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title: Keyboard Maestro
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[[Optimization/Tools/Keyboard Maestro]] is an application I use to automate many tasks within the OSX operating system. I use it together with [[Optimization/Tools/Alfred]] and [[Optimization/Hardware/StreamDeck]].

I regularly find myself using [[Knowledge/Programming/JavaScript/JavaScript]] and [[Knowledge/Programming/Node.js]] scripts to create individual actions.

## Macros

**System Features**.
- DND on/off
- Putting to sleep
- Restarting
- Security

**Files

**Communicators**.

**E-mail**

**Calendar**

**Keyboard Maestro**

**Writing**.
- text expander
- markdown
- quick answers
- emoji picker

**Browser**.

**Music**.

**Development**

**External Automations**.

## Individual shares
- Faster system navigation (e.g., switching applications or launching functions)
- Useful notifications (such as [[Pomodoro]] and reminders for daily habits)
- Autosave in programs that do not have this feature
- Assigning keyboard shortcuts to program options that do not allow this (thanks to the [Menu Bar Search](https://github.com/BenziAhamed/Menu-Bar-Search) extension, among others)
- Manage window positioning in a custom way (in conjunction with [[Optimization/Tools/Magnet]])
- Application management (e.g., disabling Messenger after 5 minutes)

## Working with text
- Faster text navigation (keyboard shortcuts)
- [[Text Expander]] with support for external scripting (e.g., date generation).
- Working with Markdown syntax
- Quick open notes ([[Optimization/Tools/Notion]] / [[Optimization/Tools/Obsidian]])
- Macro palette with quick responses
- Adding emoticons from [Emoji Taco](https://www.packal.org/workflow/emoji-taco) and [Rocket](https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/)
- Quickly add information to notes (even without opening the editor)

## Working with files
- Create documents based on a template (through the Find function
- Automatic transfer / renaming
- Name changes and extensions
- Size changes
- Image optimization
- Quickly open files with [[Optimization/Tools/Alfred]]
- Automatic file transfer, including uploading to Google Drive with [[Optimization/Tools/Hazel]]

## Changing the context

## Browser

## Meetings

## Communication

## Focus

## Entertainment
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## External automations
- Running webhooks taken over by [[Optimization/Tools/MakeHQ]], [[Optimization/Tools/Zapier]] or [[Optimization/Automation/Microservices]]
- Sending data via [[Optimization/Tools/MakeHQ]] to [[Optimization/Tools/Airtable]].
- Sending notifications to your phone

## Mój kurs online: Keyboard Maestro
I discuss all the techniques for working with [[Optimization/Tools/Keyboard Maestro]] and Alfred in my course: [[Projects/eduweb#Keyboard Maestro Course]] available at [[Projects/eduweb]].