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I like Automator
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mindwaves
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Apr 2, 2016, 06:08 PM
 
Been using it for a while now to manipulate files before they can be uploaded to a server.

I use it for 2 purposes with both being pretty basic:
1) take a bunch of separate image files and put them into one PDF
2) rename a bunch of files such that they have no spaces and all punctuation marks are replaced with a hyphen

Saves me quite a bit of my valuable time.

Anyone else an Automator fan?
     
ibook_steve
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Apr 4, 2016, 03:53 PM
 
I've created one script and use it all the time: eject all external drives. I put in specific drive names, so it's not super robust, but one of these days I'll figure out how to have it eject all external drives no matter what their names are. I got tired on my laptop of remembering to eject each drive, so the script helps a lot. I put it on the desktop and just double-click.

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