Simple one: how do you abort a macro from being executed once it's set into motion?

[dragonfliesmusic]

I have a few complicated macros that I've programmed that, once sent into motion, take a while to finish. It's awesome. But once in a while I need to abort it. I did search in earnest to find out how to do this (and tried the obvious....pressing esc, command X, etc). Is there a way?

[avtraino]

The wiki covers all the major options.

Happy hunting.

[dragonfliesmusic]

Wiki states ("You can cancel all running macros by holding all the modifiers (Control, Option, Shift and optionally Command and clicking on the Keyboard Maestro Status Menu Icon."). Not only does this not seem to work, but I can't actually click on the Keyboard Maestro Status Menu Icon because my mouse is flying all over the place....because of the macro I instantiated.

Any help (beyond "go north") would sincerely be much appreciated.

[tiffle]

@dragonfliesmusic

I did search in earnest

Where?

Try this:

Cancel / Kill All Running Macros

Hey Folks, Do you have a Kill-Switch for all running macros? I do, because I once nearly hosed my entire $HOME folder with a macro I was working on. My Kill-Switch is: ⇧⌃⌥⌘K It’s a keyboard shortcut I won’t ever hit by accident – is mnemonic – and is quick to access. I also use the Iconaholic Loud Status Menu Icon, so it’s UNMISTAKABLE when Keyboard Maestro is running a macro. If you don't have such a thing then hurry up and install the macro below. At least once this Kill-Switch has sav…

There are plenty of other examples if you search!