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.- 52 Keyboard Maestro alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Expander
- Mac
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.
Keyboard Maestro Features
- 60 Automator alternatives
- Free • Proprietary
- Task Automation App
- Workflow Automation Tool
- Mac
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.
Automator Features
- 86 Hammerspoon alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Task Automation App
- Mac
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.
Hammerspoon Features
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.
Typinator Features
- 53 TypeIt4Me alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Expander
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
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.
TypeIt4Me Features
- 24 KeyBindingsEditor alternatives
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Key Mapping Tool
- Mac
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.
KeyBindingsEditor Features
DiscontinuedWebsite unavailable but download still available at download sites.
Create services from any script.
ThisService Features
DiscontinuedThisService 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 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.
DiscontinuedThe 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
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.
yKey Features