Automator is a Mac OS X utility first included with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. It allows the creation and execution of linear workflows composed of basic actions provided by Mac OS X or installed applications. This enables users to automate repetitive tasks to save time and effort when using their Mac. ...
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Batch change file extensions in Mac OS X?
I used wget to download a website into a folder. When files have the same names, wget stores the new one as name.extension.#
Now I have hundreds of files like 1.jpg, 1.jpg.1, 1.jpg.2, etc.
How can I ...
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Add a contact from an email address within email text
I came to Office/Outlook 2011 from Mac Mail, and now I find that I'm unable to do something that I need to do ALL THE TIME.
In Mail, if there was an email address within the text of an email message ...
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Sync an iPhoto library with specific folder(s)
My aim is to sync all files that I add to a specific album in iPhoto 11, to a folder on the Mac. I will then use cron & rsync to shovel the files to a gallery server. Now, I did find the How to ...
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How to create a shortcut or automate file in calling a contact in skype
What are the option in creating a quick access to dialing a contact in Skype? and How?
Example I want to bind a custom key in calling my friend, let say
"cmd" + "0"
or
cmd + "9"
. I'm ...
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How to create a service to zip files in Mac OS X Lion
I have to create services for two different use cases:
Mark a folder or file and zip it using an archiver tool such as rar7zip.
Mark a text and open a translator app.
I've been trying to use ...
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Automate subject in Apple's Mail.app
At the company I work with, we use [client-domain.com] prefixes before the actual subject line of emails as kind of a rough tagging system.
Is there any way that one could automate this so when I ...
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How do I set up a OSX service to delete the first page of a PDF?
I frequently receive PDF files where the first page is either empty or is just a cover page for which I have no use. Can you suggest a quick and efficient way (Applescript, Service, or ???) for me to ...
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How can I get Automator to open a URL in the current Safari tab?
My current code involves a "Watch Me Do" block recording a ⌘ W keystroke and then opening the new URL, but that's kind of kludgy. Is there any way I can use Automator to open a URL within the current ...
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Context menu item to lock/unlock files in Finder more quickly
I can change the file locking ("read only") status in a file's context menu:
There's no menu item for this.
How can I create a Finder (context) menu item to set, remove, or toggle this flag ...
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Creating a shortcut in launcher to run a terminal command with more than one parameter as argument
How do you create a shortcut in launcher that lets you run a terminal command using more than one variable?
For example, how do you create a launcher shortcut that will prompt you for varA and varB ...
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Automator Workflows How
I'm trying to follow the instructions here
http://snowleopardtips.net/tips/everything-you-need-to-know-about-screen-captures.html
under "Installing the Folder Action."
First it suggests a folder I ...
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LSUIElement on Automator application
So I have made an Automator application and put it in my login/startup items. My Automator application is an infinite loop. I didn't want it to display an icon in the dock, so I asked this question. ...
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How do I run an Automator action, shell script or AppleScript on startup in OS X?
I know you can run applications on startup on a Mac, but can you run an Automator action, a Service, a shell script, or an AppleScript on startup instead?
I also know you can save all of these as an ...
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Extracting a value from a list of URL's inside a password protected area
I have a list of several hundred URL's, within one password protected account,
and having the following format:
https://somesite.com/somescript.php?nameA
https://somesite.com/somescript.php?nameB
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Create bash script to open URL in Mac OS X
I want to OS X to intelligently open git URLs by first trying to open their repo page on GitHub, and then falling back to something like GitBox.app.
I found this question extremely helpful, and I ...
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How create an OS X service that passes a file's path to a shell script?
I have a shell script that takes two arguments:
full file path
file name
How can I use Automator to add a context menu entry to Finder to run the shell script with a chosen file path and file ...
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Automator workflow hangs when run as folder action
I've got an Automator workflow that is supposed to backup the contents of my USB stick whenever I plug it in (after asking for a confirmation). It works if I trigger it manually within the Automator ...
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share url and webpage title using Automator
I would like to know how to share url and webpage title by doing the following step.
Select URL in Safari
Right click and choose Share via Email
Automator will open the email program, put the title ...
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Mac OS: Automator-script for saving mails to auto-generated folders
I am looking into automator and need it to help me out with the following simple task:
I need to have the attachments of a number of messages, which are sorted in a folder in Mail, downloaded and ...
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Cannot run automator task from command line
I have created an automator workflow that works fine when I run it from the automator application. The only problem there was I had to force it to use 32-bit mode because HP has only provided the ...
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Need an everyday reminder at a specific time of the day on Mac OS X?
Does anyone know how I can create an everyday reminder that pops up every day at a specific time to remind me of doing something? I need to make it remind me everyday at 1:00pm to update my daily ...
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How do I join various images next to each other in OS X?
I would like to join various PNG images horizontally in Mac, either using the console or Automator. Is this possible? How?
An example:
Given these two images:
The result would be:
The images ...
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Play video files in VLC media player from behind HTTP basic authentication URLs without a password
I regularly open HTTP URLs and play them directly in VLC media player, using the "Open Network..." option. Unfortunately, the URLs are behind HTTP basic authentication (they require a username and ...
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Automate sequence of key strokes in Mac
I want to automate a long sequence of keystrokes that I have to type every time I use a specific web site. How can I do it in Mac OS X. I've tried the Automator. I record the sequence, but when I run ...
