Macro: Writing Keyboard Maestro Clipboard History Items to a File

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Writing Keyboard Maestro Clipboard History Items to a File

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Write the selected image to a file:

Edit 2023/04/29 03:01 CDT – See Post #2 for a superior macro...

  • You may have to retake the [Close After Action] button image for system.
  • The write image macro is slightly cumbersome, because the selected image will move to the top of the history when you run it.
    • You can set the image to be deleted at the bottom of the macro.
  • The image title is presently just a date-stamp.
  • The image format is presently PNG.

Download: Write Image of Selected Clipping in KM Clipboard History Window to File on Desktop v1.00.kmmacros (22 KB)

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Keyboard Maestro Export

Macro-Notes
  • Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
    • The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
    • The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
  • macOS 10.14.6
  • Keyboard Maestro v10.2

Write the selected text to a file:

  • The clipping name is presently up to 50 characters of the first line of the text.

Download: Write Text of Selected Clipping in KM Clipboard History Window to File on Desktop v1.00 copy.kmmacros (11 KB)

Macro-Image

Keyboard Maestro Export

Macro-Notes
  • Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
    • The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
    • The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
  • macOS 10.14.6
  • Keyboard Maestro v10.2
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A Better Method of Writing the Selected Image in the KM Clipboard History to a Date-Stamped File

@peternlewis reminded me of this feature in another thread...

Set of two macros.

  • One is a filter-macro that adds a “Write to File” menu item to the KM Clipboard History's Contextual-Menu.
     
  • Two is a macro that lets the user add a hotkey for macro one.
    • This macro uses the name of macro one, so do not change the name of macro one without editing macro two appropriately.
      • See the line in the script beginning with: “keystroke "Write Image"”

Download: Test Group.ccstone Macros.kmmacros (11 KB)

Macro-Image

Keyboard Maestro Export

Macro-Notes
  • Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
    • The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
    • The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
  • macOS 10.14.6
  • Keyboard Maestro v10.2
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This is exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you.

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