Getting Started With Automator

Learn the basics of using Automator on your Mac to create workflows to accomplish simple tasks. This mini-course includes 10 video lessons to get you started with this productivity-enhancing tool that comes with your Mac.

You’ll start at the very beginning with a tour of Automator, and continue to build workflows to rename files, resize images, insert text and more. No programming experience is necessary and this course will stick to using Automator’s built-in actions to create workflows.

Each lesson builds on the previous ones. You'll start off creating a simple workflow that runs inside of Automator. You'll then create stand-alone apps and Quick Actions that can be used by themselves or through keyboard shortcuts. You'll also learn about Folder Actions that control files in the Finder.

This course avoids the use of scripts and computer code and instead sticks to using the built-in actions that are part of Automator. But you'll use some basic programming techniques such as loops and program input. You'll also learn about Automator's ability to mimic mouse and keyboard input.

Presented by Gary Rosenzweig, the host of thousands of MacMost video tutorials, many other Mac-related courses, and the author of best-selling books about the Mac, iPad and other Apple products.