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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
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