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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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Should I use Automator or another program for repetitious tasks?
I have 100s of images to save out in a different format for a project that I am working on. And the problem is I have to do them one at a time, so I am wondering if there is some way to record the ...
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What have you done with Automator? [closed]
I have only done a small amount of with with Apple's Automator application. However, it is very powerful and can be used for a wide array of purposes and applications.
What are some of the cool ...
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Automator crashes on Lion, error: Exited abnormally: Broken pipe: 13
I wrote a workflow to check battery duration, on osx 10.8.3 works perfectly and on 10.7.5 crash after a random time.
In console I get this error:
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ...
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Avoid using command for keyboard shortcuts
I work with a disabled person who uses their communication-aid to control their iMac through keyboard and mouse commands.
I'm setting up keyboard shortcuts to launch applications directly using ...
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Automator-script with an OCR-software to automatically add OCR to material? [duplicate]
The OCR software could be anything like PDFPen, ABBYY FineReader Express or Adobe Acrobat Pro. Automator does not list any features such as 'Add OCR layer to' or show any OCR programs under Automator.
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Automator treating App Packages as folders
Automator treats .app files (Application Packages) as if they were folders. This might be useful in some instances, but for what I want to do - Periodically make a list of the contents of my ...
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Automator turning well-aligned PDF documents upside-down, flipped — unreadable in OSX?
I have PDFs that are readable. When I combine the PDFs, the pages go randomly up-side-down and left-and-right. I have fixed this issue manually in Preview app but I would like to get the pages as ...
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How created watched folder with Automator to auto import new files into itunes?
I was wondering if someone could help me with this. This what I'd like to do:
File is downloaded into Folder A, it is automatically imported into itunes and then moved to folder B. This happens ...
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Show all services on right click
Whenever you have more than 4 services, they are put in a dropdown option "Services" on right click instead of just being added to the right click menu itself.
Is this an option somewhere that can be ...
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Automator Group Email problem
I am at the end of my tether. I want to send an email to a group of about 50 people, which is personalised at the very least with their name. (so that each email says "Dear Bob" or their name, and ...
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How can I get certain types of files dropped in certain folders based on file type?
I was wondering if it is possible to have the following:
In my Downloads folder, I have 2 subfolders : IMAGES and VIDEOS. Is it possible to automatically move every image downloaded to the Downloads ...
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Test a list of passwords on Sparse Image
I have a sparse image file with some important data in it I would like to retrieve. The only problem is I've forgotten the password.
I have a good idea of the parts of the password and managed to ...
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Combining Workflows in Automator
I am trying to figure out if there is a way to combine workflows in Apple's Automator application. Basically I saved out the automation as an application and it works like this: I can drag a folder of ...
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Why does Automator get stuck in a loop when processing a large number of files?
I have a very long workflow dealing with renaming, resizing and duplicating a large number of high resolution images. The workflow was working fine until I tried it with 300 images. Automator got ...
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Mac OS X Lion xterm service behaves differently between Automator and keyboard shortcut
I created the following "Run Shell Script" service in Automator under Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4:
export DISPLAY=:0
/usr/X11/bin/xterm -title "Kevin's Xterm" -sb -sl 500000 -geometry 150x25 &
and ...
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How can I trigger scripts (lock screen) when leaving a specific WiFi on OSX?
I dimly remember hearing about an OSX application that let you, for example, enable password lock when leaving the current WiFi, but I can't find it anymore. Does anyone know how it's called? Thanks!
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Can Mac App Store installs & upgrades be automated?
How can I script installing or upgrading apps from the Mac App Store? I'd prefer command line tools, but AppleScript or some other API would suffice.
Relevant puzzle pieces:
installer: note ...
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How can I run a PHP script by dropping file on icon?
I have a php script that takes a filename as an argument. When I run it from a terminal window I type
./my_script.php file_to_process.txt
It works great!
What I would like to be able to do is to ...
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How can I remove leading/trailing whitespace from filenames in Automator?
My wife tediously renames files all the time when storing on her backup external storage, so I investigated using automator to do this for her. I now have an automator folder where she just drops the ...
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When I delete “Watch Me Do” from Automator, does it get deleted forever?
Is Automator's "Watch Me Do" action permanently deleted when it is removed from the action sequence?
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Where are Automator's “Watch Me Do” files saved?
Where are Automator's "Watch Me Do" files being saved?
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Create global shortcut to run command line applications
What steps do I need to run a command line program via a global shortcut?
I setup Automator to create a new Run Shell Script and tried to assign a shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> ...
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What are some good uses of Hazel? [closed]
I think Hazel is a great idea, but I'm having trouble finding practical uses for it. A short search revealed the below pages, but I still didn't find anything compelling.
Why I Started Using Hazel ...
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Automator or AppleScript Rename Workflow
Ok
So here is a challenge. Is it possible to automate the following action:
Example:
Folder name: "TEST" the name of the file inside the folder is: "Evelyn.jpg".
Question: How do I rename the ...
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Good/inspiring uses of automation on Mac OS X
I have been a mac user for quite a while now (about 5-6 years) and I would consider myself rather tech-savvy. That being said I have very little insight to the automation capabilities that have been ...
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Updating modifier key mappings through defaults command tool
I am trying to automate the inital setup of my macbook, that includes installing software and changing OS X configuration to my needs.
I have tried to update the modifier keys with defaults, the ...
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2answers
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Custom shortcut executes service twice
Following this answer I have created a custom service that executes a shell script that looks like this:
open -a FireFox "http://dict.cc/$1"
It works fine when I click. Then I defined a custom ...
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Passing selected folder path to custom Service executing AppleScript
I have a custom Service I created in Automater. Right now, the service shows up in my context (right-click) menu, when right-clicking on any folder. In Automater, I added the Run AppleScript action, ...
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Is there an Automator action to create Keynote presentation from text file?
I need to import a text file (consisting of subtitles) into a Keynote presentation. I need to turn each subtitle into a single slide, interspersed with blank (black) slides. I'd like to create an ...
