If I had more time to invest in it I would probably get more use out of KBM. ![]() ![]() Goto Window > Macro Library in the Keyboard Maestro app. There are many more per app palettes plus of course there usual global macros like insert date, in ISO format again something I use a lot, plus text expansions. Here are some great examples of Keyboard Maestro Macros: The Example Macros that come with Keyboard Maestro. I have been experimenting with triggering shortcuts with KBM using time based triggers, for example to process my Things3 inbox where certain things arrive via mail drop in a predefined format so can be auto filed, dated and tagged. I have a palette for Pixelmator pro which fetches watermarks from various file locations and bangs them on an image, this is a service I offer for several clients and use at least once a day sometimes much more. The global palette (which does not trigger in apps with their own pallets) has a mix of macros, for example I have about 20 CMS admin areas I need to log into regularly, plus launching invoicing software, file grab for a client which downloads a css file strips out the top line, saves it, launches shopify and file manager so I can just drag the file into the page. I have different palettes for different apps (plus a global one) all triggered by control+backtick Here’s the screen grabs from my Daily Review workflow: Having the prompts speeds up the GTD daily review, weekly review, and monthly review workflow. When I click “Next”, it will go to the next screen. It goes to various apps and jumps to the correct perspective or screen. I start off with prompts giving me instructions of what to do. With this macro, a new window of each app launches side-by-side when a short string of characters is typed. When I’m working, I use Byword to write and Google Chrome to research. The “preview” macros (daily, weekly, monthly) gives me a series of prompts and guides me through my review workflow. Keyboard Maestro is at its best when you are stringing together multiple actions like in this Start Work macro. The Review projects macro just jumps to OmniFocus and goes into the Review perspective to review my projects. This makes for a versatile and engaging set-up for anyone wishing to streamline their workflows and make them. Providing a set of dynamic buttons, the Stream Deck in conjunction with Keyboard Maestro fundamentally allows you to trigger macros from the Stream Deck’s buttons. OmniFocus switches to my “Today” perspective and Fantastical switches over to the “Day View” and jumps to today so I can see what I need to work on today. Last year, Keyboard Maestro 9 launched with official support for a piece of hardware known as the Elgato Stream Deck. In my GTD palette, my first macro arranges OmniFocus and Fantastical next to each other and switches to particular views. I can clear my OmniFocus inbox, email inboxes, Mac folders (downloads, Dropbox, iCloud Drive), Drafts sheets to process, etc. ![]() In my Organize workflow, I try to get close to Inbox Zero during a 30-45 minute inbox processing time block every day. Regardless, the Maestro haunted the Hulk even after his return to the present.
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