When you’re building a macro, you can now take advantage of a Macro Debugger that shows every action with completion status and breakpoints this will come in handy to better understand why a macro isn’t working and, if so, how to fix it. This will be useful to build workflows (possibly to run at a specific time of the day) that handle backups or move files from one folder to another (the triggers can also be used as conditions in a macro). You can now specify triggers for USB devices that are attached/detached to a computer, volumes, and wireless networks that your Mac connects to. There are, of course, new triggers and actions to build macros that can automate (almost) any aspect of your Mac. For owners of multiple Macs, the good news is that Keyboard Maestro can now sync macros using Dropbox or any other sync service in my initial tests, sync worked as advertised. Keyboard Maestro 6.0 retains the same interface and design principles of its predecessor while adding powerful new features that are exclusively built for Mountain Lion. Unfortunately, I have only been playing with the app for a few hours, so an in-depth review will be published in the coming weeks. Version 6.0 is out today and it brings over 100 new features. I use it every day, constantly, to automate my Mac to speed up writing, resize images, save PDFs, execute scripts, and more. Long-time MacStories readers know how deep-seated Keyboard Maestro is in my OS X workflow. I don’t want to click on menus for accounts and signatures: I want to hit ⌘R and receive a new Reply window with the account and signature I want already set. Apple’s Mail app makes it easy to see all messages sent to all accounts with the unified Inbox, but it makes it surprisingly hard to set default accounts and signatures that should always be treated as, well, default ones. I receive several messages every day to different email addresses, but I always want to reply with the same address and the same signature. As you can guess, I came up with a way to automate the process using AppleScript and (optionally) Keyboard Maestro. But there is one thing I don’t like: Apple’s Mail app and how many clicks it takes to switch between configured accounts and signatures. I have multiple addresses set up, I have my filters and smart folders to automate the process of filing and finding emails, and I’m enjoying the renewed interest of iOS developers in building email apps that solve old problems in new ways. I’m aware of the fact that it’s a common trend to call email a “nightmare” these days, but the truth is – email works for me.
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