It uses the keyboard shortcut Command-Shift-Space.

Similarly, OmniFocus, my task management app, has a quick entry tool I use all the time. For example, with Tweetbot you can set up a system wide tweet shortcut. Many apps have features that you can trigger with a keyboard shortcut anywhere on OS X. Once condition A is no longer met it will stop.Ĭontrol Flow actions are one of the key building blocks to make more powerful multi-step macros.

The While action works such that while condition A is met the macro will do X.

The If Then Else action works such that if condition A is met the macro will do X, otherwise it will do Y.

In this tutorial I will be mainly looking at two of the most common forms of Control Flow: the If Then Else and While actions. If you want a macro to do one thing when an app is open and another when it isn’t, then you need to use a Control Flow action. With them you can add simple logic to your macros. Control FlowĬontrol Flow actions are different from regular actions. Treat my macros as recipes that you can follow, substituting in your own apps and requirements as needed. If you are new to Keyboard Maestro, following my steps exactly will help you to learn to create your own macros, however once you are beginning to understand the app I recommend you start tweaking what I do so it fits your workflow better. Recipes Not RulesĪs before, the macros I’m creating should serve as inspiration rather than rules you have to follow. If you’ve worked your way to this point in my Keyboard Maestro series I recommend you skip the trial and just buy the license.

It’s $36 for a license and there’s a 30-day free trial.

You can get a copy from the developer’s website. You’ll obviously need to have a Mac with Keyboard Maestro installed. Keyboard Maestro III: Situational Triggers. Keyboard Maestro II: Launching Apps Intelligently, and To make the most of this tutorial you will have need to read the three previous ones: In this tutorial I’ll look at creating much more involved macros using Control Flow actions, one of Keyboard Maestro’s most powerful features. If you’ve been following along with the previous tutorials you should have a good feel for how to create simple macros with Keyboard Maestro. In the previous three tutorials I introduced Keyboard Maestro, looked at how to launch apps intelligently and, most recently, looked at how to use situational triggers. By creating strings of actions-or macros-that connect different apps you can get almost total control over OS X.

Keyboard Maestro is one of the most powerful and versatile Mac apps available.

Mac keyboard macro app