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Creating and Using Quick Actions in macOS Mojave

October 22, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Quick actions in macOS Mojave allow users to quickly and easily access Automator workflows to process files in a repeatable ways. With these actions your Mac can automatically perform repetitive tasks with just two clicks. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to create and use Quick Actions in macOS Mojave. Opening […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: automator, macos, productivity

Getting Started with Applescript: Productivity and Automation

November 2, 2017 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

“Never do anything twice” is an old programming maxim. And yet, faced with a computer capable of powerful automation, folks choose to instead manually repeat tasks. Programming is hard, after all, and it takes a while to learn. But you don’t need to be some kind of crack coder to automate a few things. With […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: automator, Mac, macos

Getting Started with Automator on Your Mac

December 1, 2016 by Alexander Fox 1 Comment

MacOS’s Automator is a little-known but highly useful piece of bundled software. Designed to bring software automation to non-programmers, Automator workflows use a simple grammar that will be familiar to any user of IFTTT. By adopting an “if this, then that” approach to managing complex tasks, it makes it easier for non-expert users to set […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: automator, macos, PDF

How to Rename Files With Automator

January 14, 2014 by Brian Meyer 2 Comments

Automator is an application bundled with OS X for quite a few versions now, but it is often misunderstood and used even less. At its core, Automator is a basic scripting application that allows you to stack those scripts together with drag-and-drop simplicity, giving you a powerful tool to fight repetition and busy work; getting […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: automator, file rename, How To, Mac

How to customize the OS X Right Click Menu Using Automator

December 17, 2013 by Brian Meyer 1 Comment

Computers are here to do our bidding. When we have boring, repetitive tasks the best possible way to get them done is to get a computer to do them. OS X knows this, which is why there are some awesome tools included in the operating system to give you the ability to automate these tasks […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: automator, customize os x, Mac, OS X

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