An application, first appearing in Apple's OS X, providing a point and click interface for creating macros to automate tasks
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Toggle enable/disable for Automator app
I've got a monstrously large Automator application designed to be used by others without advanced-level computer skills. Basically, at a couple of points, I'd like users to be prompted to enable or ...
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In Apple OS X's Calendar app, how to trigger an alert at the end of the event?
If the event is one hour long, you can have the alert start one hour after the event. However, if you then change the event to be two hours long, the alert will then occur in the middle of the event ...
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AppleScript or Automator flow to import photos into iphoto and set album name as files folder name
I store photo files in folders on my computer before i add them into iphoto.
I want to add the contents of a selected to folder to iphoto and name the new album as the folder name
I have created an ...
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Use `pbcopy` as path for cd command
I am using Automator on my Mac to set up a service that passes a selected folder to a bash shell script as arguments.
In the script I do:
for f in "$@"; do
printf "%q\n" "$f" | pbcopy
done
if I ...
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rename batch files mac remove first word [closed]
I am trying to rename a batch of files on mac.
The files look like
122-Test-12.jpg
I need the output file as
Test-12.jpg
I been trying to use automator but i dont know what am doing.
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Automatically copying a file to a network drive when it is saved
I was wondering if there is any way through applescript or automator in Mac OSX Mountain Lion to automatically copy a file or folder to a network drive after the file is saved/the folder is modified. ...
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AppleScript based Automator service quite unstable (sometimes very slow, sometimes encounter error)
I have some applescript based Automator services, for instance, Launch Emacs With Selected File:
tell application "Finder"
set selectedDirectory to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of window ...
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Mountain Lion Automator: Application runs a series of mini Applications but yields no results
Using Automator, I have a stack of mini applications that I combined into one application. It used to work on Snow Leopard but is a failure in Mountain Lion. It looks like it works on ML (green ...
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Automator: “run shell script” action only receives 1st line of input
I have a weird looking problem (a similar one was asked here, but I don't want to accept that Automator only pipes only 1 line into the shell script action!: Mac Automator: shell script gets only one ...
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Automator “watch me do” without moving the cursor?
Using Automator's "watch me do" feature, I recorded my cursor closing a small google chat window in Safari. I saved this as an application, so i can open the application with another program when it ...
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Automator Stack Like Interface with Cocoa
I've been attempting to create an automator styled interface similar to this:
My approach has been a NSTableView with view based cells, but along the way I've met many pitfalls like cell row sizing ...
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Mac Automator (OS 10.7) not reading Ruby 1.9.3?
I have some Ruby code in a .rb file that I am trying to run with Automator as opposed to the Command Line. Here is a sample of the code (filename is "filelines_revise.rb"):
lines = ...
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Programmatically modifying parental controls on Mac OS X
Mac OS has a very basic set of parental control options that allow you to limit user's access to websites and apps, as well a set daily time limits. I want to be able to script this to do something ...
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Automator “Get specified finder items” applescript equivalent
I have routines that I'd like to make universal: instead of the selected folders, I'd like to stick to the user current user ("~/") when describing folder paths..
So my question is, if I select a ...
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Applescript Automator - PDF “Create Links from URLS”
I am trying to automate this Acrobat action (Advanced / Document Processing / Create Links from URLS) - but am having to use the "Watch me do" / Record - feature which is not ideal.
I am using a ...
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Automator-like GUI framework
I am looking for some html/javascript based library/framework that works more or less like the automator on OS X: You have a library of actions and you pipe them together on a gui. Each action can be ...
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Using AppleScript To Open App
I have tweaked the 'add - new item alert' apple script and applied it as a folder action to my 'Volumes' folder. The tweaked script is suppose to detect when a new USB drive is inserted and open an ...
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Render a HTML source into an image (png, gif) - Cocoa, Applescript, Automator evrything is welcome
I am trying to convert some HTML-source into an image. Finally I want to do this on the commandline but my search brings me to this idea, to use a little Cocoa app to do the work.
Applescript or ...
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Why does Automator show 1 result on “Set Value Of Variable” but 2 results in “Get Value Of Variable”?
See screenshot. Why is this happening? I want 1 result, not 2.
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How do I use a variable in AppleScript (called from within Automator)
Instead of "asdf", I want to use the input variable here.
Seems like this should be easy, but for some reason I can't figure it out.
on run {input, parameters}
-- Type 'asdf'
delay 1.900231
set ...
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Setting a launch variable with AppleScript in Automator
I'm trying to set a variable using AppleScript from automator:
do shell script "launchctl setenv LASTMAX \"" & today & "\""
I have a variable today that i want to assign to the variable ...
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Copy every line of text on osx
The deal is this:
I use http://www.clipmenu.com/ ClipMenu to have 20 states of the clipboard, because i need to copy each line of some txt file separated. So i open the txt file, and i go through ...
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What is the output of “Build Xcode Project” in Mac OS X Automator?
I'm experimenting with the Mac OS X Automator to build my iOS app Xcode project. There is an Automator action under "Developer > Build Xcode Project".
What is the output of this action?
I can ...
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Replace “/ number” with a break space in text edit or any text editor on OSX [closed]
Let me explain, i need to change something like this:
1-Karen Villalón; Dra. Catterina Ferreccio; PhD. Francisco González y Cecilia Garrido / 2-Sebastián Salinas y Dra. Priscilla Brebi / 3-Dr. ...
