Macros for Macs

[mjb1865]

Hi,

I am new to the community. I have a mac and I want to know if there is a program out there similar to macro express for windows. I know that Automator has a lot of the similar functions, but I am looking for something which I can program "hotkeys" to insert text into documents. I don't think I can do this with Automater and was wondering if anyone could suggest a program.

Thanks

 

[Mikuro]

I use Butler for this task. It does a dozen or so different things (all of them very useful), so it might be a little confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it I think you'll find it indispensable. It's free, too.

You might also want to look at QuicKeys. It's expensive, but it's an old and powerful macro app.

 

[Giaguara]

I use Key Xing, http://www.lumacode.com/keyxing/
and AppleScript.

 

[aliensub]

If you're talking about "snippets" to insert, so if you e.g. writes "ddate" it inserts the current date, then TextExpander is pretty neat