Introducing Ray Robertson

Ben and Jen Waldie

Ben and Jen Waldie - Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends:

It’s our pleasure to introduce Ray Robertson as the new owner of Automated Workflows. Ben has accepted a position with Apple Inc., and we are relocating to sunny Cupertino, CA this August.

You may know Ray from Scripting Matters and Scripting Events, LLC, where he has provided professional AppleScript consulting services and the wildly popular AppleScript Pro in-depth training sessions. Ray is an extremely talented Mac developer and industry expert, and we have complete confidence in his ability to continue providing top-notch productivity services and workflow solutions long into the future. He’s an outstanding guy, and we can’t think of anyone we’d trust more with our business.

Thank you to all those in the Mac community who have supported us these past 11 years, purchased our products, hired us as consultants, read our articles and books, attended our presentations, and so on. We appreciate your confidence and support. Stay productive and best of luck with your workflows! Now, please lend us a hand in welcoming Ray!

Sincerely,

-Ben and Jen Waldie

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Ben Waldie
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Jen Waldie
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Macworld Article > Power tools: Make events on your Mac trigger iOS notifications

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Let’s say you’ve got a really cool Automator workflow that saves you tons of time but takes a while to run. Do you really have to sit around, twiddling your thumbs while waiting for it to finish? Wouldn’t it be nicer if you could go get a latte instead and get an alert on your iPhone when the workflow is finished? That’s just one example of the kind of thing possible with the latest version of If This Then That (IFTTT). [Read more on Macworld.com...]

Client Success Story – Valspar’s Image and Color Swatch Automation

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Automated Workflows worked closely with Valspar to develop and deliver a suite of custom software utilities that help designers quickly and accurately organize and visualize colors for the web and print.  As a result, Valspar’s designers are now able to keep up with growing partner demand, while continuing to devote time and attention to creativity and color. [Learn how Valspar uses automation...]

Send Keynote 6.2 Presenter Notes to Evernote with AppleScript

A while back, I wrote an article for TUAW that demonstrated how to send presenter notes from a Keynote presentation to Evernote. This week, Apple released Keynote 6.2, and it contains some updated terminology. Here's an updated version of the script, which works with Keynote 6.2.

NOTE: You can download an example presentation containing presenter notes here.  You can download the completed AppleScript here.

Macworld Article > Latest iWork update is another win for AppleScript

scriptLate last year, Apple generated a wave of negative press after releasing slimmed down Mac versions of the iWork apps—Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. Rewritten from the ground up to focus on ease of use, consistency, and iCloud support, the apps lacked lots of the useful productivity features that Mac users had come to use. One major setback was a significant reduction in AppleScript support, a problem for anyone attempting to automate an iWork-based office workflow.

I’m pleased to say that this week, Apple has delivered!  The iWork apps have received a notable set of AppleScript improvements across the board. [Read more on Macworld.com...]

AppleScript Support Expanded in iWork Update

Apple's latest iWork update provides significant AppleScript improvements across the board. More thoughts to come on this soon. In the meantime, for lots of scripting goodness, visit iworkautomation.com.

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MacVoices Interview > Road to Macworld – Ben Waldie Will Automate The Web

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Chuck Joiner's Road to Macworld series continues with AppleScript guru Ben Waldie, who will deliver a session that you will want to attend if you’re interested in getting more out of your Internet activities. In Automating The Web, Ben will discuss making your workflow faster and more efficient by integrating your online workflow with your Mac and other web-enabled devices and services. He gives us preview, and also updates us on the state of AppleScript in iWork and beyond.

[Listen in iTunes]

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Macworld Show Discount Until March 14th

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I'll be speaking at Macworld again this year. If you're thinking of going and haven't registered yet, you can save $100 on your registration via this link until March 14.  I hope to see you there!

January 28, 1986 – 28 Years

"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to touch the face of God." - Ronald Reagan

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Macworld Article > AppleScript makes a comeback in Numbers 3.1 iWork Update

scriptBack in November, I wrote about the growing concern in the Mac community that Apple might be abandoning AppleScript. The occasion was the virtual removal of AppleScript support from the iWork apps (Keynote, Numbers, and Pages). At the time, I stressed that Mac users should remain calm, that this was nothing new, that the level of AppleScript support in any given app had always ebbed and flowed from release to release.

Looks like we’ve just had another ebb and flow.

[Read more on Macworld.com...]