October 20, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Even if you're not a programmer, you can easily create tiny, time-saving applications that breeze through ...

I recently switched to Mac OS X as my primary desktop operating system after spending over a decade on Linux. Although Apple’s operating system supplies practically all of the command line tools I ...

Last week I showed you how to use Automator to make a workflow that took photos from your Mac with an iSight and sent them to your Apple TV. That how-to featured one way of using a variable in ...

The latest version of Automator (in OS X 10.5 Leopard) has several handy new features. Among the most useful: variables and looping. Unfortunately, unless you’re an experienced scripter, they’re also ...

Most of us who work on our Macs every day have several tasks we perform repeatedly and which are both time consuming and tedious. Isn’t the whole point of using a computer that it’s supposed to do the ...

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 ...