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Of all the pretty apps that come bundled with Mac OS X, Automator is probably one of the most underrated. The application does a marvellous job of setting up a drag-and-drop front-end to let users create as simple or complex a workflow as desired.

The more you play around with Automator, the more you will see the potential of the application, and the amazing set of scripts that comes with it - scores of workflow elements tied to applications and file types.

The first practical workflow that I created, is one that picks up a bunch of pdf files and merges them into one file. Automator also lets you save your workflow as either a script or an application. Mike pointed me to Mac applications like PDFPen and PDFLab (free) that let you do much more with your bunch of PDF files, but for my simple application I guess I’ll stick with Automator for now
Download my custom PDF Combinator app for Mac OS X

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm and is filed under Apple, OSX.