Lately, I’ve been doing more of my writing in Drafts. One thing that I miss is a keyboard shortcut for a markdown link. In other writing apps like iA Writer, Byword, Ulysses, and etc, ⌘K is the keyboard shortcut for a markdown link. Since I use links fairly often I miss not having it when … Continue reading A keyboard shortcut for a markdown link in Drafts – Keyboard Maestro
This is an update to my Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both article that I wrote the other day. I’m back using both Alfred and Keyboard Maestro. After using just Alfred for a few days I discovered a couple of Keyboard Maestro macros that I use that I wasn’t able to replicate in Alfred. So … Continue reading Update – Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both
I wrote an update August 22, 2019 to this article. You can find it here. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of Alfred and Keyboard Maestro. Alfred was one of the first apps that I discovered after moving from a PC to a Mac. I use … Continue reading Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both
Keyboard Maestro is one of my most used Mac apps. In fact, I’ve written several articles about how I use it here on this blog. Here are a few of those articles: Keyboard Maestro Macro – Getting URLs from Safari Keyboard Maestro macro for plain-text pasting anywhere Launch your favorite Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts … Continue reading The MacSparky Keyboard Maestro Field Guide
One complaint I have with Keyboard Maestro is the way passwords are handled in the clipboard history. Clipboard entries that resemble passwords are obscured, deleted after they reach position ten in the clipboard history, and not saved to disk. You can option click on an obscured password to reveal it. This way of handling passwords … Continue reading Now you can exclude apps from clipboard history in Keyboard Maestro 8
As a rule, I usually have quite a few apps and windows open on my Mac and I switch back and forth between them through out the day. When I was ready to shut my Mac down for the day I would have to close each of these apps and windows individually. I thought to … Continue reading Quickly quit all open applications at once on your Mac – Keyboard Maestro
Safari is my main browser. From time to time I come across a website that doesn’t play well with Safari. When this happens I open the site in Chrome. To do this I have to copy the URL from Safari -> launch Chrome -> and paste the URL into Chrome. To many steps. To simplify … Continue reading Open Safari URL in Chrome – Keyboard Maestro
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Keyboard Maestro macro for plain-text pasting anywhere
Keyboard Maestro Macro – Getting URLs from Safari
In September 2017, I wrote a post on how to trigger PopClip when it didn’t appear using a Keyboard Maestro macro. With the release of PopClip version 2021.11 on November 3rd you can now set a keyboard shortcut in PopClip preferences. This comes in handy when PopClip fails to appear or disappears. Guide to using … Continue reading Using a keyboard shortcut to trigger PopClip
I installed Big Sur on my 2015 MacBook Pro the other day. One area that I wanted to customize was the menubar. There is so much blank space between the icons, it’s a gigantic waste of space and looks awful. Even after installing Bartender 4 to organize my menubar I wanted to move some items … Continue reading Toggle Control Center with a keyboard shortcut in Big Sur
The other day I wrote about launching Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts using Keyboard Maestro. If you’re an Alfred user you can do the same thing with an Alfred workflow. Here’s my workflow to launch Safari with the hotkey ⌥S. You’ll need the PowerPack to do this. Step one is to create a new workflow. … Continue reading Launch your favorite Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts using Alfred
2022 is nearly here. It’s the time of year that I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and decide which apps I will use for the coming year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. For the last 7 months, I’ve been using an … Continue reading My favorite Mac Apps for 2022
I didn’t realize that Grammarly now has a desktop app for Mac until I ran across this post by timstringer on the Mac Power Users forum With the recent addition of Grammarly Desktop 44, Grammarly can now be used in many native Mac apps. This is something I’ve been wanting for years. It’s great that … Continue reading Grammarly now has a desktop app for Mac
Another great Keyboard Maestro macro from Dr. Drang. I haven’t been using my MacBook Pro lately, but I definitely wanted to be sure that I have this macro in my toolbox in if I switch back from my iPad. It was straightforward to put together following Dr. Drang’s instructions included in the article. Dr. Drang … Continue reading 🔗 Link Post: From TextExpander to Keyboard Maestro again
Jack Baty writing at Coping Mechanism: Trying to live on the iPad for a while I’m drawn to the idea of being forced to do only thing at a time. iOS does that. I’d probably do more than one thing at once if I could, but “multi-tasking” on iOS remains an unusable mystery, so I’m … Continue reading iPad
Every year towards the end of December I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and what I will use for the next year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. Once I complete my evaluation, I summarize it in a post on this blog. … Continue reading My 2021 Essential Mac Apps
I wrote a while back about going iPad first when iPadOS 13 was released with keyboard and trackpad support. I had turned my 2015 MacBook Pro (MBP) off and put in a drawer to never be turned on again hoping this would work out. Well, it lasted about 60 days and then I got my … Continue reading Back to a MacBook
Do you get frustrated with how the slightest touch of the palm of your hand or thumb on the trackpad causes the text cursor to jump to a different position when you’re typing? I have and it’s been bothering me for some time. Here’s how I solved this problem. I turned off “Tap to click” … Continue reading How to get the trackpad to ignore touches while typing
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