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How To Make SMS message from text editor, on macOS, not using AppleScript
I wanted a way to draft an SMS message on macOS from within my text editor -- and then launch to Messages with a Service item in the Services menu (right-click). After the text is in Messages, I type ...
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How to pass 2 variables to a shell script in Mac automator
I have an Automator workflow that isn't quite working.
The workflow needs to pick up a file and a comma-delimited list of tags and then pass them into a shell script that runs this command:
/usr/local/...
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How do I run an automator file.app in the background at startup and before login
I need to start UTM and then run a virtual machine in UTM after a defined delay.
I have built an automator application that achieves exactly what I want at login. However, if the machine stops and ...
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Launch Automator Workflow and pass parameter from Apple Script
I have:
an Automator workflow saved as an application "workflow.app"
an Apple Script saved as an application "script.app"
a PDF file residing on Desktop "test.pdf"
How ...
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Edit Excel cells immediately upon opening file
Excel 2019 on Mac.
Whenever I open an excel file, I have to click a cell before I can start editing it, even though a cell is already selected. Typing, arrow keys, enter key, etc. do not work either. ...
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Native macOS Text Replacement (adding records)
I found a 2020 year script on the Internet, with which you can create pairs (key value) in the keyboard settings text replacement
Here's the source
Here's the script
use AppleScript version "2.4&...
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Pass variable from Automator into Shell Script to make a parent directory
I am trying to automate files with renaming and sorting on a per project basis. I was able to get what I wanted essentially, but want to take it a step further. In Automator, I ask for text then set ...
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Diagnosing trouble with an Automator run shell script extracting images from a video with FFMPEG
I'm receiving an error in Automator "The action "Run Shell Script" encountered an error:"
My script works perfectly fine when running it in terminal and gives the exact outputs I ...
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AppleScript file renaming folder action script errors out
I sought to create an AppleScript folder action to rename files added to a folder by giving them a warning prefix if they lack a double space and three space prefix if they lack spaces altogether. I ...
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How to execute a python script on Mac with Shortcuts/Automator
I am trying to find out if it is possible to execute a Python script I made with one click/Shortcuts.
I.e. I don't wish to open the terminal or VS code to execute it, but "just run it" as it ...
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Adding suffix to duplicate file in Apple Script
I am attempting to write a script to allow me to keep my Downloads folder clean, this is great for uni/work as files get moved to their correct folders to allow linking in apps etc.
I have a script ...
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Applescript folder actions
Anyone know why my buttons aren't working for a folder action in applscript?
This is designed to launch from Automator and keep the Downloads folder clean with options to rename duplicates then move ...
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"Operation Not Permitted" - Cannot get read access from App created with Automator Bash Script
I am stuck trying to access this specific file from an App I have created with Automator. When the exact same Bash script is run from Terminal, all is dandy. I have checked permissions on the file and ...
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Populating Applescript choose from list with Excel column data
I'm using Applescript to send emails with outlook on Mac and pulling data from an excel file with the following structure:
My goal is to use all non-empty cells in columns A:C to populate a drop-down ...
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MediaInfo Output command not working with Automator (command not found: mediainfo)
I’ve made myself a nice mediainfo --Output command. The command executed in the terminal works well and I get a list of all my the parameters I wanted to have …
But I would like to implement this ...
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Add another application to the Quick Action Library in Automator mac
I m using Mac Automator app to add new actions to the right click quick menu for files and folder. As can we seen in the image we have a number of actions available for mail app and other apps. I ...
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How to correctly parse string to JSON using javascript in Apple Automator?
I am trying to make a simple home automation workflow using Automator on OSX.
It starts by getting a JSON from an HTTP request using shell script. The JSON is then modified using JavaScript and posted ...
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How do I use Automator to create an app or write a script which restores the custom icon of Google Chrome?
I use a custom icon for Google Chrome, as I do with many of the other apps on my MacBook. My issue is specific to Chrome, where randomly but certainly the custom icon disappears and is replaced with a ...
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How can I Find / replace a nondescript number with a formatted date in a file, in Applescript?
I've looked everywhere and I can't seem to find the exact answer I need.
I am creating a applescript in automator to FIND a nondescript number / date then I need it to replace that number with a ...
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automator workflow to launch or quit application
I am trying to make an automator workflow that opens an app if it's not already open, or closes the app if it is open. I need a script that will run the QuickShade.app
when I tap the button to run the ...
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How to make Folder Action to watch a folder and if it sees 2+ files with same filename and diff ext, create new folder and move those files in folder
I've been searching for weeks and have been unsucessful on finding a way on my Mac running Ventura to help solve this wish.
I have a lot of files that have the same file name and are saved with ...
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Blur image 50% when drop into a folder
I have a bash script, connect to folder action in Automator. When I drop an image into ~/Desktop/Blur folder, it should generate the blur version into that directory.
I've tried
#!/bin/bash
# Change ...
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Reduce Selected Image File to 700 pixel via Apple Quick Action
I'm new Apple Automator scripting, I create a new Document type (Quick Action)
named, reduceTo700
I have it Run Shell Script
for f in "$@"
do
/usr/bin/sips -Z 700 "$f" --out &...
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Why imagemagick mogrify command not found and how to solve this?
I'm trying to write automation service that gets all images exclude .jpg from the current directory (or selected files), convert them to .jpg by imagemagick mogrify and delete old images.
script: ...
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Applescript Occasionally Freezes Automator
I'm trying to use this applescript to modify a file path written to a text file, copy the modified path to the clipboard, set it as variable thePath, use it to pull a Google Drive link from a list, ...
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