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Heb1228

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Feb 3, 2004
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I just wanted to know what Automator plugins people use a lot. I've got several Finder plugins that i use. These are the options that appear when you control-click a file and choose the "Automator" option.

I have three simple ones that I named:

"Replace Underscore" - it just replaces any underscore in a filename with a regular space, since a lot of times downloaded files have underscores all throughout the file name.

"Title Case" - changes the case of filenames to title case.

"Add Spotlight Comment" that gives you a dialogue box that allows you to add spotlight comments easily.

I also have one called "Create Icon for..." that I use with the freeware program MakeIcon Carbon to make preview icons for pdf and image files.

I'd love to hear how other people are using this function.
 
I thought it might be cool also to post the workflows on here so others could download them and try them out. Here are the ones I listed above:
 

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Here's the Make Icon action... you also need to download the freeware program called MakeIcon Carbon for it to work. Good luck!
 

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