Remap non-modifiable keyboard shortcuts in any app
Ever run into a program that has some pre-defined keyboard shortcuts you don’t like? In most cases, they’re associated with a menu item, which means you can use macOS’ built-in keyboard shortcuts...
View ArticleEasily insert special Mac characters using Keyboard Maestro
Note: I’m leaving this up for historical purposes, but there’s a new special character palette in town, and the new one is vastly superior to this version. This hint might be useful for general...
View ArticleCount characters in Keyboard Maestro inputs via filters
Yesterday, I added an SSL certificate to my site, and posted a brief note about the change. In that post, I included an image…which turned out to be, well, the comments say it all: Yes, I posted a...
View ArticleEasily delete albums in Photos
Last fall, I finally made the move from iPhoto to Photos…months later, I still find myself frustrated by many things in the Photos’ user interface. Today’s aggravation dealt with cleaning up a bunch of...
View ArticleUpdated: Find Keyboard Maestro macros by shortcut
Note: Revised on December 4, 2018 with a much better implementation of the pop-up palette, and some changes in timing and mouse movement. One of the “problems” with Keyboard Maestro is that it’s so...
View ArticleView charts for stocks in the mop Terminal app
Yesterday, I noticed that the Stocks Dashboard widget in Mojave was no longer working. I couldn't find a similar (small window, always there, only stock prices) app that did what I wanted, but I did...
View ArticleArchiving and version control for Keyboard Maestro
As much as I rely on our own Many Tricks' apps every day, there's one I rely on more: Keyboard Maestro (KM), the macro app for macOS that can do pretty much anything. How much do I rely on it? The...
View ArticleRemove tracking data from copied URLs
A while back, my friend James and I were discussing the amount of tracking cruft in many URLs. In my case, I subscribe to a ton of email newsletters, and I noticed that those URLs are just laden with...
View ArticleSimplify VPN connections via TunnelBlick
I use a VPN on our home router, which runs pfSense. When I'm on my laptop, I connect to the VPN for two reasons. The first is security when using unknown wifi connections. The second is for ease of...
View ArticleSearch sites from anywhere via abbreviations
Nearly five years ago, I wrote about my simple Keyboard Maestro web search macro that let me search many web sites from anywhere within macOS. While it worked well, it felt a bit cumbersome—I had to...
View ArticleSearch sites from anywhere via shortcuts, version two
Jan 4 2022: Version 2.2 is out, with a fix for an annoying bug I introduced in the update checking code that could cause the macro to quit after being invoked. Sorry! Download the macro, or get it via...
View ArticleCreate a Time-Machine-like backup of Keyboard Maestro macros
I use Keyboard Maestro a lot—a quick search here reveals how often I write about it, and I use it much more than I write about it. I back up my macros reliably, as part of my overall backup plan. I...
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