I once overlooked Automator as I thought it wouldn't be able to help in my day-to-day work, but these 5 workflows have done wonders to improve my productivity.

/Library/Automator - Here, you may find some non-embedded third-party actions. The Microsoft Office actions, for example, are installed here.

Automator includes dozens of built-in variables, such as dates, times, and system information. With looping, you can repeat actions or groups of actions a set number of times.

Mac: One of the lesser known features in Yosemite is a new Dictation Command option in Automator. As MacWorld points out, this means you can set up a command to launch any Automator action you ...

The recorder then captures your keystrokes—opening System Preferences and activating a specific pane, for example. This ability to record actions in Automator is a long-awaited addition.

The Automator application in OS X is a feature that many people use to modify documents in a folder, or perform other routine actions such as synchronizing items in a folder with those in another ...

An Automator Input Alert for a Text Service Workflow This is because, often, saved Automator workflows expect input for processing. For example, a workflow app may expect dropped files or folders ...