Peachpit Press Automator Blog Series Announced
Tips for Extending Automator
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - April 20th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce a series of entries on the Peachpit Press blog. The series provides tips for extending Automator, and includes the following entries:
- 04.20.09 - Extending Automator: Running AppleScript, Shell, Python, and Ruby Scripts
- 04.21.09 - Extending Automator: Apple Remote Desktop Action Pack
- 04.22.09 - Extending Automator: Finding More Actions
- 04.23.09 - Extending Automator: Running Workflows with a Remote
- 04.24.09 - Extending Automator: Adding Workflows to the Services Menu
Links to the entries can be found in the "Tips" section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.
Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.
Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder. He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.
Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
Automated Workflows, LLC
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
