#Keyboard maestro free for mac#

Maestro for Mac is a powerful macro program for macOS. So I urge you to download and try Keyboard Maestro for free and discover just how much more productive you can be (’cause macros make you more productive). The Clipboard History Switcher window displays the last 200 items cut or copied (left) while Keyboard Maestro’s Paste menu only displays the last 30 (right). Or, I can use Keyboard Maestro’s handy Paste menu to recall the last 30 items I’ve cut or copied and paste them instantly. I use an easy-to-remember hotkey- Control + H - to summon the Clipboard History Switcher window, where I can pick any of the 200 items to paste somewhere. I love macros, but there’s more to Keyboard Maestro than just macros, including my second most beloved feature, the Clipboard History, which remembers the last two hundred items I’ve copied or cut (to the macOS clipboard). This macro remaps two keys I don’t use - Forward Delete and Help/Insert - to a key I do use: Backspace.

Remap keys on my keyboard to do what I want them to do.Įxample: I never use the Forward Delete or Help/Insert keys but I often press them accidentally, so I remapped both to perform a backspace when pressed.

Open folders in the Finder that don’t have built-in keyboard shortcuts.Įxample: To open my Work folder I press Command + Option + Control + W.

Launch or switch to a specific app with a keystroke.Įxample: To launch or switch to Photoshop I press Control + F3 to launch or switch to Microsoft Word I press Control + F4.

Here are some of the other things I’ve configured Keyboard Maestro to do for me: This macro clicks the Don’t Save button in dialogs when I type Control + Shift + D. I use it all the time, and every time I do it saves me from having to grab the mouse, move the pointer across my two screens, and click the button.

Finally, macros can string together multiple actions to create something that would require multiple time-consuming steps to perform.įor example, I’ve created a macro that clicks the Don’t Save button in dialog boxes to trigger it all I have to do is type Control + Shift + D.

For another, a macro usually executes much faster than you could type or click. First, you don’t have to stop typing and reach for the mouse to trigger a macro. It’s easy, but you’ll probably have to tinker with macros you record in the editor before they’ll work precisely the way you like. Or use Keyboard Maestro’s “Record” function to record everything you do and save it as a macro. And creating macros by dragging and dropping actions is easy with Keyboard Maestro’s straightforward macro editor and huge library of actions. I’d be remiss if I didn’t pause at this point and explain what I mean by “macro.” In my book(s), a macro is any sequence of actions that can be saved and then invoked and played back with a single keystroke (or other trigger).Īctions you can string together with Keyboard Maestro include launching apps moving or clicking the mouse typing text choosing a menu item opening a specific file or folder and hundreds more.