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Press Release for 21 Aug 2013

Stairways Software releases Keyboard Maestro 6.2

Perth, Western Australia - 21 August 2013 - Stairways Software Pty Ltd is pleased to announce Keyboard Maestro 6.2, the new version of its powerful productivity enhancer for Mac OS X.

Version 6.2 adds control Apple Mail, including sending (or creating) an email message, text tokens for the current mail message fields (suche as %MailRecipients%, functions for the current mail message dates and status flags (such as MAILDATERECEIVED() and MAILFLAGGED()).

This version adds Reveal in Finder action, a shortcut option to the menu condition, access to the Keyboard Maestro variables in the Execute JavaScript action, a destination settings for the Substring action, and options for the Get Image Size action.

This version also improves the editor in a number of ways, including formatting AppleScript code, and displaying image wells in a Quick Look window.

Plus a bunch of minor bug fixes.

Watch the What's New Video on the home page to see some of the new features.

With over a hundred improvements in version 6.x, there is bound to be something for everyone.

Changes for 6.2:

• Added action to Send Mail Messages.
• Added action to Set Mail Flag/Flagged/Read/Junk status.
• Added Mail recipient tokens: MailRecipients, MailToRecipients, MailCCRecipients, MailBCCRecipients
• Added Mail tokens: MailSender, MailReplyTo, MailSubject, MailContents, MailRawSource
• Added Mail date functions: MAILDATERECEIVED(), MAILDATESENT()
• Added Mail status functions: MAILFLAG(), MAILFLAGGED(), MAILREADSTATUS(), MAILJUNKSTATUS()
• Added Mail action functions: MAILWASFORWARDED(), MAILWASREDIRECTED(), MAILWASREPLIEDTO()
• Added Reveal a File action.
• Format AppleScript in the Execute AppleScript action.
• Added menu condition to test for menus with a specified shortcut.
• Execute JavaScript scripts can now access Keyboard Maestro variables.
• Added Destination selection to Substring action.
• Extend Get Image Size to return size in pixels, points or DPI.
• Added Absolute Position relative for Mouse Click action.
• Image View supports Quick Look in Find Image, Mouse Click and Image on Screen condition.
• Add detail to macro edit message "Triggered by any of the following"
• Added %FindPasteboard% text token.
• Hold the option key down in the Application Switcher to reopen windows.
• Updated Markdown library from Andreas Zeitler (Mac OS X Screencasts) (requires Wrap Text plugin action).

Bug Fixes for 6.2:

• Resolved an issue where Keyboard Maestro Engine could not display any windows after login.
• Remove "Hide" flag from Keyboard Maestro Engine login item if present.
• Removed and correct any extraneous Keyboard Maestro Engine login items.
• Changed Get Image Size action to return pixel size.
• Fixed a possible race/crash condition writing to the Last Executed dictionary.
• Possibly fixed a crash related to wireless network triggers.
• Worked around a crashing bug in the system related to the Select Menu Item editor.
• Application popup menu for More re-opens the popup menu.
• Tweaks to the Duplicate Palette hot key handling.
• Alert title was not text token processed.
• Prompt For User Input after Trigger Macro By Name did not have focus.
• Inverted scroll wheel in icon grids to match system behaviour.
• Fixed an issue where the front window might not be restored to focus after closing a clipboard switcher.
• Favorites Category actions is now sorted alphabetically.
• Improved behaviour when launching applications with always hide others.

Keyboard Maestro 6.x requires Mac OS X 10.8 or greater.

Keyboard Maestro is engineered by Stairways Software Pty Ltd and distributed by FastSpring. Keyboard Maestro is licensed on a per user basis, and an individual user can use it on five Macs.

New customers can purchase Keyboard Maestro from <http://purchase.keyboardmaestro.com/> for US$36. Customers with five or more users should contact us for a volume discount quote.

Customers who purchased Keyboard Maestro directly from us after October 1, 2012 have been issued a free upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 6. If you have not received your free license, you can find your free license upgrade at <http://enquiry.stairways.com/>.

Customers who purchased any version of Keyboard Maestro prior to October 2012 can upgrade to Keyboard Maestro 6 for US$25. If you have not received your instructions on how to upgrade, you can find details by looking up your Keyboard_Maestro license at <http://enquiry.stairways.com/>.

Keyboard Maestro 6 is not available from the Mac App Store and probably never will be, but customers who purchased Keyboard Maestro 5 on the Mac App Store can convert their license to a direct license by option clicking the "Mac App Version" text in the Keyboard Maestro about box and following the instructions and will then be eligible for a paid upgrade to version 6 for US$25.

A fully-functional unlicensed trial version of Keyboard Maestro can be downloaded from <http://download.keyboardmaestro.com/>.

For sales enquires, volume purchases, customer service, technical support, or to contact project management, our current contact information is listed at <http://contact.stairways.com/>.

Extensive online documentation on Keyboard Maestro can be found at <http://documentation.keyboardmaestro.com/>.

A brief taste of Keyboard Maestro in action can be found at <http://screenshots.keyboardmaestro.com/>.

For more information about anything to do with Keyboard Maestro visit <http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/>.

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