Automator's great for streamlining some of the repetitive things you do each day on your Mac. With Automator, you can create your own custom plugins for the Services menu, Folder Action workflows that ...

Automator's great for streamlining time consuming and repetitive tasks on your Mac. It's easy. Just launch it, find a few actions, and string them together to form a workflow. Then, run your workflow ...

Among the few uplifting legacies of Edgar Wright’s 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is the musical collaboration between Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Dan The Automator, which has resulted in the ...

I recently offered a video that explained how to construct simple Automator workflows that you triggered via applications and iCal calendar events. This week I continue my Automator primer by ...

The Automator application in OS X is a feature that many people use to modify documents in a folder, or perform other routine actions such as synchronizing items in a folder with those in another ...

In which we disprove the myth that OS X is a more closed system than Windows. I've been writing about software and hardware for PCMag for more than 40 years, focusing on operating systems, office ...

Unlock the full potential of your Mac with these 14 productivity tips! This video covers techniques such as merging video ...

Automator is one of the my favorite new features in OS X; it allows non-technical users to create seemingly complex programs to handle mundane tasks. Not only that, but these new programs can then be ...

Renaming files in OS X is as easy as selecting them and pressing Return; however, if you regularly rename many files then you might benefit from setting up a rename workflow in Automator. Topher ...

Dropbox Automator is a powerful web app that connects to your Dropbox account and monitors folders of your choice, performing automated actions you define when new files are detected. This can be ...