how do you run an automator action?

[nathanlukewong]

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone could help me out,
I have downloaded a script from the apple site
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/syncfolders.html
but i do not know how to run it.
Any ideas? when i click on it a program called automator opens, but the script does not run.
if you could please help out that would be greatly appreciated
nathan

 

[BlueRevolution]

You can run an Automator action from within the application by clicking the rightmost button on the toolbar.

 

[miles01110]

It looks like this:

 

[johny5]

Nathan, you should read up a little about automator as this .action file isnt a complete function that you can use. It is just a command extension that you can "import" into automator, you then need to add command/instructions as to how you would like it to work (ie which folders to sync).

try reading this (a brief rundown of automator)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2488

and this (the people who created that .action)
http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/index.php?p=403

Automator is fairly easy to use, but be patient

 

[nathanlukewong]

Nathan, you should read up a little about automator as this .action file isnt a complete function that you can use. It is just a command extension that you can "import" into automator, you then need to add command/instructions as to how you would like it to work (ie which folders to sync).

try reading this (a brief rundown of automator)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2488

and this (the people who created that .action)
http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/index.php?p=403

Automator is fairly easy to use, but be patient

Sweet, thanks heaps mate, worked it out. I guess I was thinking that it was a bit more like VBScript for windows where you can just write a script and run it, but I can see this as more of a modularized programing way of doing things if that makes sense. seems very powerful how you can combine different 'actions' to perform a task

very handy

thanks heaps all for your help

 

[BlueRevolution]

If you want the script to run when you double-click, you can save it as an application. In Automator, go to File -> Save As, then change the File Format box to Application.