Does anyone here actually *use* automator?
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From: commiebastard on 8 Feb 2010 21:52 What are your experiences? I mean, it's supposed to be intuitive to learn, but I find it really counterintuitive for the stuff I do. I've been a Macbook Pro user since 2004, and between the bash scripting, various shell scripting, and Applescript, I've been able to do everything from manage a > 10 GB database, host a message board, program 3D games and manage thousands of photographs as a batch and I've never touched automator. Why is it taking up space on my computer?
From: sbt on 8 Feb 2010 22:26 In article <bc3b3502-907a-41ff-afc7-1bd30699f697(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What are your experiences? > > I mean, it's supposed to be intuitive to learn, but I find it really > counterintuitive for the stuff I do. > > I've been a Macbook Pro user since 2004, and between the bash > scripting, various shell scripting, and Applescript, I've been able to > do everything from manage a > 10 GB database, host a message board, > program 3D games and manage thousands of photographs as a batch and > I've never touched automator. > > Why is it taking up space on my computer? My experience with it (and I've written and edited material describing Automator) is that it is easy to learn for people who have no programming experience but is less easy for people with programming or shell-scripting experience as they have to change paradigm. Personally, I've not used it for my personal projects, but have put workflows together for non-scripting/programming friends ... workflows that they can then customize or adapt for their own needs. -- Spenser
From: Jolly Roger on 8 Feb 2010 23:25 In article <bc3b3502-907a-41ff-afc7-1bd30699f697(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What are your experiences? > > I mean, it's supposed to be intuitive to learn, but I find it really > counterintuitive for the stuff I do. > > I've been a Macbook Pro user since 2004, and between the bash > scripting, various shell scripting, and Applescript, I've been able to > do everything from manage a > 10 GB database, host a message board, > program 3D games and manage thousands of photographs as a batch and > I've never touched automator. > > Why is it taking up space on my computer? It's the easiest way I know of to make a Service! -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jerry Bishop on 9 Feb 2010 12:26 On 2010-02-08 21:52:36 -0500, commiebastard said: > What are your experiences? > > I mean, it's supposed to be intuitive to learn, but I find it really > counterintuitive for the stuff I do. > > I've been a Macbook Pro user since 2004, and between the bash > scripting, various shell scripting, and Applescript, I've been able to > do everything from manage a > 10 GB database, host a message board, > program 3D games and manage thousands of photographs as a batch and > I've never touched automator. > > Why is it taking up space on my computer? My experience is that is was extremely slow at the task I was trying to do. I set up a work flow to extract the attachments from a selected set of emails in Entourage. It was incredibly slow, processing only a few attachments a minute, taking hours to extract several thousand attachments. I'm not sure if it was Automator or the Microsoft-authored actions for Entourage or both. Of course, a day later I had a slap-the-forehead moment when I disc overed Entourage's builtin function for extracting attachments, which just happens to be quick like a bunny. Doh! I haven't had cause to try Automator since, but I'm not completely gun-shy about it, and I might give it another try if another situation comes up that it would fit into. Jerry
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 9 Feb 2010 12:35
commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What are your experiences? Some stuff I have done with Automator: -Log on to a specific web site every morning and push four different buttons -bring the login window to front and sleep my Mac when I press ctrl-F13 -press iMovie's import button (saved as an iCal plugin so that I can record TV shows with iMovie in the middle of the night) -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |