Mac power users love to play with scripting and automation. If there's something that's repetitive that needs to be done, it's a lot easier just to either use Automator to automate the process or ...

Since Apple is introducing Shortcuts to macOS Monterey in the fall, it may be worth backing up all of your Automator workflows before it lands. Here's how to make a copy of your automations. Shortcuts ...

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 ...

Veteran Mac users across the developer and pro communities are reeling at the news that Sal Soghoian’s position as Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple has been terminated, after nearly ...

I have been using Mavericks for a little while now and I have to admit that I was a little slow to get excited about this release of OS X. Once I started to sink my teeth into some of the power-user ...

There is not always “an app for that.” There are many complex and repetitive tasks we perform in the academic world which depend on technology but which cannot be carried out by a single software ...

Take a look at any of Apple's promotional material for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) and you'll find that a feature that consistently gets a top-billing is Automator. However, I suspect that, if you could ...

I recently switched to Mac OS X as my primary desktop operating system after spending over a decade on Linux. Although Apple’s operating system supplies practically all of the command line tools I ...

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. I need an AppleScript that can tell the PowerPoint ...

AppleScript is OS X’s naive scripting language and allows you to automate repetitive operations which involve one or more applications. Imagine the time you could save! And the boredom you can avoid!

AppleScript Pro Sessions (May 2-6 in Monterey, California.) will include coverage of Tiger, including AppleScript changes in the new OS version and Automator, the new personal automation assistant.