I'm using Mac OS X 11.0.1 Big Sur I used Automator to create a "Watch me do" QuickAction. I've saved it (is seems to save in ~/Library/Services by default), and exported it to iCloudDrive...

I am trying to create a task in automator that moves files in ~/Downloads to the trash if they are older than 30 days. I want this to run every day. It's not working though, Finder just hangs and...

This question concerns a bash script that is run in automator osx. I am using automator actions to get and filter a bunch of file references from the finder. Then I append to that list the name of ...

After I updated to Mojave, I can no longer use the automator service I've previously been using with the alert below. In Security & Privacy, I already checked AppleScript Editor. Do you se...

The title is what I'm trying to achieve. In Automator, I've tried to simply record the actions of opening a new desktop, and then opening the apps in it -- but I get the The action 'Watch Me ...

I have been using this script in Automator, which toggles apps between full-screen and windowed mode. I am a frequent user of split-screen applications (introduced in El Capitan), so is there any w...

I'm working on a project for OSX where the user can pick a collection of documents (from any application) which I need to generate PDF's from. The standard Macintosh Print dialog has a PDF button w...

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 t...

I'm looking for where Apple stores the Quick Actions that I've created so I can share them.

When I run Apple's Automator to simply cut a bunch of images in their size Automator will also reduce the quality of the files (jpg) and they get blurry. How can I prevent this? Are there setting...

I'm trying to create Quick Action using Mac Automator to capture selected text. It fails when text is from PDF, but not other types of documents -- web pages for example. The error messages are no...

So I wanted to be able to send an email with an attachment using applescript. I have this teacher who regularly makes us do labs and requires us to send them via email, so I decided to combine haz...

I'm using Apple's automator to create a Shell Script. I can get it to run if I change directory specifically to where the jar file is. But what if I want to change to directory to wherever the Shel...

I'm not sure if this is do-able via AppleScript and/or Automator…but I'd like to be able to: a) launch an application (I know this can be done pretty easily by AppleScript or Automator) b) once t...

I'm using NSUserAutomatorTask to launch a .workflow file, created via the Automator app in macOS 10.13. I'm passing variables to the workflow via the variables property: https://developer.apple.c...

Scratching my head after reading lots of different threads on this and tried a bunch of scripts but none seem to work. I'd like to use Automator to automate Word 2016 conversion of a selection of ...

I am trying to automate the process of backing up my development files weekly. I want to automatically back up the files, filter through all of the files, and delete the files that have not been mo...

Is there any programmatic way to control the xcode > simulate location command? I have external location test scripts I'd like to run, and ideally the test suite could cause xcode to change the ...

I'm trying to create a Service using Automator that simply calls textutil convert. Eventually, I want to be able to right-click a docx file and convert to text, rtf, html, etc. After I right-click ...

I would like to show result of shell script run (exiftool -k -P -overwrite_original_in_place -ImageDescription= "$1"/*.ARW) in notification. I've tried to use $1 as text in the subject, but it show...

I'm trying to run my golang program whenever I log into OSX. I'm trying the following script with Automator: #!/bin/sh export GOPATH=/Volumes/DTSE9/worker go run /Volumes/worker/worker.go Whenev...

I am incredibly new to Applescript, first of all, so bear with me. I currently have a plain-text file in a Dropbox folder. The file is set to be filled with text (and only text). I am trying to cr...

I am trying to convert a text from markdown to rendered RTF in a shell script and wrap the command in an Apple Automator Service. I realized that the only way to achieve the task is by doing: pyt...

The iOS web debugger in Safari is the bee's knees, but it closes every time the Simulator is restarted. Not only is it annoying to re-open it from the menu after every build, but it makes it tricky...

How can I launch Emacsclient with GUI from the Dock (or maybe also from the terminal) on Mac OS X? The EmacsWiki describes how to create an "Emacs from Dock" app using Automator. It worked for me ...