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Keeping a VMWare View session alive?

On OS X 10.8, I have the VMWare View client installed, and frequently use it to log into a remote Windows machine. Unfortunately, the way the infrastructure is set up, it frequently times out very ...
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1answer
138 views

How to add application built-in services (menu bar commands) in Automator?

I am wondering whether it is possible to use built-in services (menu bar options) of specific applications in Automator. For instance, I want to create a service to launch Google Chrome and open a ...
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2answers
281 views

Automator Start Capture action doesn't detect stop in Quicktime in OS X 10.8.2

I am attempting to create an Automator application that will launch Quicktime, create a new audio capture, start that capture, and then save it with a specific filename after the stop button is ...
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215 views

Applescript opens new window for everything when run

I have the following code I did for a tweetbot keyboard shortcut to open tweetbot and create a new tweet. on run {input, parameters} activate application "Tweetbot 2" tell application ...
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2answers
269 views

How to extract the text of a PDF document with Automator, and save it in a directory

How can you modify the output folder of the Extract PDF text action ? I made a basic workflow to extract the text of PDF files, but the output folder is stuck to Desktop. I can change it in Automator, ...
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1answer
923 views

Can't find my Automator service action in the Keyboard Shortcuts list

I've made a very simple Automator service (moves some selected files into a new folder). It works fine via the Services -> menu. So now I'd like to add a keyboard shortcut to launch this action from ...
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630 views

How to make my workflows run again with Automator Runner after upgrading to Mountain Lion?

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I cannot run my workflows with Automator Runner anymore. The option to do that in the context menu is still there, but nothing happens, no errors, no console logs. ...
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Creating an Automator service to add email messages to Reminders.app

I've created an Automator service that creates a reminder based on the selected text. What I really want is to create a keyboard shortcut that gets the same result that you get by dragging an email ...