HID Macros Alternatives for Mac

HID Macros is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Keyboard Maestro. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Automator or Hammerspoon. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HID Macros and nine of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to HID Macros are Typinator, TypeIt4Me, KeyBindingsEditor and ThisService.

HID Macros alternatives are mainly Text Expanders but may also be Task Automation Apps or Code Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of HID Macros.

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Key Mapping Tool

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Keyboard Maestro
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Paid • Proprietary
Text Expander
Mac
52 Keyboard Maestro alternatives
Automate applications or web sites, text or images, simple or complex, on command or scheduled. You can automate virtually anything.
- - Keyboard Maestro is the most popular Mac alternative to HID Macros.
- - Keyboard Maestro is the most popular commercial alternative to HID Macros.
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Keyboard Maestro Features
1. Support for scriptingKeyboard Maestro supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Function Key Shortcuts
Automator
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Free • Proprietary
Task Automation App
Workflow Automation Tool
Mac
60 Automator alternatives
With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations.
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Automator Features
Automatic Form-Filler
Macro Recording
Better tags service
Hammerspoon
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Free • Open Source
Task Automation App
Mac
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This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine.
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Hammerspoon Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsHammerspoon can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Lua scripting
Typinator
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
67 Typinator alternatives
What is Typinator?

Have you ever experienced the tedium and frustration of having to repeatedly type your name, e-mail address, home page url, or other words or phrases again, again and again? Do you frequently need to quickly insert images like your signature, location plan, or.
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Typinator Features
Text substitution
TypeIt4Me
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Paid • Proprietary
Text Expander
Mac
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53 TypeIt4Me alternatives
Available since 1989, TypeIt4Me is the original text expander for Mac OS. Any time you enter text in your Mac by typing it at the keyboard, TypeIt4Me can help you do it faster and more accurately.
- - TypeIt4Me is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to HID Macros.
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TypeIt4Me Features
Auto Correction
KeyBindingsEditor
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Key Mapping Tool
Mac
24 KeyBindingsEditor alternatives
KeyBindingsEditor is a GUI-based editor for OS X key bindings. It allows for easy editing and supports single-action bindings (one action per keystroke), multi-action bindings (multiple actions for a keystroke) and Emacs meta binding-style multi-keystroke bindings.
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KeyBindingsEditor Features
Keyboard Shortcuts
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ThisService
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
35 ThisService alternatives
Create services from any script.
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ThisService Features
1. Support for scriptingThisService supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Discontinued
ThisService has been declared "abandonware" by its developer. It is still possible to obtain and use it, but no support is provided, and no further development is occurring.
QuicKeys
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
52 QuicKeys alternatives
QuicKeys is software that makes it easier to use your computer. With QuicKeys you can automate common things you do all the time. And you can automate tedious things you don't do all the time — things that are hard to remember.
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Discontinued
The software seems to be no longer developed: the official website says that it has been designed for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard, and it substantially works with 10.10 Yosemite
yKey
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
49 yKey alternatives
Formerly iKey (changed with v2.6, 2017-04-12), yKey creates shortcuts for an action or sequence of actions that can be launched by hotkey, menu, timer, event or a USB trigger.
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yKey Features
Support for Hotkeys
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