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Automator Actions for Mac OS X 10.5/10.6 Leopard & Snow Leopard

Build Winning Workflows

Automated Workflows, LLC's Build Real Estate Catalog Example Workflow, built with actions from the Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack, was the recipient of the 2006 Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Automator Workflow. With the Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack, you can build winning workflows of your own!

New Features!

  • 170 Automator actions are now available!
  • Extend Automator's reach with over 100 new actions for FileMaker, Illustrator, Mail, Safari, and more!
  • Dozens of new features and enhancements in existing actions
  • Many actions now include support for Automator's variables in Leopard and Snow Leopard
  • Support for Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop CS5
  • More straightforward and easier installation
  • Automatically check for action updates
  • Much more!

Try Before You Buy

All of our Automator actions may be downloaded and run in demonstration mode for evaluation purposes. Actions running in demonstration mode will display periodic alerts, and are limited to processing a maximum of five items at a time. These limitations are removed when purchased and registered.

Ultimate Productivity Action Pack (170 actions)

The ultimate deal! This Automator Action Pack contains A COMPLETE SET of our Automator actions for Leopard and Snow Leopard.


$79.99
 

Automator Extension Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Add Finder Items as Login Items
  • Ask for Password
  • Bring Workflow Back to Front
  • Choose List Items
  • Click Safari Web Form Button
  • Click Safari Web Form Checkbox
  • Click Safari Web Form Radio Button
  • Disable Mail Account
  • Enable Mail Account
  • Filter Images by ICC Profile
  • Find iPhoto Photo Paths
  • Get Clipboard Contents
  • Log Out Current User
  • Put Computer to Sleep
  • Restart Computer
  • Run JavaScript in Front Safari Window
  • Send Contents of Safari Page to Mail
  • Set Safari Web Form Text or Popup Field
  • Shut Down Computer
  • Type Keystroke


$14.99

FileMaker Pro Action Pack (10 actions)

  • Close FileMaker Databases
  • Extract Field Data From Found Set
  • Find All Records in FileMaker Database
  • Find Records in FileMaker Database
  • Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database
  • Make New Record in FileMaker Database
  • Open FileMaker Database
  • Run FileMaker Script
  • Set Field Values in FileMaker Database
  • Sort Records of FileMaker Database


$14.99

Finder Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments
  • Batch Create Folders from List of Names
  • Batch Create Sequential Folders
  • Create Internet Location File
  • Empty Trash
  • Filter Finder Items By Size
  • Get Names of Finder Items
  • Get Originals of Aliases
  • Get Parent Folders of Finder Items
  • Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items
  • Hide Extension of Finder Items
  • Lock Finder Items
  • New Subfolder
  • Quit Application
  • Set Creator Type of Files
  • Set File Type of Files
  • Set Modification Date of Finder Items
  • Show Extension of Finder Items
  • Unlock Finder Items
  • Wait for Finder Items


$14.99

Illustrator Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Close Illustrator Documents
  • Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents
  • Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode
  • Get All Opened Illustrator Documents
  • Get Front Illustrator Document
  • Get Names of Illustrator Documents
  • Get Paths of Illustrator Documents
  • Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents
  • Make New Line in Illustrator Documents
  • Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents
  • New Illustrator Document
  • Open Documents in Illustrator
  • Place Images in Illustrator Documents
  • Place Text in Illustrator Documents
  • Print Illustrator Documents
  • Save Illustrator Documents
  • Save Illustrator Documents as EPS
  • Save Illustrator Documents as PDF
  • Set Ruler Origin of Documents
  • Trigger Illustrator Action


$24.99

InDesign Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Add Pages to InDesign Documents
  • Close InDesign Documents
  • Export InDesign Documents to PDF
  • Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents
  • Get All Opened InDesign Documents
  • Get Front InDesign Document
  • Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents
  • Get Names of InDesign Documents
  • Get Paths of InDesign Documents
  • Get Text from InDesign Documents
  • Merge InDesign Documents
  • New InDesign Document
  • Open Documents in InDesign
  • Package InDesign Documents
  • Place Images in InDesign Document
  • Place Text in InDesign Document
  • Print InDesign Documents
  • Save InDesign Documents
  • Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Documents
  • Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents


$24.99

Photoshop Action Pack (30 actions)

  • Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents
  • Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents
  • Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents
  • Change Mode of Photoshop Documents
  • Close Photoshop Documents
  • Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents
  • Flatten Photoshop Documents
  • Flip Photoshop Documents
  • Get All Opened Photoshop Documents
  • Get Front Photoshop Document
  • Get Names of Photoshop Documents
  • Get Paths of Photoshop Documents
  • New Photoshop Document
  • Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop
  • Open Images in Photoshop
  • Resize Photoshop Documents
  • Rotate Photoshop Documents
  • Save Photoshop Documents
  • Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG
  • Save Photoshop Documents for Web
  • Trigger Photoshop Action
  • Trim Photoshop Documents


$24.99

QuarkXPress Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Add Pages to Quark Documents
  • Apply Quark Box Names
  • Close Quark Documents
  • Find and Change Text in Quark Documents
  • Get All Opened Quark Documents
  • Get Front Quark Document
  • Get Linked Images from Quark Documents
  • Get Names of Quark Documents
  • Get Paths of Quark Documents
  • Get Text from Quark Documents
  • Merge Quark Documents
  • New Quark Document
  • Open Documents in Quark
  • Place Images in Quark Document
  • Place Text in Quark Document
  • Print Quark Documents
  • Print Quark Documents to PostScript
  • Retrieve Quark Box Names
  • Save Quark Documents
  • Save Quark Pages to EPS


$24.99

TextEdit Action Pack (20 actions)

  • Add Prefix to Text Paragraphs
  • Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs
  • Change Case of Text
  • Combine Text Strings
  • Extract URLs from Text
  • Find and Replace in Text
  • Get Characters of Text
  • Get Length of Text
  • Get Paragraphs of Text
  • Get Words of Text
  • Read Text File
  • Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text
  • Remove Empty Paragraphs
  • Remove Markup from Text
  • Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs
  • Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs
  • Sort Text Paragraphs
  • Split Text
  • Trim Text
  • Write Text to File


$14.99

Twitter Action Pack (10 actions)

PLEASE NOTE: Twitter has recently made a change to their API, which caues any action requiring authentication to fail. We are looking into this issue, and will do our best to resolve it as soon as we possibly can.

  • Get Current Tweet from Tweep
  • Get Recent Direct Messages
  • Get Recent Public Tweets
  • Get Recent Replies
  • Get Recent Tweets from Tweep
  • Get Recent Tweets from Tweeps I'm Following
  • Get Tweep Information
  • Get Tweeps
  • Post a Tweet
  • Send Direct Message


$7.99

Software Requirements

All Actions:

  • Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard - 10.6.x Snow Leopard

NOTE: These actions should also work in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

FileMaker Actions:

  • FileMaker Pro 7.x through 11.x

Illustrator Actions:

  • Adobe Illustrator CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5

InDesign Actions:

  • Adobe InDesign CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5

iPhoto Actions:

  • iPhoto '06 or '08
Mail Actions:

  • Mail

Photoshop Actions:

  • Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5

Preview Actions:

  • Preview

QuarkXPress Actions:

  • QuarkXPress 7.x through 8.x

Safari Actions:

  • Safari 3.x - 4.x (with JavaScript enabled)

PLEASE NOTE: Due to Automator changes in Leopard, this action pack is not compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger. For Tiger users, our previous Tiger-compatible actions are still available. However, we recommend upgrading to Leopard to take advantage of new Automator features and enhancements, as well as our new, expanded action packs.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Automator Actions

In January of 2008, Microsoft Corporation released a much anticipated update to Office for the Mac. Optimized for both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs, Office 2008 introduced loads of new and improved features. Support for Open XML file formats, suite-wide interface consistency with a more Mac-like look and feel, Excel ledger sheets, new templates and themes, a publishing layout view in Word, and the ability to directly save Excel workbooks, PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents as PDF's are just some of the many reasons for users to upgrade. Another new feature in Office 2008 is support for Automator.

