Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating Branching Automator Workflows with AppleScript

Episode 30
Date: 02.23.2010
Duration: 00:10:34
Creating Branching Automator Workflows with AppleScript
One of Automator's key limitations is its inability to perform branching. In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how AppleScript can be used to work around this limitation and create a branching Automator workflow..
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Peachpit Blog Post > iPhone Productivity App Picks: 1Password

02.23.10 - iPhone Productivity App Picks: 1Password.

One reason I love my iPhone is that it has significantly reduced the amount of "stuff" I have to carry with me wherever I go. Sadly, my iPhone can't replace my credit cards, ATM card, and driver's license. Well, not yet, anyway. However, with the help of 1Password, it can help to reduce the thickness of my wallet. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > iPhone Productivity App Picks: Grocery IQ

02.22.10 - iPhone Productivity App Picks: Grocery IQ.

Today’s pick is Grocery IQ, a shopping list app from Coupons Inc. It’s not just your run-of-the-mill shopping list, though. It’s a shopping assistant, and it has changed the way my wife and I shop for groceries. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating Scheduled AppleScripts

Episode 29
Date: 01.26.2010
Duration: 00:08:39
Creating Scheduled AppleScripts
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie discusses how to create AppleScripts that run at scheduled intervals. Learn to write scripts that back up your music library at night and automatically reconnect to server volumes..
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Peachpit Blog Post > Automator Services: Preview Selected URL

12.11.09 - Automator Services: Preview Selected URL.

If you're a user of Mac OS X Mail, then you may know that you can use Quick Look to preview image attachments in a message. To do so, just select an image attachment in a message and press the spacebar, press Command+Y, or click Quick Look at the top of the message. For today's Automator Service workflow tip, we'll take this concept a bit further, by creating a way for you to quickly preview URLs in Mail messages, TextEdit documents, and more, without the need to open Safari. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Automator Services: Merge Selected PDFs

12.10.09 - Automator Services: Merge Selected PDFs.

Today's Automator Service workflow tip involves something that I do fairly frequently, merging multiple PDF files together. Fortunately, with Automator Service workflows in Snow Leopard, this is now much easier for me than it used to be. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Article > Automator for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Working with Actions

12.09.09 - Automator for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Working with Actions.

To do anything truly useful, you need to add actions to your workflow, and you need to configure those actions to do what you want. The techniques you learn in this chapter will apply to working with virtually any action within an Automator workflow. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Automator Services: Apply Filter to Selected Images

12.09.09 - Automator Services: Apply Filter to Selected Images.

If you’ve used Automator before, then you may know that it includes actions for performing basic image manipulation tasks, such as cropping and resizing. Today’s workflow uses one of these built-in actions to apply a filter to selected image files in the Mac OS X Finder. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Automator Services: Merge Selected Images as PDF

12.08.09 - Automator Services: Merge Selected Images as PDF.

Today's Automator Service workflow tip involves image files. This workflow will receive selected image files in the Finder, and merge them together to form a multi-page PDF document. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Automator Services: Read Summary of Selected Text

12.07.09 - Automator Services: Read Summary of Selected Text.

Each day this week, I'll be providing tips for creating Service workflows with Automator in Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard. Today’s workflow will receive selected text in an application, summarize it as a single sentence, and speak the summary aloud for you to hear. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]