August 2019 • Macworld 81FEATUREKeyboard Maestro lets
you build automations that
interact with any Mac app,
even if it’s not scriptable
I’ve used Keyboard Maestro to automate
repetitious actions I do on my Mac in order to
start or end specific types of work. For instance,
when I am about to record a podcast, I need
to launch several apps, open specific pages in
Safari, and configure several features of an app
by clicking on various interface elements and
typing related keyboard shortcuts. It’s something
like a 30-step process that I have to do more
or less the same every week. With Keyboard
Maestro, that process can be reduced to a single
click or keyboard shortcut.
I consider time spent moving files around in the
Finder to be time wasted. But my files still need to
be managed. So I rely on Noodlesoft’s Hazel ($32,