Stairways Software releases Keyboard Maestro 3.0
This release adds new ways to create macros, including recording, new ways to trigger macros, new actions, simplifications and an improved user interface.
Using Keyboard Maestro's macros you can control applications, windows, or menus; insert text; open documents, applications or URLs; execute scripts; control the system or iTunes; and more, all with the touch of a key, click of the mouse, periodically or at specific times, when an application is launched or running, or even over the Internet using Keyboard Maestro's built in web server.
Using Keyboard Maestro's Program Switcher and Window Switcher you can cycle through applications or windows, closing, hiding, launching, and more. Keyboard Maestro can help you regain control of your crowded screen by letting you close or hide multiple windows or applications.
Using Keyboard Maestro's Clipboard Switcher, you can select from a number of named clipboards, storing information away for later retrieval. Store the details you are working on and access them by name again and again.
New in Keyboard Maestro 3.0:
Keyboard Maestro 3 adds new ways to create macros, new ways to trigger macros, new actions, simplifications and an improved user interface.
New ways to create and work with macros:
* Recording - create macros by recording what you do
* Record Quick Macros - record and replay without changing applications
* Enable and disable macros and macro groups
* Try macros and individual actions as you create them
* New Switcher Pack from Rakesh Kumar
New ways to trigger macros:
* Via AppleScript "do script"
* Via built in web server
* Using any hot key (eg unmodified A)
New and improved actions:
* Execute inline Unix script text
* Execute inline AppleScript text
* Unix and AppleScripts can display their results briefly
* Execute Automator Workflows
* Log Out action
* Activate the Program, Window or Clipboard switchers
* Record Quick Macros
* Direct support for inserting extended (ICU) date formats
* Horizontal Scroll Wheel support
* Manipulate Window resize smaller or to a specific size
Improved user interface:
* Streamlined main window
* Streamlined macro editor window
* Automatic (sparklish) updating
* Exported macros include group information
* Cleaned up and/or simplified pretty much every action and trigger editor
* Running Applications are shown in popup menus rather than requiring disk navigation
* Display an approximation of the time saved
* Spruced up the switcher windows, including adding program switcher icon grid view
* Cute little square buttons
* Added rename buttons for those who cannot figure out how to rename
* Added video tutorials to the documentation
* All HIView goodness
Simplified:
* Dropped support for PowerMate
* Dropped support for version 1 preference files
* Dropped support for Classic processes
* Dropped support for 10.3
* Window/Program/Clipboard Switchers are now activated as any other macro
And in detail:
* Hot keys shown without the dash (ie, ^J not ^-J)
* Improved display of hot keys with longer and more key names
* Fixed up keyboard focus
* gethotkeys AppleEvent to return current active hot key macros
* Move preferences to a subfolder
* Switched to extensible property lists for preference and macro files
* Improved some icons (thanks Opacity!)
* Remove and reduce many artificial delays
* Add extra default macros for Quick Macro support
* Add Check for Update in Help menu
* New clipboards created with good default name
* Macro Palette displays in all spaces
* Add actions after selection
* Improve macro deletion messages
* Set default clipboard text
* Window switcher no longer brings window to the front just to close it
* Double click, return, and button to rename
* Display Number Pad hot keys
* Display stderr from executed shell scripts
* Support all AppleScript formats
* Disable Hot Keys before simulating keys
* Improved Press Button ability to find buttons
* Warn about missing access for assistive devices
System requirements:
Keyboard Maestro 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or greater, including 10.5 and is native Intel and PowerPC.
Keyboard Maestro is engineered by Stairways Software Pty Ltd and distributed by Kagi. Keyboard Maestro is licensed on a per workstation basis (individuals can choose to license it on a per user basis).
New customers can purchase Keyboard Maestro from
http://purchase.keyboardmaestro.com/ for US$36. A volume discount of 50% is available for purchases of 5 or more copies.
Keyboard Maestro 3.0 is a paid upgrade from previous versions. Customers who purchased Keyboard Maestro after 1 November 2007 have been issued a free upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 3. If you have not received your free license, you can claim your free upgrade by looking up your Keyboard Maestro 2 purchase at:
http://enquiry.stairways.com/
Customers who purchased Keyboard Maestro 2 between July 2004 and October 2007 can upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 3 for US$18 until 30 June 2008. If you have not received your instructions on how to upgrade, you can find details by looking up your Keyboard Maestro 2 purchase at:
http://enquiry.stairways.com/
Customers who have not disabled upgrade emails have been emailed with new license or upgrade instructions as appropriate. If you have not received your upgrade license or purchase instructions, let us know and we will look into why you did not receive your email.
A fully-functional unlicensed trial version of Keyboard Maestro can be downloaded from:
http://download.stairways.com/
For sales enquires, customer service, technical support, or to contact project management, our current contact information is listed at:
http://contact.stairways.com/
Extensive online documentation on Keyboard Maestro can be found at:
http://documentation.keyboardmaestro.com/
A brief taste of Keyboard Maestro in action can be found at:
http://screenshots.keyboardmaestro.com/
A more detailed tour to give you a better idea of Keyboard Maestro's power and versatility is available at http://tour.keyboardmaestro.com/
Video examples and tutorials of Keyboard Maestro can be found at:
http://movies.keyboardmaestro.com/
For more information about anything to do with Keyboard Maestro visit:
http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/
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