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Hey everyone,
I am new to automator so please pardon my ignorance. I have searched a good bit for an answer but finally decided I would come to a forum to ask directly. Thanks in advance for any help.
So I have created multiple services for different applications and they never show up in the right click menu.
For example:
I set up a new service for adding the date to a text edit document. I set "Service receives" to "no input" in "TextEdit". I then added an action to "Get Value of Variable "Today's date"" which inputs to "Set Contents of TextEdit Document". I run the service in automator with a TextEdit document open, and it works. I go over to TextEdit and hit the dropdown menu, go to "Services" and it is there and works. But when I right click within TextEdit, the service does not show up. What gives? Am I missing a step?
Thanks again for any help!
I am new to automator so please pardon my ignorance. I have searched a good bit for an answer but finally decided I would come to a forum to ask directly. Thanks in advance for any help.
So I have created multiple services for different applications and they never show up in the right click menu.
For example:
I set up a new service for adding the date to a text edit document. I set "Service receives" to "no input" in "TextEdit". I then added an action to "Get Value of Variable "Today's date"" which inputs to "Set Contents of TextEdit Document". I run the service in automator with a TextEdit document open, and it works. I go over to TextEdit and hit the dropdown menu, go to "Services" and it is there and works. But when I right click within TextEdit, the service does not show up. What gives? Am I missing a step?
Thanks again for any help!