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 ...

With every Mac sold comes a powerful little app called Automator. Here are some of our favorite Automator workflows that highlight exactly how powerful this tool is. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

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 ...

With every Mac sold comes a powerful little app called Automator. Here are some of our favorite Automator workflows that highlight exactly how powerful this tool is. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

If you've been manually performing a task on your Mac over and over, you can automate it with Automator and use iCal to schedule when you want the task to run. Apple includes a free copy of Automator ...

With Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger’s” release planned for April 29, 2005, the coordinators of AppleScript Pro Sessions have announced that their next event will feature coverage of Tiger and Tiger’s new ...

As a writer, I need to know the number of words in my textual musings on a fairly regular basis. I’m sure many of you might have the same need, if even to count the characters in those funny Tweets ...