... Sal Soghoian, Apple's Production Manager for Automator, intended for teachers. He describes how educators have a limited amount ... ;s Helpers (scroll down a bit), which is a free collection of Automator actions specifically written to assist teachers with ... their classrooms. If you've been put off by AppleScript, give Automator a try. Its drag-and-drop interface is much easier to use.TUAWSal ...

It's really too bad that Automator is probably one of the most underused of Apple's applications. Because it is very useful for non-developers who don't know a bit of AppleScript or Objective-C code.  The newest version of Automator in Snow Leopard makes it a little easier to create automated workflows.…

... no code to write. Click the Run button and Automator goes to work. And you can be a hero to your friends by sharing your favorite Automator ... images, or folders and folders of files. In addition, Automator moves information seamlessly between the Mac OS ... iTunes, and iDVD, can be included in your workflows. When you have to tackle complex or repetitive tasks, Automator is the right tool for the job. ...

... It really is as easy as the following steps. I'm using Leopard. I think it'll work with Tiger as well. Here's a video of my app in action. Five minute project, max:Open Automator in your Applications folder. Create a "custom" workflow. In the search field, type "text". Drag "Ask for text" to the area on the right of the window. Now drag " ...

Due to public demand here's a little recipe how to run last post's mp3 tagger without using the command line on OS X: Open AutomatorStart a new "Application" projectDrag the "Run Shell Script" action into the right workflow panel, set the "pass input" drop-down to "as arguments" and edit the script to (see screenshot below):for f in "$@" ...

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This simple Automator Service will copy the path of a Finder item to the clipboard as a file:// URL; this is very helpful in my environment, where I need to send a shared file's location to someone, rather than emailing around copies of a file. In Automator, create a new Service and set it to receive selected files or folders in the Finder. Next add the Copy to ...

... right-click) on a file to add it as an attachment to a new Entourage message, Snow Leopard's Automator makes it easy to do. The following instructions assume you're running 10.6. If you aren't familiar with using Automator to create a Service, I suggest that you start by reading Apple's Learn Services.

... have at least one item in the smart playlist in iTunes, then test the Automator action by clicking 'Run'. If you are now ... the sonorous tones of Mr. Hodgman, it's working.Save the automator action either as an iCal alarm or as an application, if you save it as an iCal ... set the alarm to "Run a Script" and chose your automator action, set the event to recur every day. HUZZAH!

... filled with lots of energy. I get a similar impression from ForexYard. 7. Strategy Automator. ForexYard has their own strategy automator, which includes pre-packaged strategies their clients can try at no additional cost. I&# ... this out and will report back with results in the coming weeks and months. ForexYard claims their automator makes MT 4 "obsolete." Big words -- I'll find out ...