If Slack's delay was longer, I'd have to add a manual wait in Keysmith too.)Įven for someone that has used Keyboard Maestro for years, this interface can be confusing and overwhelming, and it can hide important functionality. (The Keysmith macro works without explicitly waiting because it automatically waits a short time after all actions to smooth out hiccups like this. I also had to add a pause action toward the end to make it work because Slack has gotten sluggish. It’s cluttered with icons and indentation to support the dozens of configurations it might have to display. It’s doing the same thing, but Keyboard Maestro’s UI is significantly more complicated. Now here’s that same macro in Keyboard Maestro: Here’s what the macro to do that looks like in Keysmith: It takes advantage of Slack’s ⌘K shortcut to open up the search bar, types “engineering”, and then presses enter. One macro I use every day is a Slack macro that opens up the #engineering channel.
If you think I’ve mischaracterized what Keyboard Maestro can do, please let me know. I’ll say up front that while I’ve used and enjoyed Keyboard Maestro for years, I’ve never taken one of the paid courses available to learn all the ins and outs. Like driving an automatic car, though, Keysmith is so much easier to use that we think it’s the best choice for most people. Both are fine choices – it’s largely a matter of personal preference.
Here’s an analogy: if using Keyboard Maestro is like driving a stick shift, using Keysmith is like driving an automatic. We often get asked to compare Keysmith and Keyboard Maestro since, on the surface, they seem to be pretty similar tools. Keysmith and Keyboard Maestro are both great tools to create custom keyboard shortcuts for your Mac.
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