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How do I use Automator to open an application with a file
I often find myself opening files such as .plist or .json files, etc., as plain text files for viewing in TextEdit. But often I need to follow Open With > Other… and then find TextEdit in the pop-...
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Create a shortcut for opening file paths
in my office we're using Dropbox as our file server and we're sending a lot of file paths all the time. I'm looking for a way to speed this up.
I know how to change the shortcut cmd + option + c so ...
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Sort files into folders based on first two digits of filename?
I constantly get hundreds of .pdf files I would like sorted into folders based on the filename.
The filenames are made up of a couple elements, although only the first string of letters and the first ...
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Automator - Open Windows File Path On Mac
I am trying to create an Automator service that allows a user to highlight a link that has been emailed by a Windows user, and have it open to the equivalent SMB share on a Mac.
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Windows ...
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Automating sorting process for files in a folder based on same prefixes in their filenames
Okay, I have a directory that is the output directory for generated screenshots for a media player I use on a macbook (OS X High Sierra). I take a multitude of screenshots to review video files and I ...
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Rename file names in directory to creation timestamp with second precision
Is there an easy way to do this for files in a particular directory - to have their names be renamed to the file timestamp, with seconds level precision
Clarification:
For example, suppose a (Mac ...
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Automator SCRIPT NEED: Select part of name file, find file with containing name, then copy this in item in another folder
I have 3 folder:
JPG folder: contains my modified JPG files, the name of file is (examples): DSC02996 20181027 201438 (LR).jpg
RAW folder: contains my RAW files, the name of file is (examples): ...
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How to obtain a list of files contained in a folder (as a text file)
I have a huge folder containing musical scores and books (mainly in .pdf).
I would like to create a text document (TextEdit will do just fine) which contains the complete list of the folder's content ...
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Automator: Select only one file out of many files in a folder. Script needed?
I have a folder with different 100 rtf-text-files in a folder.
I would like to have Automator to take the content of one text-file and send out it out via mail once a day to the same mailing-...
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Automator action not supplied with the required data
I'm trying to do the following in an Automator workflow:
Ask for Finder items from folder A
In folder A, add a suffix to the file names
Copy them to folder B
In folder B, with an AppleScript, split ...
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OS-X: How to copy files according to their file types from an external hard drive onto an OS-X computer?
I have a lot of files (music, pictures, documents) on an external hard drive that I want to copy into the respective folders on OS-X. I would like to automate the copying process and put all .bmp, ....
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Automator action to upload a file/folder
Is there an Automator action that can upload a file/folder?
Specifically, I want to upload a folder automatically at a set date/time. I know I can create a "Calendar Alarm" action that'll trigger ...
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