Automator is an application that was developed by Apple Inc., originally released as part of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and fairly significantly updated in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Automator's purpose is simple. It allows you to automate simple workflows, thus saving you time and allowing you to focus on less repetitive tasks. Within Automator, workflows are comprised of actions. Each action in Automator typically performs a single specific task, and may have modifiable settings, allowing you to adjust its behavior. A workflow is constructed by arranging one or more actions into a sequence. You can then run the workflow at any time to perform the desired tasks. Mac OS X includes hundreds of Automator actions for performing tasks in Apple applications, or within the operating system itself. The list of actions available within Automator, however, can be expanded even further by installing third-party actions or applications that include Automator actions.Automated Workflows, LLC has been working with Automator since its initial release, and has developed actions for applications including InDesign, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and more. In 2006, Automated Workflows, LLC was the recipient of an Apple Design Award for the Best Automator Workflow at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Ben Waldie, president of the company, is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press), and has also written numerous Automator articles and tutorials for Apple.com and Macworld Magazine, as well as many other publications.

When Microsoft decided to implement Automator support in Office 2008, Automated Workflows, LLC was approached for guidance and assistance. Under contract to and working closely with Microsoft, we developed an initial set of over 90 actions for Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, which allow users to automate a variety of common tasks within Office. Many of these actions are useful on their own for performing tasks such as converting documents from one format to another, printing documents, or applying document settings. The real power, however, comes with the ability to integrate the Office actions together, or with actions for other applications. For example, using Office 2008's Automator actions, a user could create a workflow that retrieves photos from an Entourage email and brings them into iPhoto, converts a Word document to PDF format and uploads it to a web server, or extracts web content from Safari and adds it to an Excel workbook. Office 2008 also includes dozens of example Automator workflows, to demonstrate action use and help users to get started.

Of course, Office 2008's 90+ Automator actions can't do everything. Like Automator itself, these actions are designed to allow users to automate some simple tasks within their daily routines. For more complex tasks, Automator may not be the ideal solution. In these cases, however, users are not out of luck. Office 2008 includes extensive AppleScript support. AppleScripts can be written to automate almost any task that can be done manually. Whatever Office workflow you're looking to automate, from the small to the complex, Automator or AppleScript can help.

Example Microsoft Office 2008 Automator Workflow

See the Office 2008 Automator Actions in Use

In January 2008, Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, demonstrated the Office 2008 Automator actions at Macworld Conference & Expo during Microsoft's Day at the Office session.

Learn More about Office 2008
Visit Microsoft's Mac website...

Where to Get the Office 2008 Automator Actions
The Microsoft Automator actions are included with:

  • Office 2008 for Mac
  • Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition

PLEASE NOTE: They are not included in the Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition.

Microsoft, MSN, and the MSN logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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

2009.12.09 By

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...]

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Peachpit Blog Post > Extending Automator: Finding More Actions

2009.04.22 By

04.22.09 - Extending Automator: Finding More Actions.

There are literally hundreds of add-on actions available from third-party developers to help extend Automator's capabilities.  To find them, you just need to know where to look.  Start by going to Apple's Mac OS X downloads page, where you'll find a category specifically for Automator actions. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

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Peachpit Blog Post > Using Automator: Conversion Actions

2009.03.04 By

03.04.09 - Using Automator: Conversion Actions.

You may not know it, but there's more going on than meets the eye when you run an Automator workflow. Did you know that Automator tries to help out when one action's result type doesn't match the next action's input type? [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Extending Automator Workflows with Third-Party Actions

2009.02.17 By

Episode 16
Date: 02.17.2009
Duration: 00:08:48
Extending Automator Workflows with Third-Party Actions
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to extend the power of Automator with third-party actions, allowing you to build Web photo galleries, a birthday calendar in iCal, a photo contacts sheet in InDesign, and more..
[View in Tunes...] [View at Peachpit.com...]

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Press Release >

2008.10.17 By

LEOPARD AUTOMATOR ACTIONS UPDATED FOR ADOBE CS4
Automated Workflows, LLC Announces Automator Action Compatibility with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop CS4

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 17th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce that the following Automator action packs have been tested and updated for Adobe CS4 compatibility.
Illustrator Action Pack - This BRAND NEW action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator CS2, CS3, and now CS4!
InDesign Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe InDesign CS2, CS3, and now CS4!
Photoshop Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 30 actions for use with Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3, and now CS4!
Trial versions of all action packs are available for download and evaluation from the Automated Workflows, LLC website.
http://automatedwork.server323.com/software/automator_actions.html

