The actions are: Play Current Movie play the current movie. All actions will launch QuickTime Player if it is not already running. QuickTime Player Control actions allow you to interact with QuickTime Player, playing movies, stopping or pausing, stepping forward or backward, or adjusting the volume. Increase/Decrease or Set Rating Increase, decrease or set the rating of the current track. Increase/Decrease or Set iTunes Volume Increase, decrease or set the iTunes volume. Previous Track Go to the previous song or the start of the current song if it is already playing. It will keep rewinding until you do something else or until it reaches the beginning of the song. Rewind Current Track rewind the current song. It will keep fast-forwarding until you do something else or until it reaches the end of the song. Fast-Forward Current Track fast-forward the current song. Stop Current Track stop playing any song. Pause Current Track pause the current song. Play/Pause Current Track toggle from playing to pausing or vice-versa. Play a Random Track from a Specified Playlist play a random song from a specified Playlist. Play a Specific Playlist play the songs in a specified Playlist. The actions are: Play a Specific Track play a specified song. All actions will launch iTunes if it is not already running. ITunes Control actions allow you to interact with iTunes, playing songs, stopping or pausing, rewinding or fast-forwarding. The action can be configured to allow the macro to continue if the menu or button is not essential (such as “Mark As Read” which might be disabled if the item is already marked as read). The Select Menu and Press Button actions will, by default, abort the macro if the action is not successful (for example if the button or menu cannot be found or is disabled). They will also ignore the difference between three dots (.) and an ellipsis so you do not have to worry which one the menu uses. The Select Menu and Press Button actions allow you to specify multiple options separated by a vertical bar (eg Show|Hide) to allow for toggling menus. The Select Menu Item action lets you choose from all currently running applications and their menus. Simulate Scroll Wheel simulate scrolling the mouse wheel up or down, left or right. Simulate Keystroke simulate pressing a specified keystroke. Press Button press a named button in the front window. Select Menu Item select a specified menu item in the front or a specified application. You can specify modifiers such as the shift key, as well as the position, relative to any corner of the front window, the main screen, or the current mouse location. Move or Click Mouse move, click or move and click the mouse. The actions are: Manipulate Window resize, move, center, bring to front, close, zoom, or minimize the front window or a specified window. Interface Control actions allow you to interact with the user interface, selecting menus, clicking buttons, simulating keystrokes and so forth. Show a Specific Application shows the specified application. Show All Applications shows all foreground applications. Hide a Specific Application hides the specified application. Hide Current Application hides the current application. Hide Other Applications hides all foreground applications except the current one, optionally honoring the excluded application list. Hide All Applications hides all foreground applications, optionally honoring the excluded application list. Quit a Specific Application quits the specified application. Quit Other Applications quits all foreground applications except the current one, optionally honoring the excluded application list. Quit All Applications quits all foreground applications, optionally honoring the excluded application list. Bring Application Windows to Front brings all the windows of the current application to the front. If the application is already at the front, the action can optionally switch out, hide or quit it, allowing you to toggle an application, very useful for utilities like PCalc. Activate a Specific Application launches if necessary and brings the specified application to the front, optionally reopening the initial windows. Switch to Next Application switches to the next application (alphabetically). The actions are: Switch to Last Application switches back to the previous application you were in. Process Control actions allow your to switch, quit, or hide applications. There are many powerful Macro Actions available for your use, and you can sequence them together to perform complex tasks. There are many actions to choose from (detailed below), some simple actions, such as Sleep Computer, require no other information and simply do their job, while other more complex actions, such as Select Menu Item, require you to specify more information, such as a target application or menu name. A Macro executes a sequence of Macro Actions in order.
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