Messing with the Keyboard Maestro Macros.plist

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Is it "safe" to use KM to manipulate the Keyboard Maestro Macros.plist document? Specifically, since cron triggers can't be input as variables, I could use a macro to prompt for %Variable%CronString% and %Variable%UID%, then search the Keyboard Maestro Macros.plist for:

Cron</key>\n\t+([ \d* ]*)</string>\n\t+MacroTriggerType</key>\n\t+Cron</string>\n\t+</dict>\n\t+</array>\n\t+UID</key>\n\t+%Variable%UID%</string>

to be sure I'm manipulating the right macro, then replace \1 (the capture group that includes the current cron trigger) with %Variable%CronString%.

I'm just a bit scared to actually try it.

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No.

You cannot modify the Keyboard Maestro Macros.plist file while Keyboard Maestro is running and expect anything other than disaster.

You can use AppleScript to control the Keyboard Maestro editor to modify macros.

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