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Chapter 21. Automating Your Work

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• Introduce Automator

• View the Automator Window

• Get Started with Automator

• Open an Existing Workflow

• Open an Example Workflow

• Work with an Example Workflow

• Add Actions to a Workflow

• Add Variables to an Action

• Record an Action

• Work with Workflows

• Run and Stop a Workflow

• Save a Workflow

• Use a Workflow as a Plug-in

• Understand AppleScript Basics

• Use Ready-Made AppleScripts

• Write and Record AppleScripts

• Use AppleScript with Automator

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Introduction

Automator is a program that lets you automate the things you frequently like to do on your Mac. You don’t need to be a programmer to create automations. With Automator, all you need to do is assemble a series of actions into a workflow to complete ...