Mac Format - UK (2020-04)

Your Mac

already has a

lot of built-in

timesavers thanks to

keyboard shortcuts

and trackpad swipes.

Keyboard Maestro takes

that a step further,

enabling you to automate

a huge number of tasks

with pre-programmed

and custom options.

You can automate

almost any task you can

think of. Launch apps at

the touch of a button,

rearrange the windows on

your desktop, control your

music playback, fill out

website forms – all these

features and more can

be activated with a touch.

The app can manipulate

text, too. With a few quick

clicks you can complete

calculations, expand text

abbreviations into full

words and phrases, create

reports, convert images

to text, and use multiple

clipboard items. When

you’re working with

text-heavy tasks, these

features are invaluable.

One thing’s for

sure: organising

your Mac’s files

is no fun. If you’re fed up

of regularly having to file

and sort, let Hazel do the

hard work for you. Getting

started is super simple:

specify the folders you

want it to keep an eye

on, set a few rules, then

let it work its magic.

Let’s say you want to

organise your Downloads

folder. You can move items

based on their file type,

name, date downloaded,

the website you got them

from, and much more.

In a few seconds, your

folder goes from

cluttered to cleansed.

You can set it to

rename, upload, tag,

archive and open files

on multiple criteria, and

manage your Trash to

boot. It integrates with

Spotlight, Photos,

Automator, AppleScript

and a host of other apps

and systems. It’s the spring

clean your Mac needs,

done the easy way.

Just Press Record

£4.99 FROM Open Planet Software,

openplanetsoftware.com

NEEDS iOS 13 and watchOS 5 or later

We love this app

for its ease of use:

it just takes one

tap (or a Siri shortcut) to start

recording on your Watch or

iOS device, so you never miss

a one-off moment again!

£34.15 FROM Stairways Software,

keyboardmaestro.com NEEDS OS X 10.11 or later

$32 (about £24) FROM Noodlesoft, noodlesoft.com

NEEDS OS X 10.10 or later

Keyboard Maestro Hazel

64 | MACFORMAT | APRIL 2020

Image credits (top to bottom, left to right):

OpenPlanet Software, Stairways Software, Noodlesoft

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