Full Guide to Every Single Trigger in Keyboard Maestro (for Beginners)

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Hour long tutorial on every trigger in Keyboard Maestro:

https://youtu.be/281-Lq90Kf4

:watch: Contents:
Intro 00:00
Points of Notes 01:55
Most useful/common triggers Hot key 05:37
Typing String 07:07
Clipboard triggers Clipboard Filter 09:57
Clipboard Changed 12:37
Time-related triggers Time of Day 15:40
Periodic 16:42
Cron 19:08
Menu, Finder, and file triggers Status Menu 20:46
Group Status Menu 22:08
Global Macro Palette 23:58
Dragged File 25:38
Folder 28:56
Window and appearance triggers Application Trigger 30:05
Focused Window 31:11
Space Changed 34:19
Appearance Changed 35:14
Display Layout Changed 35:58
Computer state-related triggers Engine Launch 37:01
Login 37:52
Unlock 38:24
Idle 39:22
Wake 40:04
Sleep 40:50
External connections and device triggers Audio Output Device Changed 41:34
Power Status Changed 42:37
USB Device Key 44:17
USB Device 45:11
MIDI 45:49
Mounted Volume 46:27
Wireless Network 47:28
Gesture trigger Gesture 49:03
Remote triggers Remote 50:09
Public Web 51:21
Advanced triggers Subroutine 52:32
By Script 58:54
By Execute Macro 59:33
Outro 01:00:51

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It's a good video.

Sometimes these triggers can do more things than it appears at first glance. For example, the Folder trigger can use the creation of a file in a folder as a trigger signal from another application. In some cases this could be by the KM macro writer's design, or it could be a nice side effect of how some apps work. I once used this very signal to "detect sound above certain decibel level" using an app that created an audio file in a folder whenever it detected a sound above a certain level. I wouldn't have had to do that if KM had a built-in volume level trigger. (Hint, hint.)

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Fantastic, I've included a plug for the video on the Keyboard Maestro Mastodon account.

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