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Help5 Automator workflows everyone should have
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...
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HelpHow to automate FTP uploads
Macworld forum member DeathRobot (who is probably nicer than his or her name implies) is interested in FTP and Automator. They write: I’ve created...
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HelpAutomator workflow of the month: Quick media manipulation
Much as we depend on text, a lot of us deal with images, audio files and movies as part of our workaday world. And it’s not unusual that when working...
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HelpAutomator workflow: Easy email replies
Do you routinely receive correspondence that contains a load of email addresses within the body of the message? Say, you’re in charge of pulling...
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HelpOne-touch tidiness with Automator
There exists in this world, two very broad categories of individuals—those who have taken to heart “A place for everything, and everything in...
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HelpCreate a suggestion box with Automator
If you were to break into an office building not occupied since the mid-70s, there’s a good chance you’d see tacked to the wall a pine-based receptacle...
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HelpExport contacts to Excel with Automator
If you rely on Address Book to keep your contacts straight, you may be the tiniest bit disappointed that Apple’s contact management application...
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HelpAdd Spotlight comments with Automator
As we waltz through our digital lives, we tend to accumulate files and folders and folders full of files. While a portion of this accumulation is...
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HelpConvert PowerPoint to Keynote with Automator
Many Mac users who give presentations have gravitated toward Apple’s Keynote application and away from Microsoft’s PowerPoint because they prefer...
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HelpAutomatically encrypt files for your Google Drive
Yesterday Google launched Google Drive, a free-if-you-just-need-5GB-of-storage Dropbox-like service that lets you easily store and share files in...
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HelpConverting PDFs to Word (and other formats)
The PDF file format is a great tool for sharing documents while retaining their formatting and ensuring that the documents don’t get changed in...
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Help 2Convert audio and video files for free
Scenario: You’ve made or bought an audio or video file that’s either in a format unsupported by the hardware you intend to play it on – an iOS...
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HelpAutomator workflow tip: Clear the iPod photo cache
Many Mac users discover that their Macs’ storage space mysteriously declines over time. This can happen for obvious reasons, of course – you’ve...
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HelpFixing a broken Automator workflow
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous queries an Automator workflow that is seemingly broken under Lion. He writes: I’ve tried an Automator workflow...
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HelpAutomatic slimming and sending of PDFs
I have a workflow where I print a file to my desktop as a PDF and then open it, apply a quartz filter to reduce its size, save the file again and...
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HelpTip: Download selected URL
Let’s say a friend sends you a link to an app or an MP3 file by email. Downloading the thing usually means copying the URL, opening your browser,...
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HelpLabel files from the keyboard
One Macworld reader, who asked to remain anonymous, contacted us with an effective solution to labelling files from the keyboard. This reader’s...
