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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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I am trying to create a macOS Quick Action that allows a user to select multiple chapters from a PDF's bookmarks and extract each one into a separate file. The script uses the cpdf command-line tool ...
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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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I have limited experience with applescripting and the automator app, but have been able to cobble things together before that generally do what I need after a bunch of trial and error. I'm helping ...
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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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I have a mariadb database on my local network that I want to update when I launch a quick action on an image file in the Finder. I created the quick action using an automator workflow. The workflow ...
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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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Using macOS I have a command line executable that I can, following some advice about using Automator, make usable as an application, with the code: on run {input, parameters} tell application &...
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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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I'm create Quick Action (QA) in Automator: Select no input in any application, check Output replaces selected text. Add a simple AppleScript: on run {input, parameters} tell application "Safari&...
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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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I’m hoping someone can assist me with an automation issue I’ve been working on for the photo software "Capture One 21“. I need a folder (the capture folder on my desktop) to be monitored, and ...
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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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I'm migrating to MacOS but most of my organisation works with Windows. We frequently exchange links (via email / teams) to a network drive mapped to "D:\". I am exploring an automation to ...
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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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I recently switched my laptop to French from German. In German, I used an applescript that clicks "Open Recent" in the menu "File" so I can access recent files with a keyboard ...
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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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I put together an AppleScript on Automator that has the goal of taking text (in a pre-determined format) extracting the dates/times creating macOs Calendar events with these dates/times The script ...
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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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Having media (pictures and videos) without meta-data date, but are named with this date structure (YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg/ .mov/ .png...), I'm trying to classify them in folders named as their date, YYYY-...
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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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I just want to change my automator quick action from my current script of YYYYMMDD to YYMMDD. Seems like it should be simple enough but I've been trying to figure this out for days now && I'm ...
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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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Having thousands of pictures and videos without meta-data date, but with the date structure at their name (ex: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg), want to classify them in folders with their date, YYYY-MM-DD. The ...
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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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Trying to use Automator to create thumbnail images for a bunch of PDFs. I want to convert the PDFs to JPGs, then downsize those JPGs. The first step has gone fine, but I've tried a bunch of ways to do ...
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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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since Apple Mail doesn´t use Plugins in Sonoma anymore and "never" was able to DND eml-files to webapps, I want to develope an AppleScript that captures a Drag Event in Apple Mail. This scpt ...
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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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I created an automator workflow that opens a specific page in google chrome. When I assigned a keyboard shortcut to it, it only works when Chrome is the active application. How do I get this keyboard ...
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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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I have an automator workflow, that I want to make unworkable without specific password: is there an option to do it? I've tried to use "Ask for text" action, but there is no option to ...
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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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I have a single .dat file that consists of a lot of webp images. I would like to split that file everytime before the string WEBM and safe that portion as a .webm file. I would love to do this with ...
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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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There are many ways in ruby to make a system call. I'm currently using open3 in a method like this: def run_system_command { |system_command| stdout_str = "" stderr_str = ""...
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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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I recently started playing with Stable Diffusion, and specifically Automatic 1111. Since it's not exactly a standard macOS app because it needs to be open with a CLI command and then loaded in a ...
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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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I have a small problem with PDF files that I export from Figma. I make a text link in Figma file I export PDF with this text I open PDF in Acrobat (or whatever viewer) and I see my link in black box (...
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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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A little background: I'm helping a friend who had a stroke a few years ago and who has global aphasia; as a result it's very difficult for his brain to consistently derive meaning from written words ...
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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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I have an Automator Quick Action script that converts PNG to ICNS, keeping both the original file name and its original position. However, if used inside an iCloud folder or a folder with a space in ...
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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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I'm pretty new to Applescript but have played a programmer on tv for years. The below run handler works fine but when I try to use either the replaceText() or findAndReplaceInText() handlers to ...
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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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I have an ffmpeg code that converts .mov files to .mp4 files. I would like to set up a 'watch folder' system on my mac, so that when I drop files into a specific folder, it will automatically convert ...
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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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I try to implement a folder action with Automator. So i use the module "folder action" and there defining the folder. The only action module in there is "Execute AppleScript" with ...
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