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Ask TUAW: Syncing, custom keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, and more

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Sep 30th, 2009

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got lots of questions about syncing, as well as customized keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, managing iTunes, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions

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Tags: address book, AddressBook, google sync, GoogleSync, ical, iphone app, IphoneApp, itunes, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, mobileme, syncing, textexpander, todo, toodledo

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Keyboard Maestro 3.1 Orchestrates Macros

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on May 29th, 2008

Macros can save you a lot of time performing repetitive functions on your Mac. While Automator and AppleScript provide a lot of power, some Mac users want an easier way to capture their keystrokes, mouse clicks and other actions. That's where Keyboard Maestro comes in.

This $36 gem from Stairways Software has just been updated to version 3.1, and adds a profusion of new features. While there's not enough space here to list them all, some of the highlights include:

A clipboard history switcher
An action to save a clipboard to a Named Clipboard
Clipboard Filters
Centering windows on the current screen
Fractional second (i.e., .75) pauses
Can add BBEdit Text Factories to the current clipboard

Stairways also fixed some known glitches from the 3.0 release. A 30-day free trial is available for download and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or better.

Tags: keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, macros, utilities

Filed under: Software, Productivity

Keyboard Maestro 3 adds macro recording and remote access

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Apr 9th, 2008

The well-known macro application Keyboard Maestro has been updated to version 3 and adds some interesting new features. In addition to a revamped interface, the new release allows you to record macros (series of key presses, mouse clicks, etc.) and play them back via various triggers. There are also new ways to trigger the macros; besides the normal hotkeys, macros can also be triggered with AppleScripts and even remotely with Keyboard Maestro's built-in web server. If you've ever wanted to automate your Mac, it's definitely worth a look.

Keyboard Maestro 3.0 is $36 with upgrade pricing from $18 - $26 for previous users; a demo is available.

[via MacNN]

Tags: automation, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, macro

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends

David Pogue on Macro programs

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Aug 23rd, 2007

NY Times tech columnist David Pogue has done it again. I'll admit that more than once I've wondered about David after watching one of his whimsical video reports for the Times, but then he offers up a gem like the one in his latest column and I realize why he is a powerful tech columnist and I'm a lowly blogger.

Pogue takes a look at several Macro programs for both Mac and PC (a Macro program is one that allows you to assign certain actions to corresponding key strokes. Launch an app with a push of a button, have a script fire off, things of that nature). He takes Keyboard Maestro, iKey, and QuicKeys for a spin on the Mac side. They all fare well, but QuicKeys is the one the gets the highest marks, and the one that spawned the tip which has me believing in Pogue all over again. QuicKeys allows you to remap the tilde key (pictured to the right) to any button you would like. David uses it as a left hand delete button so he doesn't have to move his hand off the mouse whilst editing. Brilliant.

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, ikey, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, macro, new york times, NewYorkTimes, quickeys

Filed under: Software, Productivity, Universal Binary

Keyboard Maestro 2.1 Universal

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jul 22nd, 2007

Keyboard Maestro is a well-regarded keyboard macro application for OS X that lets you define and use a variety of custom keyboard shortcuts. Macros are basically scripts that can be used to perform a variety of actions, including manipulating on-screen windows, simulating mouse and keyboard buttons, controlling the clipboard, etc. Version 2.1 is Universal and includes several bug fixes.

If you're interested in automating certain tasks on your Mac, or even over-riding keyboard shortcuts in certain applications, Keyboard Maestro's macros might very well do the trick.

Keyboard Maestro is $20US and a demo is available.

[via 123Macmini]

Tags: Keyboard Maestro, KeyboardMaestro, macros, shortcuts

Filed under: Features, Cool tools, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Ask TUAW

Ask TUAW: Video encoding, remapping keyboard keys, redirecting Mail, and more

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Apr 25th, 2007

This week's Ask TUAW is wide-ranging. We have a couple of questions about video encoding, remapping keyboard keys, redirecting email, Finder window positions and more. Remember new Mac users and Switchers who are enjoying our Mac 101 series should feel very welcome to post questions for Ask TUAW. We're happy to take questions from all levels. As always, please submit your questions by commenting to this post or using our tip form.

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Tags: jellyfissh, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, ukelele, visualhub

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