The Automator application in OS X is a feature that many people use to modify documents in a folder, or perform other routine actions such as synchronizing items in a folder with those in another ...

In its ongoing efforts to provide a seamless smart home experience, the Google Home app is introducing a "Script Editor" feature that supports advanced automation routines. The functionality is being ...

The news that Apple had laid off Sal Soghoian, who has been a fixture in the world of scripting and automation for decades, hit hard at MacTech Conference back in November. Although Sal hasn’t been ...

The basic idea here is that your Mac will use your camera to take a screenshot every minute or so. So, using an Automator workflow and a calendar alarm, you set it up so your Mac shows you what's ...

I want to create a Service to convert PDF to SVG, it depends upon pdf2svg, a command-line utility available via macports. #!/bin/bash F=${1%.*}".svg" G=${1}" "${F ...

Avoid these mistakes to build automation that survives UI changes, validates outcomes properly, and provides useful feedback.