With every Mac sold comes a powerful little app called Automator. Here are some of our favorite Automator workflows that highlight exactly how powerful this tool is. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Take a look at any of Apple's promotional material for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) and you'll find that a feature that consistently gets a top-billing is Automator. However, I suspect that, if you could ...

In this hands-on tutorial, Ars will show you how to use Automator to build platform services that incorporate shell scripting.

As a writer, I need to know the number of words in my textual musings on a fairly regular basis. I’m sure many of you might have the same need, if even to count the characters in those funny Tweets ...

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. Shortcuts ...

Over the past few years we’ve grown accustomed to using our voice to interact with Siri-enabled iOS devices. So why not expect a similar experience with our computers? While not the hoped-for “Siri ...

Cool, then this should be doable, but it will have nothing to do with iCal or Automator, I don't think. There's some CalDAV URL that you can check for updates for this shared calendar. Write a short ...