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[kevinb]

@BernSh

Younger users might not be up to admitting to forgetfulness, but at least some older users drop that from their list of things to worry about.

These can be issues for all sorts of people; age is just one potential factor, and no-one works well with too much clutter. May I suggest that all those unused macros are, for your current needs, clutter? File them away elsewhere.

How to archive unused KBM macros?

You can sort macros by Date Used to find macros that have not been used for a long time. Most interestingly perhaps, you can sort macros by Size. Since macros are generally very small unless they contain images, you might find that your macro file size is largely dominated by just a few macros. Deleting them or moving the images out of the macros might be the answer. Otherwise, you can export macros and delete them and re-import them later if necessary. You can use the Export All Macros as a F…

Yes, “you can export macros and delete them and re-import them later if necessary”.

For keeping track of all those macros (or macro groups), just save them all into the same, clearly named folder (e.g. “Keyboard Maestro macro archive”).

Now you have just one folder to keep track of, and you can search it from the Finder.