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OS X Lion Inverted Scrolling Automation Shortcut
As everyone will know (who has Mac OS X Lion), by default, scrolling is inverted to make it a bit like the iPhone.
Problem: There is no way to have "normal scrolling" for a USB mouse, and ...
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Automated Interaction with Google Chrome
All right SU, I have a fun nut to crack.
I have 8 screens set up in a line, all hooked into one beefy G5 running Snow Leopard (yes, 4 graphics cards; about 15,000 pixels wide!). I am setting up a ...
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Adjust Mac OS X workflow to recursively scan directory
Hi the image below is a screenshot of a workflow i have set up to use Handbrake. The problem is that it only acts on AVI's that are in the root of Movies, it doesn't say, grab an AVI inside ...
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Automator won't change finder item names of photoshop automation exports
I made a folder action that monitors a folder and changes the name of anything put in it. Then I automate a photoshop action that exports images to the folder. for some reason I have to move the ...
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Batch-Resizing images in OS X to a certain height
How can I resize a batch of images using Automator, so that all images will have a fixed height, e.g. I want to resize all images to be 60px high while width can be anything.
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Automatic PDF renaming based on title
I have thousands of scientific PDFs that i need to rename, many do not have metadata. I would like to be able to create an automator action that could open a folder then open each PDF, copy the title ...
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Explore the steps to create & run scheduled task
I am newbie to Mac Mini. Can you explore the steps to schedule a task & how to run it. I am trying to schedule a software i.e. BucketCommander.jar, its a command line version of Bucket Explorer.
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Encode mp3 from Finder in OS X
I'd like to convert a WAV or AIFF to MP3 with a right click in Finder.
Not seeing any actions in automator I could use. I don't want to add it to iTunes to do it (and also duplicate it). I ...
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How to use Automator to give a GUI to ditto?
How do I create an Automator workflow, service or folder action to use ditto. The intention here is to use ditto to merge folders and/or files avoiding the unacceptable Finder's behavior of replacing ...
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In OSX, can I launch, position and scale an application using applescript/automator?
I am looking to automate the launching of my workspace. I use several applications, carefully positioned across two monitors, and I would like to be able to launch my prefered layouts with a single ...
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How to record a “macro” that saves web pages as PDF in OSX
I frequently save pages as PDF from Chrome on OSX. The page is apple-P then click the PDF button and the "Save as PDF.." menu item. I always use the pre-filled filename and save in the default ...
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Automating telnet login and commands on a Mac
Currently I do something like this:
telnet 192.168.0.3 23
username
password
cd /dir/
programname -s -g dosomething
I want to do this with one step, the coolest would be to compile a program for ...
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Mac Automator Save to Current Directory
I am creating a basic Automator service so that I can select a group of images and resize them for our CMS. The thing that keeps messing me up is that I can't find a good way to make the resized ...
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How to show specific hidden file in file browser dialog - Mac OS X
I need to use Automator to backup some of config files in my Mac. But I don't know how to get a hidden file in the file browser dialog. I chose "Get Specified Finder Items" task then click Add, but ...
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How to I use Apple Script to change the keyboard layout on Snow Leopard? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Switch TO specific input source
I want to do something like:
set keyboard layout to 'QWERTY' or something like that.
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Is Automator's “Filter Finder Items” action broken?
I've been trying to make an Automator droplet that removes files of a particular extension from a directory. My Workflow has 3 actions (when I'm not debugging):
Get Folder Contents (Repeating for ...
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Mac Automator — mount a network volume
I am writing an Automator "script" that rsyncs media on my 10.6.3 MacBook Pro to my Ubuntu 10.10 HTPC. I can make Automator run my shell script for rsync commands, but I can't make Automator mount the ...
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OS X Automator action for url in Safari
I have created an automator workflow for urls in Safari. The workflow is available when I select the url in the toolbar and right-click on it.
However, when I right-click on an anchor tag anywhere on ...
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Is there a way to change may keyboard layout before a program opens, and then change it back when the program exits?
All without me telling it to do anything after I invoke the fist thing.
I have a mac. And an automator service that changes from dvorak to qwerty before starcraft 2 launches... but is there a way to ...
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Mac OS X: how do I change to Qwerty / Dvorak with a terminal command?
I want to use Automator to change to Qwerty before it opens StarCraft2.
Any suggestions?
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Automator for Vista
Is a there a similar program for Vista like the Mac application Automator?
Specifically I'm looking for a Vista app that can control timed clicks. For example, in Automator, I can specify which ...
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Running an Automator task at night
I've just created an Automator workflow and I'm using crontab to execute it at night.
The problem is that, after a while, the machine is going to sleep and a password is required (this is the intended ...
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OS X Automator empty, blank or null value
I have some data files mostly excel, word and pdf files most of the files have no extension on them. So they are missing the .doc .xls. This data needs to be used in a Windows environment now.
I ...
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What is the best way to make Calculate SHA1 as a context menu option in Mac OS X?
In order to calculate the SHA1 checksum of a downloaded file, I could type
/usr/bin/openssl sha1
in Terminal and then drag there the file which I want check. To make it simpler, one could enable a ...
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Send files to Automator in Snow Leopard
I remember in Tiger, you could always select a bunch of files in Finder and right click them, there was an option to open the selection in Automator. However, it seems that option has been lost ...
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Automator, display all search results in one window
I have created an automator application that searches a shared folder on another mac within the network.
I want to show all the results in one window.
I have tried using Reveal Find Items, but it ...
