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DESCRIPTION
Keyboard Maestro is your hot key solution that allows you to perform a multitude of tasks simply by pressing a keystroke! Keyboard Maestro also incorporates the wildly popular MacOS Classic utility Program Switcher, which allows you to launch, switch, and quit applications with a simple keystroke.

Current hot keys include:

  • Switch to last application
  • Open files
  • Launch URL
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.5:
  • Keyboard Maestro Control for iPhone or iPod touch (available from the App Store).
  • Shiny new Macro Palette window.
  • New Preferences Window (based on Matt Ball’s MBPreferencesController).
  • New About window.
  • Actions for Set/Increase/Decrease the iTunes Rating of the current song.
  • Actions for Set Volume and Set iTunes Volume.
  • Tweaked the look of the vertical list (Window/Program Switcher).
  • Only Quit the engine and relaunch if it is not in the right location with the right version.
  • Fixed a crashing bug in the Press Button action.
  • Report the new version on a manual check even if the current new version was previously ignored.
  • Preserve the display/hide state for Excluded & Always Shown applications in Program Switcher.
  • Fixed FireFox issue with the web server drop down menus.
  • Fixed default nudge macros to be relative to Mouse and not Front Windows.
  • Dragging a folder or bundle document to the Action list now creates an Open File action.
  • Updated John Gruber’s Title Case to Aristotle Pagaltzis refactored version.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Stairways Software
Downloads:15,702
  - Version d/l:978
Utilities:System
License:Shareware
Date:08 Dec 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$36.00
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Keyboard Maestro User Reviews (26 posts)Write A Review
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Apr 1 2009

IJONTICHY  We used KM in Editorial on Journey to the Center of the Earth to automate our dailies creation. Once the footage was organized in the Avid we exported an EDL and used KM to automatically add chapter markers with the name of each clip--the first step in creating a navigable DVD for the executives who needed to watch the footage and skip around to key takes.

It was easy to use.

It was powerful.

That combination doesn't happen enough in software, I feel.

I know I've barely scratched the surface but I've used it ever since with great joy.

And might I had how awesome the technical support is. I had a question and had a working answer in no time at all that went WAY above what I needed to know.

Three cheers for KM

(actually I only gave one cheer but used KM to replicate it twice more.)  
(Version 3.5)

praisebury
+2
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Mar 20 2009
*****

WALEED JAMEEL  KM works very well for me. It matches my GTD shortcut keys in Entourage, Safari (makes it behave like Firefox --> one set of shortcut keys only!). Use KM constantly now.

30 day trial was very useful - was a believer shortly after. The buying part was one of the smoothest I've seen - via the software itself. Entered details, done, went on with life without stopping other work.

Amen.  
(Version 3.5)

praisebury
+1
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Dec 10 2008
*****

MARZBOT  For automation on your mac KM integrates with anything and everything. Being able to create macros that include applescript and unix makes it versatile and powerful enough for every level of user. Whether you just want a key to start and stop itunes from any app or create a complex sequences of events throughout the mac environment KM is the tool that does it.  
(Version 3.5)

praisebury
+4
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Nov 26 2008
*****

KAIDOH  The ability to record mouse actions, address menu items and to simulate keystrokes is quite powerful and makes this app different from other launchers. Keyboard Maestro shouldn't be taken as a launcher at all (although it works fine as one). It's a utility to stick together any interaction with your Mac you can think of and makes it repeatable. I yet had not had a customization problem the Maestro could not provide a solution for (although some solutions might be clumsy workarounds - but as long as they work ...)

Whoever thought that Apple's Automator could have been a good idea but falls short in some regards: Give this little gem a serious try!   
(Version 3.4)

praisebury
+5
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Sep 25 2008

TEKL  It would also be nice to send keystrokes to hidden apps.  
(Version 3.4)

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0
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Sep 25 2008

TEKL  I'm missing the feature to create groups which activate the keys only if an app is running. So I can control iTunes and SidPlay with the same Key.  
(Version 3.4)

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Dec 1 2008

PETERNLEWIS  Each Macro Group can be targeted at a set of applications, so create two macro groups, one for each application, and put your two macros with the same trigger hot key in the two groups and you'll be good as gold.  
(Version 3.4)

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0
Dec 1 2008

TEKL  Thanks for the info  
(Version 3.4)

praisebury
0

Sep 1 2008
*****

PRINTDEVIL  Whenever I put a new OS on my Mac this app is always the first go on. Without KM, my Mac feels like someone else's computer, my productivity is working at 50% capacity. The support from Peter is also as good as the product. I emailed with a query and had the answer by the morning, and a comprehensive one at that.

Keep up the good work, this was and always will be a 5 star application.  
(Version 3.4)

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Jul 25 2008

SHARIK14  KM is a fantastic app. I've used it constantly for about 5 years now, and it's become absolutely essential to my workflow. Every time I end up on someone else's computer I find myself desperately, longingly looking for my frequent shortcuts. Makes a huge difference.

The app is stable, intuitive and straightforward, and has a pretty rich set of macro functions you can use. The developer is quite responsive to email, and has been on a tear lately, releasing lots of bug fixes and new features -- including a few that I've wanted for some time (like the ability to use *any* key combo for triggers, not just command/opt/etc.)

All in all - 2 thumbs up. Well worth it.  
(Version 3.3)

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+4
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Jul 22 2008
*****

DANA SUTTON  Ahhh, that's better. This new version works fine, it's its usual self and better than ever. But I do have one small niggle: this version adds a menu icon and there doesn't seem to be any Preference option for turning this icon off t I resent software authors who clutter my menu with their icons without my permission. I'm assembling quite a collection of these unwanted icons, and personally I think this practice is unethical.  
(Version 3.3)

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+2
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Jul 26 2008

PETERNLEWIS  Turn off Preferences -> Always Show Status Menu and the menu bar will not be added until you have an active Status Menu triggered macro. Enjoy, Peter.  
(Version 3.3)

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Jul 17 2008
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DANA SUTTON  (This review is for the current version, v. 3.3 only). Won't launch properly.  
(Version 3.3)

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-2
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