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Asked ChatGPT for help, in case I missed something here. Note I have the K95 RGB and K100 (seriously, cant use the giant dial + button for this?!) To program a macro on the Corsair K95 RGB Platinum keyboard while in-game, you can use the Corsair Utility Engine (iCUE) software. Follow these steps: 1. Install the Corsair iCUE software: Download and install the latest version of iCUE from the Corsair website (https://www.corsair.com/icue). 2. Launch the iCUE software: Open the iCUE software on your computer. 3. Connect your keyboard: Ensure that your K95 RGB Platinum keyboard is connected to your computer. 4. Create a new profile: Click on the "Profiles" tab in iCUE and click the "+" button to create a new profile. Give it a name and save it. 5. Assign a macro key: Click on the "Actions" tab and select the profile you just created. Then, click on the "+" button to add a new action. 6. Record the macro: In the Actions menu, click on the "Macro" tab and then click on the "Record" button. Perform the sequence of key presses or mouse clicks you want to record for the macro while in the game. Once you're done, click on the "Stop" button. 7. Configure macro options: In the Macro options, you can set the playback options, such as playback speed, looping, and delay between actions. Adjust these settings as per your requirements. 8. Assign the macro to a key: After configuring the macro options, click on the "Assign a Button" dropdown menu and select the key on your K95 RGB Platinum keyboard where you want to assign the macro. You can choose any key on the keyboard, including the dedicated macro keys. 9. Save and test: Once you have assigned the macro to a key, click on the "Save" button to save the profile and the macro configuration. You can now test the macro by pressing the assigned key while in-game. Remember to keep the iCUE software running in the background for your macro to work. If you want to use different macros for different games, you can create separate profiles and switch between them as needed.

Why is a basic feature such as on demand macro recording entirely absent? I assumed that it was just hidden somewhere in the horrible software but after consuming much time on research - there simply is not a way to record a macro other than going into iCUE and several clicks later recording a macro? So lets say I'm in an application or game. I discover that I'm doing the same series of 10 keystrokes and would like to automate that including the appropriate timing delays. What I have to do now is : Launch the product alt+tab out (which some games are NOT happy to do for you!) Click a bunch of crap in iCUE to start the recording (lets not start on the horrific iCue interface... fire and rehire your team, this is dreadful) Click or at+tab back into the product I want to record a macro for (all of these steps are not being captured into the macro - yay.....) Complete the steps that I want to have recorded Alt+tab out (again, more garbage now going into my macro) Stop the recording Spend 99 days cleaning up the polluted macro Save and assign Go back into my product and test. What we want... Launch product Activate macro recording (Nexus, key combination, dedicated MR (macro recording) button, ANYTHING!!!!) Select GKey Perform clickies as needed Deactivate macro recording (Nexus, key combination, dedicated MR (macro recording) button, ANYTHING!!!!) Click Gkey assigned per step 2 and test Worst case, try again or now go manually update the recorded macro. Seriously, why is this so difficult? Why is this a big deal you ask? Sometimes the macro is needed quickly and for a one-off so we don't have the luxury of wasting 15 minutes on trial and error, hopping all over the place and fighting with your crappy macro editor. Great keyboard on many levels but NOT the Nexus integration nor the iCUE nightmare (don't get me started on the hardware profiles and lack of intuitive design...)

Just to echo this comment. Corsair makes the most expensive yet in many regards, least well design keyboards and mice. The software and UI related items are a nightmare but just to hit that same nail on the head here - why for the love of all isn't there a Macro Record (start/stop) button available on the device? Not via the software and several clicks. Heres what we want. I'm in a game or program and notice that I'm repeating several keystrokes. I should be able to record a macro right then and there!!!! You can do this with plenty of less expensive devices. If Logitech ever improves their hardware a little bit I'll be happy to move back to them since they are much better at these things that Corsair apparently cannot manage to deliver as quality of life. So frustrating. And if you've got the fancy iCUE Nexus like me, you'd think they'd just add the macro record button as an option there - but nooooooo.

Very frustrating. I spent hours making my ideal lighting layout which went to the aptly named DEFAULT. It sure seems reasonable to expect to be able to save-to a hardware profile. Not the case. Continually frustrated with iCUE software. As others have pointed out, it is clunky, counterintuitive, with limited functionality and is challenging to work with. Profiles: If there are reasons that the default profile contains items which cannot be saved to the hardware: - Fix that! Lazy / poor design! - Alert the user! Okay, so you messed up Corsair. Fine. Give users an alert when they are making settings which will not save to the hardware profile instead of making us learn the hard way. - Make the Default one of the hardware profiles instead of the software ones! Why are you immediately painting us into a corner? - Compromise; Fine, lazy and poor design can be corrected right? Let us export and import what can be used between hardware/software profiles instead of an all or nothing! - Not even going to get into the fact that macro's fail if you try to use two at the same time, which they claim cant be done. My cheap Logitech did it just fine, so... I'm guessing it works for everyone but Corsair. Potential consumers - do your homework. There is a lot to love about this keyboard but it largely ends with the physical aspects. The software is poor and remains unimproved which tells me Corsair is not putting effort into fixing this products problems which are largely the software.