Automator in Mac OS X Primer Tutorial
Here is a tutorial that introduces you to some aspects of the Automator in Mac OS X, which is a tool to organize the running of your Mac OS X applications interactively, and can involve the processing of multiple actions in a procedure, and yet does not necessarily require any programming. Our tutorial shows an interactive task of compressing some image files, but Automator can handle a huge variety of scenarios where Mac OS X applications are run.
Automator is an application developed by Apple for OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag and drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately. Automator enables the repetition of tasks across a wide variety of programs, including the Finder, the Safari web browser, iCal/Calendar, Address Book/Contacts and others. It can also work with third-party applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop or Pixelmator. Automator was first released with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4).
Let’s see some simple Automator processing in Mac OS X in action compressing several image files …
Am sure you can imagine how powerful this functionality is, and what a great tool it can be for practical aspects of getting jobs (tasks) done in an automated way with your Mac. Automator has recording (of button presses and keyboard activity) similar to AutoHotKey, with Windows, to add to the power of what it is capable of helping you achieve.
Link to Mac OS X Automator information … from Wikipedia from which quote above comes.
Link to Mac OS X Automator support pages … from Apple (the company of Mac OS X and so the company of Automator).
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