"The right amount of software is available for both platforms" Suuurrre, if you want to live the fantasy, go right ahead. Ignorance is bliss. "reported by timoteo1 there is now an automation thingie for the Windows platform as well.: Uhhhh, did you even bother to read what MKScripts is about??? It is NOT an "automation thingie" as you put it. Granted, QuickKeys seems pretty neat (even though there have been programs around like this for ages, even ones with voice command (back in the Windows 3.11 days) but QK's is not going to be able to do most (if not all) of what MKScripts does. Do you even have a clue about Python Scripting. It's not just a tool for automating procedures and key presses, although it can do this too. "As with all UNAVAILABLE software it is usual to find there has been the same facility handy all along, ie Quickeys ..." Ummmmm ... hello?? WRONG on BOTH counts ... utterlly, laughably, proposterously (fill in other adjectives for outrageous) WRONG. As I just explained Quickeys is no more a substitute for MKScripts then motor oil is for drinking water. And since you mentioned it, I'm not aware of anything remotely simliar to Mimic for the Mac. Mimic is the holy grail of lip-synching for animators. What once took days or weeks now takes a few seconds (or perhaps an hour if you need to tweak it and are very nitpicky.) Then of course there is Illusion -- one of the greatest particle generators to come around ... well, EVER. Guess which OS it's not written for and NEVER going to be written for? The list of apps and games is long and devastating. I'm sure with SOME of the apps their might be a counterparts for the Mac, but most are probably taking two steps backward to move one step forward. Glad we could have this serious talk about automation.