In this case, try looking up your purchase at Kagi (click the Track Order link) or at (although that will email you your serial number which might again be lost to over-zealous spam filters).
If you do not receive your serial number promptly after purchasing, it may be that the email has not reached you, possibly due to spam filtering on your email service. Although you can retrieve this information from us at any time in the future, it is a good idea to keep this safe. Regardless of how you purchase Keyboard Maestro you will immediately be emailed your username (email address) and serial number in the “Thanks For Your Purchase” email. If you purchase Keyboard Maestro from within Keyboard Maestro by choosing Purchase Keyboard Maestro from the Keyboard Maestro menu, it will automatically be registered. If you have not done so already, you should consider turning on the Keyboard Maestro preference “Launch Engine at Login” to ensure all of Keyboard Maestro’s facilities are available to you as soon as you login or startup your Mac.įeedback How do I register Keyboard Maestro? Your old files will be saved in the ~/Library/Preference/Keyboard Maestro/Saved Version 2 folder in case you decide not to upgrade to version 3 for any reason. Keyboard Maestro 3 will automatically import your version 2 macros, clipboards and preferences. Because the Keyboard Maestro Engine is probably running, the Finder may not let you replace the existing application with the new version, so the simplest process is to launch the new version (which quits any old engine and starts the new one), then move the new version in to the Applications folder, possibly replacing the old one. To upgrade Keyboard Maestro manually, or from any version before 3.0, simply replace the Keyboard Maestro application in your Applications folder with the new one. Keyboard Maestro 3 includes an automatic upgrade mechanism, so to upgrade Keyboard Maestro once you are running version 3.0 or later, simply click the Install Update button when prompted. You should consider turning on the Keyboard Maestro preference “Launch Engine at Login” to ensure all of Keyboard Maestro’s facilities are available to you as soon as you login or startup your Mac.įeedback How do I upgrade Keyboard Maestro? You can quit or launch the engine manually using the File menu. This means that they will continue to work after you quit Keyboard Maestro, as long as the engine is still running.
The engine is the process that enables your Macros, Program Switcher, and Clipboard Switcher to work. When you launch Keyboard Maestro it launches an invisible “ Keyboard Maestro Engine” that continues to run even after you quit Keyboard Maestro. To install Keyboard Maestro, simply copy it to your Mac’s Applications folder (or anywhere you like). How do I configure the program switcher?.