Last week I showed you how to use Automator to make a workflow that took photos from your Mac with an iSight and sent them to your Apple TV. That how-to featured one way of using a variable in ...

Renaming files in OS X is as easy as selecting them and pressing Return; however, if you regularly rename many files then you might benefit from setting up a rename workflow in Automator. Topher ...

While macOS allows users to create their own keyboard shortcuts to perform functions in apps, there isn't a built-in way to launch the apps themselves using a similar maneuver. AppleInsider shows you ...

If you tend to run the same Terminal command pretty often, then it makes sense to do one of two things: create a text expander snippet or turn it into a keyboard shortcut. How-To Geek shows you how to ...

Every day I use a handy service created with Automator to resize images exported from 4K footage to a smaller size. It’s easy to resize images in an app like Preview or Pixelmator, but using a service ...

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 ...

This how-to uses the new Automator feature in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to set up a Workflow that can load up your iPod with audio content generated from one or several web sites of your choice by running ...

I'm looking into Automator to extract data from a webtable in Safari. I've tried looking up scripts and using automator, but it's not as easy as it looks for a complete noob like myself. I've tried ...

Over the past few years we’ve grown accustomed to using our voice to interact with Siri-enabled iOS devices. So why not expect a similar experience with our computers? While not the hoped-for “Siri ...

Ugh.<BR><BR>I seem to be having an unreasonable amount of trouble with this. I'm able to successfully create a Workflow, however it fails (read: does nothing) when attached as a Folder ...