AppleScript and Automator were updated with iCloud file syncing. Much like TextEdit, now when you launch AppleScript Editor or Automator you are greeted with the iCloud Document Library.

Notifications Want to annoy yourself? AppleScript and Automator now includes a Display Notification command that you can use to send yourself notifications from your own scripts.

I need an Automator script that converts PowerPoint files into PDF documents. Automator has no such built-in action. And I don't know AppleScript. I need an AppleScript that can tell the ...

Before Automator, Applescript was the method used for setting up routine tasks, but it took some learning that would not appeal to the average user.

AppleScript’s English-like syntax and Automator’s puzzle-piece interface are often derided by traditional programmers. But it is a great solution for people working in deadline-driven production ...

Mix Automator and AppleScript Of course, AppleScript is a little geeky (it’s a programming language, after all), but it’s got more power than a Porsche—and that makes it a perfect complement ...

AppleScript really shines in its ability to save out the scripts as applications and run them on your Mac as completely stand-alone apps. Automator can do this, but unfortunately relies on the ...

The macOS user automation technologies include: UNIX CLI (shell, python, ruby, perl), System Services, Apple Events (JavaScript, AppleScript, AppleScriptObj-C, Scripting Bridge), Automator, Apple ...

Calendar event alarm choices in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Use Automator to Trigger Your AppleScript Although Apple removed the Run Script alarm option in the Calendar app, Automator's ability to ...

Start by creating a new Automator Application workflow. Automator doesn’t have an action for toggling on and off the visibility of hidden files, so again you’ll need to use AppleScript to do it.

Unfortunately, Automator doesn't supply any standard actions for basic text transformations. Automator users typically resort to AppleScript for this kind of basic text operation.

Since Apple is introducing Shortcuts to macOS Monterey in the fall, it may be worth backing up all of your Automator workflows before it lands. Here's how to make a copy of your automations.