I recently came across Stephen Millard’s write-up on routing Mac Studio audio through a HomePod mini. He ran into some disconnect hiccups, but, unsurprisingly, solved it with a handy Keyboard Maestro macro. Lately I’ve noticed a wave of seasoned iPad power users making the jump…
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Announcing the Keyboard Maestro Field Guide 2024 Update and Discount
I am happy to announce an update to my Keyboard Maestro Field Guide. It includes 16 new videos covering many new features added with recent updates, including version 11. To celebrate this update release, I’ve got a limited-time 20% discount on the Keyboard Maestro Field…
Continue reading →Keyboard Maestro 11 and a Field Guide Update
This week saw the release of Keyboard Maestro Version 11. Yes, it now goes to 11. New features include a New Macro Wizard, a new Security preference pane, a command line tool, support for Apple Text Recognition, and new actions like Prompt for Snippet,…
Continue reading →AppleScript to Toggle Desktop Widgets
I’m a fan of the new Sonoma Desktop Widgets. However, I also make a living making screencasts and having all those widgets on screen can sometimes be a pain. There is a setting you can toggle under the Desktop & Dock settings: The problem…
Continue reading →Scripting Moom for Windows Setups (MacSparky Labs)
You can automate window arrangements easily with Moom and one line of AppleScript. This video shows you how… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
The Screencasting Setup Script
Here’s a little video I made about how I set up my computer for Screencasting using a few scripts and Keyboard Maestro. There is also a short-term discount code for the MacSparky Labs if you are interested. Enjoy! Downloadable Scripts Keyboard Maestro Field Guide
Continue reading →Mac Launcher Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
In this deep dive session, I cover the various ways to build automated launchers on your Mac, focusing particularly on techniques in Keyboard Maestro and Shortcuts for Mac…
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Automating Loading Remote Content in Apple Mail with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)
There is a new feature in Apple Mail that holds off on loading remote content in new mail messages until you push a button. While I like the feature, it gets annoying when you have to mouse over to click it while your hands are happily parked on the keyboard …
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Using AppleScript to Open a Specific Mailbox in Apple Mail (MacSparky Labs)
Shortcuts for iOS 16 is adding a feature that lets you open a specific Mailbox in Apple Mail on your iPhone or iPad. Shortcuts for Ventura, however, doesn’t have that function. What gives? Never fear. Sparky figured out a way to duplicate the feature using AppleScript…
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Keyboard Maestro 10.1
This week we got another nice update from Keyboard Maestro. This update includes a ton of new support for Shortcuts integration on the Mac. I’m so happy to see Keyboard Maestro setting itself up to be a platform where you can use it’s already…
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