We spend so much of our workdays doing rather arduous and tedious tasks, especially if you're working on a computer of any kind. Renaming files, converting PDFs; these are the things that can take way ...

I've never used automator much, wondering if it can, well... automate something for me. I have a folder with "x" number of files. I need to send an email with a pre-defined template, where the only ...

Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!). Joined by guest gabber Ricky Spero, John and Dave talk through Apple’s Automator; detailing what it is, what ...

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

His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for ...