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 ...

With every Mac sold comes a powerful little app called Automator. Here are some of our favorite Automator workflows that highlight exactly how powerful this tool is. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Every day I use a handy service created with Automator to resize images exported from 4K footage to a smaller size. It’s easy to resize images in an app like Preview or Pixelmator, but using a service ...

If you need to resize a ton of images on your Mac, Automator is the way to do it in one fell swoop. 9to5Mac shows off how to quickly make your own Automator service for doing just that. While ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Automators interface is simple to understand. Select an ...

Apple’s built-in automation tool, Automator (in /Applications), is capable of performing wondrous feats, yet far too many people ignore it—believing their work wouldn’t benefit from automation or that ...

In this hands-on tutorial, Ars will show you how to use Automator to build platform services that incorporate shell scripting.

As a writer, I need to know the number of words in my textual musings on a fairly regular basis. I’m sure many of you might have the same need, if even to count the characters in those funny Tweets ...

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 ...

Longtime Macintosh vendor Bare Bones Software Inc. on Thursday announced support for the new Mac OS X “Tiger” with the release of BBEdit 8.2. The update to the popular text- and code-editing ...

Cool, then this should be doable, but it will have nothing to do with iCal or Automator, I don't think. There's some CalDAV URL that you can check for updates for this shared calendar. Write a short ...