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 ...

The Windows -> Mac software thread inspired this. I'm a recent switcher, and one things I'm curious about is Automator. I used it on a friend's Mac a while back to automate processing an RSS feed to ...

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 ...

One of Automator's promising features is the "Watch me do" capability to record user actions and play them back. Unfortunately, while this is a good idea, the implementation is very poor and many ...

Apple has a long history of making the automation of repetitive tasks easier on the rest of us. Beginning with HyperCard and AppleScript, and now with Automator, Apple has created custom programs to ...

For today’s tip, I’m going to show you how to use Automator to write a very simple backup utility—you’ll be able to compress and copy a given folder with a single mouse click. While not an ideal ...