Hello, I started using FastKeys on Windows and discovered a great function, Start Menus, which allow you to invoke a menu of chosen links, macros, folders (with structure available) and preferred files, like in the screenshot. Here you can see a tutorial on the function: https://www.youtube.com/wa…

You could do pieces of this very easily in Keyboard Maestro. You could probably do all of it in Keyboard Maestro, though not very easily—the navigable folders in particular will be a challenge. There used to be a number of apps that can do this for you—DragThing was one of my favorites, but it's di…

Here's something to get you started: [image] A Few Favorites Macro (v9.1) Macro Library A Few Favorites: Open Apps, Files, Folders *Updated: 5 October This macro opens apps, files and folders (including mounted drives) using either an HTML form or a Popup me…

[image] griffman: Our company makes an app called Butler that can do probably 99% of what I see in the screenshot, but it's a very complicated program to learn to use well, and I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to invest the time to do so—it was designed for another era of "power users" wh…

[image] Giggi: Do you know of any way to simulate this function with keyboard maestro or any other software on Mac? While I'd always recommend Keyboard Maestro for this sort of thing, since you'll be using it for so much more besides, you might also like to take a look at some launcher utilit…

Hi @griffman , experimenting a bit with keyboard maestro prompts with lists, palettes and third party apps, I agree that probably the best thing is to use a combination of all of these. Thanks for the apps suggestions, but I discovered a neat app, Folder Peek, that basically replicates what FastKeys…

Thank you @mrpasini , your app seems very well thought! I downloaded it and started configuring it, but as I discovered, probably for the moment using conflict palettes and Folder Peek is a good and straightforward combo, enough for my needs. Still I'm curious to learn, when I will have more time, h…

Yes, a launcher like one of those could be a solution, even if I'm not sure it could replicate the immediacy of an app like Folder Peek or that native function of FastKeys. Still thanks for the suggestions!

Before I saw all the other recommendations here, I was goofing around with a solution. This works, but it's not exactly elegant. Download Macro(s): The Opener.kmmacros (16 KB) ▶ Macro screenshot ▶ Macro notes ▶ System information Replace the items in the green box with those you want to open or launc…

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mrpasini September 20, 2026, 6:01pm 3

Here's something to get you started:

In addition to aps, files and folders, it also handles favorite URLs, and email addresses. And presents either an HTML prompt or a list prompt with shortcuts.

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