What Is the Status of the Paste XML Action Feature?

[DanThomas]

@August

but if KM can export and import JSON macros and groups, that's the way I'll go.

To be clear, KM can't do that. But my macros can.

As for storing previous versions of your macro, you could take a look at this macro set from me:

Macro Repository Suite: Backup and Version Control for Keyboard Maestro

Macro Repository Suite v1.1.0 Requires Keyboard Maestro v9 or higher. Update 2021-06-19: I've been using this for a couple of years now, and I've never encountered a problem, so it's pretty stable. (I know, famous last words.) PURPOSE Creates separate source files for each of your Groups and Macros, in a Repository Folder of your own choosing. This makes it easy to back them up, reload them if needed, and optionally place them under Version Control. The Macro Repository Suite contains t…

You can store the macros as JSON or XML, and restore them any time you want to. I also use Git for version control.

Yes, you can disable groups from within a macro. Just look for actions that talk about enabling or disabling macros, and they can also do Groups.

Yes, you can delete them using AppleScript (or JXA). You do it by UUID, not by name, because names don't have to be unique. I'm sure if you did some searching in the forum, you can find examples.