Automator: Practical Uses for Every Day users?
I've seen that sweet looking Automator icon for awhile now, and sadly I have never taken the time to learn how to use it. Can somebody enlighten me to what I may be missing out on? I don't have a business or anything of that sort, and I can't think of any monotonous tasks that I would need to perform...
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Any uses I found for it could be done far better with other software. Renaming files for example, I use a program that shows you a preview of the names before it actually renames anything. Merging PDFs, I can also delete or add individual pages in the program I use.
It depends on what you do I guess and you might find something useful in these sites:
http://automatoractions.com/
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/
If someone makes a good book on it I'll be glad to dig in more. I'm still surprised that you cannot simply modify multiple filenames using Get Info on multiple items. That would have been very simple.
Maybe it ultimately could be useful, but without better support files it is not very easy to get up and running.
I tried to make one that would scan Mail to pick off GroupWise appointments and import them into iCal but as far as I can tell there's no pathway to do that. I can't remember why.
I like the others have not used automator but I am now thinking about it to delete all my spam emails. If it could go through the entire process of a full deletion, the automator would be worth its wait in gold for me. I get about 125 spam emails a day.
Sounds like you need to switch to G-mail (free from Google).