Table of Contents

• Welcome
• About Automator
• Add actions to a workflow
  • Choose actions
  • Get information about actions
  • Copy actions
  • Use results from a previous action
  • Change the order of actions in a workflow
  • Delete actions from a workflow
  • Allow action options to be selected at runtime
• Use workflows
  • Run a workflow
  • Save a workflow
  • Expand or collapse actions in a workflow
  • Disable or enable actions
  • Create a workflow using selected files
  • View the results of an action
  • View events performed by a workflow
• Do more with Automator
  • About Automator variables
  • Use variables in actions
  • Add variables to a workflow
  • Use the loop action to repeat parts of your workflow
  • If your workflow doesn’t work
  • View the values in variables
  • Import actions
• Use scripts with Automator
  • Use a shell script action in a workflow
  • Add AppleScript scripts to a workflow
  • Add JavaScript to a workflow
  • Control Automator with scripts
  • Add a workflow to the Script menu
• Keyboard shortcuts