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2. Instead of filling in actions, click the Record button at the very bottom of the
window. A little 5-second countdown timer appears on screen (
Figure 47
).
Figure 47:
This floating window appears when you record a
macro. The countdown timer (left) gives way to the icon on
right when it reaches zero.
3. Once the timer has counted down to zero and the icon says Recording,
do
stuff
. Whatever you like. Switch apps, type text, apply formatting, choose menu
commands, click buttons, anything. You know, stuff.
4. Click the floating Recording icon to stop recording and examine your new
macro in Keyboard Maestro.
5. Optional but recommended: click Edit to leave edit mode.
Nowtryrunning yourmacro. Ifthemacro doesn't work asexpected—which islikely—go back
and click Edit to return to edit mode and see if you can modify some of the actions to do what
you want them to do. You may also need to add Pause or Pause Until actions to force the
macro to wait for your Mac to catch up with it at certain points.
Learn about Keyboard Maestro Actions
I've shown you a handful of actions in the course of walking you through the sample macros.
There are many, many more of them. You can learn about actions by looking at the Keyboard
Maestro
documentation
, or by trying them out. I'd like to point out just a few actions and
categories that I find particularly interesting:
•
Activate Clipboard History Switcher (Switchers category):
I
mentioned in
Use a Macro or Launcher Utility
that Keyboard Maestro is also
an excellent clipboard utility, featuring its own clipboard history. This action
displays a floating window with that history.
•
Filter Clipboard (Clipboard category):
On the clipboard theme, this
action can make a wide variety of changes to the contents of your
