Moving from OpenKey to KeyVi
KeyVi cannot read OpenKey's export files yet. For now, bring your macros over with the plain text template. Importing OpenKey's export files directly is planned, once the file format has been checked against a real export.
Get your macros out of OpenKey
- Open the macro list in OpenKey's settings. VERIFY
- If there is an export button, save the file to the Desktop and open it in TextEdit to copy its contents. VERIFY The button name and file format.
- Copy each row (shortcut, expansion) into a text file using the plain text template, saved as UTF-8.
Screenshots will be added once each step has been checked on a real install VERIFY
VERIFY The steps above describe what you see in that app's own window and have not yet been checked against the latest version. If a label differs, follow the closest one and tell us so we can fix this page.
Import into KeyVi
- Open KeyVi, go to Settings > Macros > Import from file... (or choose Choose file... at the import step during setup).
- Read the preview: counts of new, duplicate and invalid rows. For duplicates, choose to keep yours or use the imported one.
- Invalid rows are skipped with a reason; one bad row never ruins the whole import.
Quit OpenKey and stop it from opening at login
Two input methods at once make letters double or vanish. Quit OpenKey and stop it from starting at login.
- Click the OpenKey icon in the menu bar and choose quit. VERIFY The menu item name in the current version.
- Open System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions. In the Open at Login list, select OpenKey and press the minus (-) button. VERIFY The item names on each macOS version.
- If OpenKey has its own start-at-login option in its settings, turn that off too. VERIFY