About Automator:
Automator is an application that brings the power of workflow automation to the user level, with no programming required! Workflows are designed and constructed by users, by piecing together actions in a sequence, to create an assembly line of automated tasks. Once constructed, workflows may be saved and triggered in a variety of ways. With the release of these new and updated actions, Automated Workflows, LLC provides users with the ability to extend the power of Automator with actions that interact directly with their favorite creative applications.
Learn More About Automator:

Looking for more information about Automator? Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide covers what you need to know!
http://automatedwork.server323.com/books/automator_vqs.html
About Automated Workflows, LLC:
Automated Workflows, LLC offers AppleScript, Automator, and workflow automation consulting services to Macintosh-based businesses. For additional information about Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions, or to inquire about custom development services, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:

Ben Waldie
President
Automated Workflows, LLC
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Press Release >

2008.10.01 By

OVER 100 NEW LEOPARD AUTOMATOR ACTIONS RELEASED
Automated Workflows, LLC Announces Over 100 New Automator Actions for Mac OS X Leopard As Well As Existing Action Upgrades

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 1st, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the release of over 100 new Automator Actions for FileMaker Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Mac OS X Mail, QuarkXPress, Safari, and more!  In addition, a major overhaul to existing Automator actions adds dozens of new features and options.  The newly released Automator actions and action upgrades are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

  • A total of 160 actions allow users to extend the capabilities of Automator in Mac OS X Leopard like never before!
  • Over 100 new actions have been released, including, by popular request, actions for FileMaker Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Mail, Safari, and more!
  • Dozens of new features, options, and bug fixes have been implemented in existing actions.
  • Many actions now include support for Automator’s variables in Leopard.
  • Action installation has been streamlined and improved.
  • Action packs now have the ability to automatically check for updates.

Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions for Leopard are available in application-specific packs.  Trial versions of all action packs are available for download and evaluation from the Automated Workflows, LLC website.
http://automatedwork.server323.com/software/automator_actions.html
Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack – This action pack includes a complete set of all of Automated Workflows, LLC’s 160 Automator actions.
Automator Extension Action Pack – This action pack includes 20 actions for use with the Mac OS X Finder, Mail, Safari, the operating system, and more!

FileMaker Pro Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 10 actions for use with FileMaker Pro!
Finder Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with the Mac OS X Finder!
Illustrator Action Pack - This BRAND NEW action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator!
InDesign Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe InDesign!
Photoshop Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 30 actions for use with Adobe Photoshop!
QuarkXPress Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with QuarkXPress!
Text Edit Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for performing text manipulation functions in Mac OS X!
About Automator:
Automator is an application that brings the power of workflow automation to the user level, with no programming required! Workflows are designed and constructed by users, by piecing together actions in a sequence, to create an assembly line of automated tasks. Once constructed, workflows may be saved and triggered in a variety of ways. With the release of these new and updated actions, Automated Workflows, LLC provides users with the ability to extend the power of Automator with actions that interact directly with their favorite creative applications.
Learn More About Automator:

Looking for more information about Automator? Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide covers what you need to know!
http://automatedwork.server323.com/books/automator_vqs.html
About Automated Workflows, LLC:
Automated Workflows, LLC offers AppleScript, Automator, and workflow automation consulting services to Macintosh-based businesses. For additional information about Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions, or to inquire about custom development services, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:

Ben Waldie
President
Automated Workflows, LLC
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Macworld Article > Best Automator Downloads: Building better workflows with third-party actions

2008.07.03 By

July, 2008 - Geek Factor - Best Automator Downloads: Building better workflows with third-party actions.

Automator is a great tool for automating basic tasks on your Mac, no scripting or programming required. By dragging prebuilt actions together, you can quickly and easily create countless workflows to do things you might otherwise have to do manually.

Mac OS X comes with hundreds of Automator actions to get you started. These actions can handle basic tasks within the operating system itself, as well as in many of OS X's bundled applications, including Address Book, iCal, iTunes, Mail, and Safari. But as useful as all of these built-in actions are, they can't do everything. [Read more at Macworld.com...]

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MacVoices Interview > Microsoft Office 2008 Automator Actions

2008.06.03 By

Listen to Ben Waldie discuss the new Microsoft Office 2008 Automator actions.
[iTunes] [Listen]

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