Questions tagged [automator]
An application developed by Apple for macOS that implements the creation of workflows.
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Applescript passing arguments to Automator shell script inside a Quick Action
Automator automatically stores results from Applescript execution, but I can' t get them inside a Shell script executed right after.
I' ve trid the $@, $1, $2 variable names but i only get an empty ...
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macOS Automator action "Compress Images in PDF" won't work
macOS 26.2
In the past, I created an Automator quick action with just two "bricks":
The workflow receives PDF files from any application (this is in the default brick for quick actions)
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How to create a "Learn Spelling" shortcut for words where it's not available in the context menu due to predictive text?
I've been mystified for awhile by the unavailability of "Learn Spelling" in some words' context menu since updating to Sequoia. I reasoned out today that this is due to "predictive ...
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macOS won’t change wallpaper via AppleScript
I have three monitors on a Mac mini m4 v 15.1 with the following configuration:
I tried to change wallpaper via AppleScript on a multi-monitor setup (no error, no change)
osascript -e 'tell ...
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Auto Log Dictionary searches
I tried creating a script to automatically search definitions and log the word to a document. Keystroke doesn't seem to work:
on run {input, parameters}
-- Save current clipboard content to ...
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Are there ways to automate a workflow for relocating similar target files to my desktop after extracting audio from them?
I have a folder nested deep in my external drive that has printed audio files that I want to copy and move into a new folder on my desktop.
Here’s an example on what the path looks like :
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My Automator Folder Action Workflow works not only works for the folder designated, but also for the parent and sub folder of that folder
Today I've been setting up a new Folder Action automator workflow for pdf to image conversion (this is actually the first time I'm working with script and automation at all, so there may be ...
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How to automatically remove all item builds from all slides in a Keynote Presentation?
I have Keynote presentations that contain slides with item builds. I would like to be able to remove item builds from every slide of a given presentation automatically (i.e., without clicking on each ...
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Calling an Automator Workflow inside Visual Studio Code
I have a shortcut for an Automator Workflow that runs a python file on a selected text. That is, I highlight a text say "(\alpha)" then press Cmd+Shift+U and it automatically replaces the ...
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Automating multiple global replace in TextEdit?
For language learning, I frequently copy text from a website, paste into TextEdit, and do more than a dozen formatting changes. Several of these are the same for all languages, so I save the file, do ...
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Add script to Finder’s Quick Actions menu
I want to add my AppleScript script in the Quick Actions menu in the Finder toolbar:
The important thing to say is that I want the script to be available even if no files or folders are selected.
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Bulk File Renamer Example: Dare Devil (2025) S01E01 25 03 03 Heaven's Half Hour [duplicate]
I have hundreds of different series named like this and I'm wanting to rename them an example would be:
Dare Devil (2025) S01E01 25 03 03 Heaven's Half Hour
renamed to:
25 03 03 Heaven's Half Hour
any ...
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How to call a preinstalled Automator action from the command line
OSX comes with a bunch of nice utilities in /System/Library/Automator. I'd like to use the command line to invoke them.
For example, I'd like to split each page of a PDF into individual pdfs. The ...
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Convert an if-condition from Automator-powered AppleScript to pure AppleScript
Here is an AppleScript script to make it possible double-click files in Finder so that they will be opened in Vim, by Normen Hansen: https://github.com/normen/vim-macos-scripts/blob/master/open-file-...
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Automating blocking a contact and deleting a message in Mail app
If I select an Apple Mail Message and right click it, a pop up appears with several choices including Block Contact and Delete. I'm trying to create a little Automator and/or AppleScript routine that ...
