bullet-proof, performing a task thousands of times, each iteration exactly like the last. With QuicKeys all the different parts of your Mac can be customized to work together, the way you want. Once you've experienced this kind of power, you won't want to use a Mac without it.
Version 3.2.3:
- Version 3.2.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.
- Hide QuicKeys icon from Dock is now available for Intel Macs.
- Added new welcome screen that helps users get QuicKeys setup for
them the first time they run QuicKeys.
- Added Advanced User Interface toggling feature. This allows hiding or
showing the user interface for subscopes and Shortcut step results. By
hiding these elements, this provides a simpler user experience for users
who do not use these advanced features.
- New Automator action that allows playing QuicKeys Shortcuts from
Automator workflows.
- Added support for new F-keys and other keys on the 2007 Apple
aluminum keyboards.
- Wait steps now have a timeout feature.
- Added Duplicate Shortcut item in File menu.
- Playback Palette visibility can now be set per shortcut in the Inspector
window.
- Improved the user interface in many places.
- Fixed various issues with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
- Drive Triggers have a new Any Drive feature. They no longer require
being tied to a specific drive.
- Message actions now can just use the system alert sound and do not
require a sound selection.
- Added preference for selecting the front application scope when opening
QuicKeys Editor.
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| QuicKeys X User Reviews (40 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jan 18 2008 |
DINHBG I've used QuicKeys forever (since KeyQuencer went belly-up at OS X), and have been increasingly dissatisfied with its performance. I've stuck with it because it does everything I want it to do… eventually. BUT. Sometimes, for no apparent reason, QuicKeys freezes, often taking 60 seconds or more to respond to my triggers. Pointer spins beachball over QK menu, Dock says "App Not Responding." This problem has gotten worse and worse with each OS update, and even through QK "updates" (which don't seem to have any beneficial effect whatsoever). Even more frustrating, no one at Startly (or whatever they're called now) will admit there's a problem, or even suggest any workarounds or tests to see what could be causing it. Just "Hunh. Never heard of that."
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 | Jan 9 2008 |
GHEUER Rock solid and intuitive, just as any good Mac program should be. Have used it since version 1 and can not live without it, even tho I use Quicksilver for many things these days.
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| Jan 8 2008 |
GERBER QuicKeys is the most powerful macro package available for the Mac. It makes it easy to handle simple automation, and without much trouble you can create highly automated workflows that trigger off just about anything. You can activate a macro based on keyboard shortcuts, which application is in the front or background, disks mounting, custom keys on your hardware devices (yup, it can support darn near any USB device, regardless of whether you have drivers specifically for it), and many other triggers. There are other utilities and methods to automate under OS X, such as UI scripting, Automator, and less expensive automation programs (Proxy, iKey, Keyboard Maestro). This makes the high cost of QuicKeys a bit hard to swallow, but if you need to automate to the nth degree, there's nothing better. It's also worthwhile to note that while QuicKeys X3 has been around since '04, the point updates have added fairly major new features, and all at no cost to purchasers.
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| Jan 9 2008 |
DONMONTALVO iKey does the trick for us. What kind of macros does QuicKeys handle better? Not trolling...I own both iKey and QuicKeys and would like to know if it's worth upgrading. | |
| Nov 5 2007 |
RICHARD TAYTOR I also used QuicKeys years ago, before OS X. It certainly didn't "[reign] as king" in that environment, though perhaps it reigned by default (as it appears to do now, with essentially no competition under OS X). Then KeyQuencer appeared; it was small fast and efficient. QuicKeys was greedy, bloated and unstable by contrast. Perhaps this has changed, though I notice the file size of the installer, and I remain as yet uninspired to try it once again. If it works for you, don't let me crunch your buzz. :}
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| Oct 19 2007 |
MIKEEVANGELIST I've used Quickeys since version 1 (going on twenty years) and cannot imagine using my Mac without it. It simplifies my life hundreds of times every day. Well worth the price. And I like supporting a small company that has done great Mac software for so long.
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| Oct 18 2007 |
HARRISTYPE This program simply amazes me. I've been using it now for over 10 years, and the amount of time it saves me in repetitive tasks is phenomenal. The ability to create custom palettes is very essential to my workflow at work. I design 2 different magazines for a non-profit organization, and have macros set up for many different phases of design. One macro has 27 steps, and completely formats the magazine text, and takes a just few seconds to complete, instead of me having to do it manually and possibly forgetting a step (a couple of minutes at least, and it adds up). Highly recommended for anyone tired of doing the same computer tasks over and over. To me, it's worth every penny.
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| Jul 5 2005 |
MARC GRAY Clearly the gold standard for Mac macro applications. However, it ought to be priced at $45 - $50, not $100
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| Jun 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Sorry, but quicksilver is no QuickKeys. When quicksilver can record me interacting with the UI of any arbitrary application and generate a script repeating everything I did, then it will be better than quickkeys. In the mean time quickkeys definitely does things that no other app currently does.
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 | Jun 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Quicksilver is free and has amcro development built in under triggers. And it does so much more. I refuse to pay 100 dollars for an application that can do what an applescript and a keyboard trigger in Apples Keyboard prefpane can. Try it and don't waste your money.
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| Jun 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS You've GOT to be KIDDING me! Comparing QuicKeys to QuickSilver (I use both) is just plain stupid. And to say that QuicKeys only does Applescripts and keyboard triggers shows that you clearly have not a clue about what QuicKeys can do. If your needs are simple and the very basic macro functionality of QuickSilver meets your needs, fine. But for people who need what QuicKeys provides, the money is well spent.
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| May 10 2005 |
WHAT NO BIAS? Well, no bias by the Developer, linking up to a site that reviewed a copy QuicKeys sent to them? No, not at all. Man, talk about self-promoting...
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