Creating a Hot-Key Trigger Using Two Keystrokes, One After the Other?

One way to do this is to use a timeout within which you have to hit T. In this example, it's set to 50 1/100s, via the gear icon:

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Finale - Staff Tool.kmmacros (22 KB)

Macro screenshot

However, I would suggest that if the issue is forgetting hotkeys, you might want to have a look at Palettes or the Trigger Macro by Name action to show available macros. These can be used in a number of ways, but the way I like to use them is to choose one hotkey (in my case, §) to show all available macros for the current app and another (⌥§) to show all global macros.

In use:

Trigger Palette
Hit hotkey corresponding to desired visible macro in palette

or

Trigger Macro by Name
Select macro in the list
Hit Enter

I've opted for the latter, and I use it like so:

I set up two smart groups:

App-specific Smart Group Screenshot

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Global Smart Group Screenshot

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I trigger the following macro using § or ⌥§. It uses a submacro to move the cursor to the right of n: (which enables you to search by name):

Trigger Macro By Name (Apps:Global).kmmacros (58.3 KB)

If you prefer the Palette approach, it's simpler to set up. Just add the macros you want to a Show Palette of Macros action and give it a hotkey trigger. Here's my Logic Pro one:

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