What Is Apple Automator?
Apple Automator is a computer application developed for the Mac OS X operating system in early 2005 by Apple Inc. It was released as part of Mac OS X Tiger in April 2005. It is an automation program that can be used to perform basic, repetitive tasks without the need for human intervention.
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Automator
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Automator can be instructed to perform a variety of simple tasks that could take hours to perform manually, allowing you to save time when multitasking between projects or project elements. As a partially autonomous program, Automator can handle basic jobs such as file renaming and photo resizing without the need for any intervention from you beyond the initial assignment process. It doesn't require any programming knowledge to use, making it quick and convenient.
How It Works
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Automator is only a partially autonomous program, meaning that you need to create a basic itinerary for it to follow for it to carry out specific tasks. In the context of the program, this itinerary is called a workflow. A workflow is created by dragging and dropping a series of action commands into a blank interface, thereby providing the program with a set of ordered directions to follow.
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Interface
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As part of its effort to make Automator as user-friendly as possible, Apple designed the program's user interface so that it could be used without the need for any prior programming knowledge. The workflow menu is largely self-explanatory, and the drag-and-drop menu style means that no complex programming is required. You can select tasks from a pre-existing list or record yourself performing a task and instruct the program to repeat it.
Mac
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Automator is a software program developed expressly for use on an Apple computer running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later. In addition to Tiger, Automator is compatible with OS X versions 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.7 Lion. It works well in conjunction with Microsoft Office, iCal, Address Book, Photoshop and other third-party applications.
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