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Hey Guys! I cant get that AppleScript to work in Automator. It opens a Dialog, i can choose the Pictures to process, but fails at calling the exiftool shell script. I dont get it, how to hand over the files to exiftool. Could you guys take a look at it? Thanks in advance! on run {input...

Please could someone help an Automator novice! I need to immediately copy into folder B any file that an application saves to folder A. I've experimented with creating folder actions but I can't make them watch the folder successfully - I have to manually run the action for anything to happen...

Hey all! I just had an idea, to keep a better archive of versions of TenFourFox (and other applications, if they arise in popularity) while keeping them safely on my iMac G4 server. Would it be possible to have AppleScript or Automator check what version is the latest version of TenFourFox and...

I'm completely new to this and have stitched up some things I've found on forums to try and create a bulk renaming workflow where a folder contains items to be renamed based on a csv list. Files appear to be renamed properly there is just a "?" in the file extension and I don't know where this...

I have thousands of photos in lightroom that I am converting to JPEG to save space. The thing is that these RAW files are already categorized into different finder label tags, so when I export to JPEG these labels will be removed. Is there a way to keep these tags or just create an automator...

I'm using Be Focused App but it doesn't have a continuous alarm once the timer stops. How can I get Be Focused to trigger another alarm clock app which then will ring out until I manually stop it? Can I use Automator to do achieve this? thnkx

Hi I have put together a spreadsheet in Numbers that I am sharing with someone who is on Windows. So I export it to excel and send to him. However now I need it that he can also update the spreadsheet. Is there any utilities like Automator or Hazel etc I could use so when I drop a numbers file...

Hello everyone. I've been looking for a way to search for a word inside a PDF document without opening it. The Automator function "Search PDF" is broken since OS X El Capitan. When I search for a "content" word, save the automator workflow, close the file and reopen it, the search field is...

Hi Yosemite and El Capitan I connect my WD Cloud share using automator without any problem. Then I upgrade to Sierra and it won't work properly. When I try connect 2 my WD Cloud NAS in same automator program (this my usual one). First WD Cloud will connect and 2nd WD Cloud always fail to...

I made a workflow the other day that moves all the contents from my Downloads folder and one other folder to the trash automatically. I wanted to schedule this so that it would run every week at a certain time, so I created it as a Calendar Alert. However, now anything that gets added to those...

I'd like to have an automator script run every time I add new music to iTunes. Is it possible? I tried using a Folder Action on the "iTunes Music" folder, but folder actions don't work on subfolders, so that won't do it. Any other ideas? Thanks! Pablo

I have two scripts that I use for manipulating PDFs, and I'd like to merge them into a single one. However, I struggle to get the output from the first command to act as input for the second. Script one simply flattens the PDF with Ghostscript and modifies the file extension to differentiate...

I'm not sure what title to give to this question, nor where to post it What I want is: when I save a file to folder A, it will automatically save it to folder B, and delete it from folder A, what should I do to make that happen? Should I use a workflow? Symbolic link? what would be the most...

I hope this is posted in the right place. I'm a fan of Facebook's "memories" or "taken on this day" photo notifications where it'll show a photo you've posted x number of years ago. It's a really great use of photos posted, I think. Instead of never seeing them again, you see them every year on...

Hi, I just signed up! I've been trying to find this answer, but I think I'm going to have to just ask. Hello All. This folder I'm trying to print from a folder that is on a server that I'm connected to via afp over tcp/ip. The folder is called "Network Printer ƒ" and is on the root...

So I finally got a MacBook Air. I've used Bootcamp to load a Windows operating system. The windows portion is easy to switch back to Mac being they have the icon in the task bar you can click on. I've been searching online for a quick fix for the OS X side that I can just click on and have it...

hi. I would like to write an automated script which delete a file every single time when I open one specific app. the file is hidden. I'm noob whit Automator, where should I start?

Hello all! For some years now, I have been (obsessively) refining the tags of my iTunes songs. I mostly erase the usual "(featuring X)" - sometimes added to song names in apple music or the iTunes store - and place it in the Artist field (as in "artist feat. X"). Other examples include...

Hi folks, I don't really know anything about Automator so I'm wondering if this is possible: On Instagram, when you click an image, that image pops up on the same page. When this image has popped up if you view page source, then hit cmd + f and search for .jpg you will find that, on most...

I use Google Drive to store a lot of files, so I have a Sync folder for the same and every time I drop a file into it, it automatically syncs provided the app is open. But, I have disabled "Start Drive at login"(to speed up my startup time). So now, everytime I drop a file or update a file in...