Keyboard Maestro for Mac

Keyboard Maestro for Mac is a powerful macro program for macOS. Keyboard Maestro will take your Macintosh experience to a new level in Ease of Use.

With the app you can design your own shortcuts and activate them at any time, you can navigate through running applications and open windows with Program Switcher, and you can work with an unlimited number of clipboards - all by pressing simple keystrokes.

What Else Can Keyboard Maestro Do?

Launch Applications
Launch any application at the touch of a key. Show applications, hide them, bring them to the front, all at your command.

Text Expansion
Insert any kind of text using a Typed String or Hot Key trigger. Type the text or paste in styled text or images. Expand text to insert your name, address, logo, signature, whatever.

Use Text Tokens
Use all sorts of expressive tokens like today's date in any format, window positions, wireless networks, Safari document URL and much more.

Clipboard History
Keyboard Maestro for macOS keeps a complete history of your clipboards, so you’ll never lose your clipboard again. Copy three things, then paste them all into another application.

Click the Mouse
Move, click, double click and drag, any button, optionally with modifiers anywhere on the screen or in a window, and more.

Manipulate Windows
Resize, reposition, bring to front, close, zoom, minimize and more. Position windows exactly where you want them.

Menus and Buttons
Press a button, select a menu, and now you can show a menu leaving it open for you to select the desired item.

Control iTunes
Play a specific song or playlist, play, pause or stop, rewind or fast forward, set the rating or the volume. And similarly for QuickTime Player.

Palettes
Display macros in palettes (like toolbars) so you can easily select from a number of options. Make your own custom interfaces.

Record Macros
Show Keyboard Maestro how to do something. You can also record Quick Macros on the fly for immediate playback.

Open
Open a file, folder, application, URL, system preference pane, the current Finder selection or even the CD tray.

Notifications
The app can show notifications, display alerts, prompt for extra information, beep, speak, or play a sound.

Execute Scripts
Execute AppleScripts, or shell scripts like perl, python or ruby. Execute Automator workflows, or filter your clipboard with BBEdit Text Factories.

Built in Flow Control
Use While or Until loops, For Each loops, Repeat loops, If Then Else conditionals, Pause Until and other powerful constructs.

File Actions
Move, copy, rename, trash, delete files. Read and write images and styled text in a variety of formats.

Image Actions
Screen capture, find an image on the screen, flip, rotate, resize, trim, crop images and even draw shapes and text.

How to Use

• Open Keyboard Maestro app
• Create a new macro group
• Add a new macro to the group
• Set a trigger for the macro
• Choose an action to perform
• Test the macro for accuracy
• Enable or disable macros as needed
• Organize macros with folders or tags
• Use variables and conditions
• Sync macros via Dropbox or iCloud

System Requirements

macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later

Intel or Apple Silicon Mac

Minimum 4GB RAM recommended

50MB of available disk space

Internet connection for activation

PROS

• Highly customizable automation
• Supports complex workflows
• Wide range of built-in actions
• Works well with other apps
• Active user community and support

CONS

• Interface feels a bit dated
• No official iOS companion app
• Limited cloud integration options
• Paid license with no free tier

Note: Requires 64-bit processor.