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Re:macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another d... by tcoff91 on Saturday December 14, 2024 @03:11AM (#42415463)
Keyboard Maestro is a lot more powerful than what you're thinking of. A sequence of shell commands bound to hotkeys is in no way an adequate replacement.
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Re:macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another d... by rane on Saturday December 14, 2024 @05:23AM (#42416063)
Do you have any examples of use cases Keyboard Maestro is great for?
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Re:macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another d... by tcoff91 on Saturday December 14, 2024 @02:44PM (#42418986)
When building macros you can leverage OCR and image recognition so it can know how to find elements on the screen that you need it to click. I have barely scratched the surface of what it can do I am sure there is lots more.
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Re:macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another d... by anthk on Saturday December 14, 2024 @06:56AM (#42416491)
Xdotool/xdo, xsel and so on.
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