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Paste into Pages

Gargoyle
Dec 20, 2017

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Dec 25, 2017

Cory Cooper

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Automate grabbing and inserting most recent image deposited on Mac into Word Document

brvid
May 15, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

May 16, 2020

Cory Cooper

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Quick Action - passing rich text?

clambin
Sep 22, 2019

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Sep 22, 2019

Cory Cooper

Moving "X amount" at a time. Then moving "X amount" some more.

uieluck
Feb 9, 2017

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Feb 17, 2017

Cory Cooper

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Is Going Into Sudo Safe in this Situation?

70sheet
Aug 8, 2015

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Aug 9, 2015

Cory Cooper

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Open website and complete task within site - Automator

Everett1394
Mar 1, 2018

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Mar 5, 2018

Cory Cooper

Problem with actions on multiple files

Jot
May 28, 2015

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 18, 2015

Cory Cooper

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Will a workflow continue in resting mode when the computer screen goes black?

Blahzz
Dec 20, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Dec 25, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Open new full screen apps.

sirchuck
Dec 14, 2012

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

Dec 14, 2012

Kaveman

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How to copy the filenames + extension of a folder (and its subfolders)?

rafdesign
Nov 13, 2017

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Nov 18, 2017

Cory Cooper

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multiple (self refreshed) Preview instances

sez
Jul 29, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jul 30, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Best OSX version

zawij
Mar 12, 2018

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Mar 12, 2018

honestone

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Automator Script Deletes all Files

Green Lantern
Nov 3, 2015

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

Nov 5, 2015

Green Lantern

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separete jpeg to separate pdf

carloselmano
Dec 10, 2010

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 12, 2011

Kaveman

Show copy progress when copying files via Automator

iynque
Jan 25, 2015

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Jan 25, 2015

iynque

Can I do this with automator

teapot
Mar 7, 2008

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Mar 7, 2008

teapot

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SOLVED How to look up a sentence with words with search engine?

drefyus
Oct 11, 2022

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Oct 25, 2022

drefyus

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Copy Finder Items (Skip existing ones)

stathisaska
Aug 29, 2019

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Aug 29, 2019

Lufbrarunner

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Shell script in Automator to use iPhone to make a phone call?

cralwalker
Mar 22, 2020

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Mar 23, 2020

cralwalker

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Unable to Assign Shortcut Key to Service or Workflow

mhossey
Sep 17, 2015

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Sep 27, 2015

Cory Cooper

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OSX Mavericks automate change of multiple folder icons with JPG images within the same folder

Dud3m@n
Dec 18, 2014

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Dec 18, 2014

Dud3m@n

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Email with specific SubjectLine to PDF

sirvancelot112
May 4, 2015

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Dec 1, 2015

TouB

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Automator +/- Applescript for restarting in boot camp in Catalina with TouchID

Squelch
May 4, 2020

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

May 5, 2020

Squelch

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Archive Subfolder Level

Jim Pawlowski
Oct 23, 2017

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Oct 28, 2017

Cory Cooper

Automator service won't work in preview because of input

mr_marti
Mar 19, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Mar 21, 2020

Cory Cooper

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Automator Photos from 2 Folders alternating in 1

Phenylaladin
Dec 12, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Dec 18, 2016

Cory Cooper

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how to retain original photo timestamp after automator action

humanchaos
Dec 23, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Dec 25, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Automator runs workflow when USB drive is connected

icycle2008
Nov 7, 2011

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Nov 7, 2011

Kaveman

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Combine PDFs in different folders with same name

samo
Sep 7, 2015

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Sep 8, 2015

samo

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Add songs to playlist in iTunes

Jocco
Dec 1, 2012

Replies: 13

Views: 2K

Dec 4, 2012

Jocco

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Prompt on Close of Program or Shutdown?

RichGags
Dec 2, 2010

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 12, 2011

Kaveman

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Batch convert jpg to graytone jpg's

dcfretwell
Jul 27, 2011

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jul 28, 2011

Kaveman

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Batch search files from data file

Anita
Feb 2, 2016

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Feb 10, 2016

Anita

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Bash Help

Mark Neil
May 17, 2015

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

May 17, 2015

Mark Neil

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Automator, auto detect inserted SD card

scarlac
Jan 25, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jan 25, 2020

Cory Cooper

Removing repeated words in file names

chrisjg
Jan 26, 2020

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Feb 2, 2020

Cory Cooper

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Read line by line from TextEdit

Trondwa
Jan 18, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jan 24, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Help with bypassing Casperuser on school mac

JohnSmith123
Jun 6, 2015

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 6, 2015

Cory Cooper

Outlook Text edit

devoniscool
Mar 22, 2019

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Mar 23, 2019

Cory Cooper

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Automator Workflow Error after OSX Update

Kurty
Jul 15, 2015

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jul 17, 2015

Cory Cooper

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Home Automator

Thiago Snow
Nov 10, 2013

Replies: 10

Views: 2K

Nov 11, 2013

Thiago Snow

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Help me turn automator into photo editing time saver :)

greatly_appreciated
Apr 27, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

May 8, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Using Filemaker Pro with Automator

mmackay86
Jun 29, 2011

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Jun 29, 2011

mmackay86

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Changing language only for specific software with Automator

Gustavo
Oct 11, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Oct 11, 2014

Gustavo

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Secure Empty Trash El Capitan

teapot
Sep 3, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Sep 4, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Help with PDF/TIFF automation

alon
Jun 15, 2016

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Jun 21, 2016

Cory Cooper

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Changing folder icon for new folders a program makes

alask8er
Jul 16, 2015

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jul 16, 2015

Cory Cooper

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Can I use Automator for this graphics task?

MJT57
Jun 28, 2016

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jul 2, 2016

Cory Cooper

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SOLVED Need to update an automator from 10.8 to 10.14

jackieg_p
Mar 24, 2020

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Mar 24, 2020

jackieg_p

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Trying to batch update 'Date Created' from string found in filename

bonatto
Apr 12, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Apr 12, 2020

Cory Cooper

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