I'm a new user of Keyboard Maestro, and I'm seeking help in creating several macros.
I have some specific ideas in mind that I'd like to implement, but as a beginner I'm not sure where to start.
Here are the macros I'm interested in:
An automation that can turn on or off notifications for specific apps, triggered via an action or at a specific time.
A script that launches messaging apps and configures their app positions when triggered via a shortcut.
A macro that switches the wallpaper from one of the solid colors based on focus. Specifically, I would like a deep blue wallpaper when in "Deep Work" focus mode (I associate the colour with doing deep work, so this would be helpful) and back to a solid black wallpaper when focus mode is off (I might want to do that for other focus modes as well)
A macro that can turn on light mode or dark mode.
If anyone has already created any of these macros and would be willing to share them, that would be much appreciated. Alternatively, if you could point me in the direction of a guide or tutorial that could help me create these macros on my own, that would be great as well.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide!
P.S. I've explored and started learning some AppleScript in order to do some of this stuff, but this app might do some of that, too, without it's help, or you could add a script to a macro and trigger it via the desired action.
As @ccstone notes, asking multiple questions in on topic makes it hard to answer, and any follow questions rapidly become confusing.
If you mean adjusting the Notifications system preferences, that would probably have to be done mostly with UI control, which is definitely going to be tricky, and will change before and after Ventura since Ventura completely redid System Preferences/Settings.
As you can see this is already going to get confusing if we try to follow up each of these with additional questions, so instead, read through that, and then post a new topic with a specific question and we can work through that.
Look more closely at Focus Modes for both of these -- set up your modes as required, set up a Shortcuts Shortcut to "Set Focus" (one Shortcut per Focus Mode is easiest), and fire off those either directly or with a KM "Execute Shortcut" action.