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Automator Service Shelll script :Sorting selected text wrt second parameter
I want to create an Automator Service for the following conversion(text selection).
Sorting wrt second parameter
INPUT:
#define Type1 String(@"Type1", @"Other")
#define Type2 String(@"Type2", ...
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In Apple's automator, how to pass files to another application?
I am trying to create an automator application which does this:
1/ run the follwing command on all the files dragged to this workflow:
xargs -I{} exiftool -IPTC:Keywords= -XMP:Subject= {} ...
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Script for Automator service to remove carriage returns and replace with them comma and space within application
Using automator I'd like to create a service that allows me to take a list
EX.
list item 1
list item 2
list item 3
list item 4
and remove the return Carriage returns and replace them with a comma ...
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Simple Apple Automator iterator not working (using AppleScript) - why?
I'm trying to do the simplest thing in the world - a basic iterator in Automator. The workflow goes:
Get Value of a Variable (initially set to 1)
Run Applescript:
on run {input, parameters}
set ...
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How do I use the current folder name without a path as a variable in automator in Mac?
I am using Mac OSX 10.8.3.
I have a workflow in Automator set up that is as follows:
Ask for Finder Items
Get Folder Contents
Make Sequential
Move Finder Items
The purpose of the workflow is to ...
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How to create a toggle hidden file button
I am trying to create a service in automator that helps me make a file/folder hidden or unhidden.
I am a very new beginner and do not know anything about automator and I have only tried putting ...
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Package Automator Action for Mac App Store
I want to sell my Cocoa Automator Action on the Mac App Store.
I see that some other developers sell a regular app that then will install the action into Automator. What would I need to do to get out ...
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Error using OSX Automator, Python, and BeautifulSoup
I'm new to Python, and having an issue trying to use Automator in OS X 10.8 to run a Python script that uses Beautiful Soup.
This script runs just fine in Terminal, and other scripts that don't ...
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Copy text from a tweet and copy it somewhere else with Applescript or Automator
I'm trying to set up a little demo where OSX would pull a tweet from a news feed I'm following, and copy the text in the tweet onto the clipboard using applescript or automator as it happens.
I read ...
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shell script behaves differently from Automator
I have a couple scripts to clean up some generated HTML; a python script using BeautifulSoup, and a Ruby script. These remove unneeded tags and attributes, transform symbols to html encodings, get ...
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automator loop completed but workflow does not loop?
I'm trying to run this script:
tell application "Fetch"
activate
mirror remote folder "sftp://root:URL HERE"
to alias "URL HERE" without delete strays
--with timeout of 100000 ...
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AppleScript clicking a button in safari error
I am trying to click a simple button in safari when on a web page using applescript. I have the following code:
tell application "Safari"
activate
repeat 5 times
do JavaScript ...
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Run commands in existing terminal window
I would like to use an applescript to run a command in an existing open terminal window. It is not a normal bash terminal window it's a java terminal for a game server console (minecraft)
I have ...
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How do I set the size of (clipboard) rich text in AppleScript
I have tried, I believe, everything to set the size of some rich text on the clipboard using AppleScript (in combination with Automator). What is the correct way to set the text size?
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Automator to Applescript for Editing Code
Just wondering if I can convert a "watch me do" event in Automator to applescript and then edit the resulting code? I've got a recording of entering a query (i.e. Apple1) into Google, but I'd like ...
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Assigning variables to command script in Automator
So I am new at using the Automator on OSX
i have a really simple python function
def test(input1,input2,output):
print str(input1)
print str(input2)
print str(output)
return ...
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Applescript> Create txt with file names and save it to same folder
I want to make a .txt file inside the same folder that contains all the filenames of said folder.
How can i do that?
Thanks.
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Changing the name of a Finder context menu item based on current selection using Applescript
When programming I find it convenient to use Finder to explore directories. In the past I would often find myself wanting an easy way to copy the complete path of the selected file or files to the ...
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How to cron purge on mac os Lion?
Hello everyone i am facing issues with ram memory so every 1 hour I open the terminal on my mac os and type in purge to free up memory. I wanted to know how to write the shell script and cron it. The ...
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Automate Regex in OS X
I frequently use TextWrangler to run RegEx copy-replace operations on files, and I'd like to automate this, using Automator in OS X. For instance, in the following scenario I take a TEXT output from ...
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Parse XML with Apple Script
I try to create an Automator workflow which download images from a website.
The name of the images are in a xml file and I want to extract them in order to create an url like ...
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How to Specify filepath but not name InDesign applescript
I am new to applescript.
I am trying to create an Automator script app that opens a batch existing files in InDesign, finds and changes text within the file. ( I thought this would be the complicated ...
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Only continue Automator script when Applescript is done
I'm coding a small Automator script with an Applescript in it.
The Applescript runs a shell script that downloads some images to a specified folder.
The next step in the Automator script makes a PDF ...
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Script to sync code with servers and other computers
So, I wanted to create an easy way to sync my programming code between my Time Capsule, iMac, and Macbook Air. The best method I could think of was by writing out an apple script shell command. I'm ...
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How to easily enable and disable Java in Safari
My wife needs to have Java enabled to enter her timecard into ADP (grrrr), but can never remember how to do it using the Preferences pane. Is there a script I can use to do this?
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Automator: Add Attachments to Front Message error
I have this automator service that takes files from the finder and executes the Add Attachments to Front Message workflow.
So I hit "answer" to a coworker e-mail in mail.app, type in my e-mail and ...
