![]() Open my IRC client and make sure I’m in the Relay FM channel and not the one for The Incomparable or the one for Accidental Tech Podcast. Open Audio Hijack and make sure the right recording session is open and ready to go.Setting up for Clockwise one morning, I noted all the tasks my morning brain has to perform before I can get on with the show: ![]() It’s an impossibly powerful utility that, among other things, lets you automate user-interface actions.Įvery time I prepare to record a podcast, there’s a long chain of repetitive tasks I need to perform in order to get ready to talk. My tool of choice was Keyboard Maestro, which I bought to remap a bunch of keystrokes for my weird clicky keyboard. It’s been a black hole of automation for me, a no-go zone, but a little while ago I decided I was wasting time with some of the tasks I perform every week and I was going to dive in and take control of the situation, scripting be damned. The fact is, many Mac apps-and more every day!-aren’t really accessible via scripting interfaces. I write a lot about automating repetitive computer tasks, but most of my history with automation has involved using AppleScript (and later, Automator) to control applications.
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