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If you need to resize a ton of images on your Mac, Automator is the way to do it in one fell swoop. 9to5Mac shows off how to quickly make your own Aut ...
I've used Automator over the past week to build simple applications that replace some of my personal shell scripts.
The Automator application in OS X is a feature that many people use to modify documents in a folder, or perform other routine actions such as synchronizing items in a folder with those in another ...
I need an Automator script that converts PowerPoint files into PDF documents. Automator has no such built-in action. And I don't know AppleScript.
AppleScript and Automator were updated with iCloud file syncing. Much like TextEdit, now when you launch AppleScript Editor or Automator you are greeted with the iCloud Document Library. This shows ...
To launch Automator scripts, such as those designed to archive documents held in a specific file or switch between Light and Dark modes.
The downloads folder on a Mac can get pretty messy, but MacWorld shows off an automator script that automatically keeps that folder organized and clean. Chances are that the bulk of your downloads ...
Notifications Want to annoy yourself? AppleScript and Automator now includes a Display Notification command that you can use to send yourself notifications from your own scripts. That's actually ...
I meet a lot of people with Automator anxiety: they think using OS X’s built-in workflow-maker is a lot more complex than it really is. The truth is that Automator workflows are (a) pretty ...
Learn how to create a one-click backup utility using five simple actions in Automator.