In this hands-on tutorial, Ars will show you how to use Automator to build platform services that incorporate shell scripting. Read the whole story ...

Yosemite adds a new Dictation Commands feature to Automator that allows you to control you Mac with a couple of well-spoken words.

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to create custom Quick Actions to extend the functionality of MacOS Finder.

I've got a client that needs one person to be verbally/pop-up window notified when new events are posted on their iCal calendar with 'EE' in the notes field. Is that something that Automator can ...

Lion's Automator allows you to easily extract data-detector information--email addresses and URLs, for example--from compatible files. Here's a simple workflow for pulling email addresses from ...

Apple also noted that users will be able to import existing Automator workflows into Shortcuts, and Automator will remain supported.

Apple’s Mac operating system has undergone many sizeable changes over the years. Here’s every version in order, from the ...