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 – 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
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