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This Mac Automator tutorial shows how to use the pre built actions to increase your productivity and carryout boring tasks with just the click of a button, it then moves on to highlight how to create your own, AppleScript just got a lot simply. Authored by Mac expert Jesse Feiler this tutorial covers all you need to know including: Ask Actions,Workflow, Shell Script, Finder Actions, Text Edit, Xcode, Property Lists, nib File, Variable, Buttons, Classes, Elements, Properties, Data Sources plus a lot more. Take advantage of the visual nature of this training video and learn Automator quickly.

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Introduction to Automator

Using Automator Out of the Box

Introducing Workflows

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Introducing Actions

Action Terminology
Looking at an Automator Action
Automator Action

Automator Actions

Ask Actions
Pause & Ask Actions
Running a Web Service
View Results
Running a Workflow
Running an AppleScript
Running a Shell Script Tutorials

Automator Workflow Management

Organizing a Workflow
Saving Workflows

Working with Finder & System Actions

Finder Actions Tutorials 1
Finder Actions Pt.2
Finder Actions Pt.3
Automator System Actions
Spotlight Actions

Working With Automator Media Actions

Image Capture Actions
iPhoto Actions
QuickTime Player Actions
iTunes Actions
DVD Player Actions
iDVD Actions

Working With Graphics Actions

Preview Actions
PDF Actions

Working With Automator Text Actions

TextEdit Actions-Files & Documents
Other TextEdit Actions
Font Book Actions

Working With Data Actions

iCal Actions
Address Book Actions
Automator Mail Actions
Safari Actions

Inside Actions & Applications

Xcode: Your Action Development Tool
Where Actions are Located
Applications/Bundles & Packages
Introducing Property Lists
More Action & Workflow Locations

Building Automator Actions

Action Architecture Overview
Building the AppleScript Action Template
Setting the Property List Values
Exploring the Xcode Action Groups & Files
Action Interface: Nib File Overview

Building An AppleScript Action

Using Automator Script Editor Pt.1
Using Script Editor Pt.2
Converting an Example Script to an Action
Setting the Project Parameters
Setting the English Strings Tutorials 1
Setting the English Strings Pt.2
Changing the Inputs for Actions
Working with the Action Interface

Building An Advanced AppleScript Action

Preparing an InDesign Document
Using AppleScript to Set Text
Converting the AppleScript to an Action
Testing the Automator Action
Extending the Action: Dynamic Destination
Testing Dynamic Destination
Making the Text Variable Tutorials 1
Making the Text Variable Pt.2
Building the Interface: AMPalette
Setting Parameters
Binding the Text Field
Writing the Action Code
Calling an On Opened Handler Tutorials 1
Calling an On Opened Handler Pt.2
Calling an Opdate Parameters Handler
Using Awake from Nib
Using a Popup Button
Removing Items from a Popup Button
Adding Items to a Popup Button
Adding the InDesign Frame Names

AppleScript Dictionaries

Introducing AppleScript Dictionaries
The Structure of a Dictionary: Suites
Automator Commands
Classes
Properties
Elements
Working with a Dictionary Tutorials 1
Working with a Dictionary Pt.2

Cocoa Method Calls

Introducing Cocoa Interface Objects
Syntax for Calling Cocoa Objective-C Methods
Example: NSPopupButton Methods
AppleScript Call Method Pt.1
AppleScript Call Method Pt.2

Action Types

Finding Action Type Documentation
Property Keys & Values

Building a FileMaker/InDesign Action

Introducing the Automator Action
Populating the InDesign Popup Button
Testing the Indesign Popup Button
Populating the FileMaker Popup Button
Testing the FileMaker Popup Button
Creating Parameter Bindings
Finishing the Automator Action
Enhancing the Action Interface
Adding a Table to the Interface
Creating the Data Source
Capturing the Data Source
Populating the Data Source Tutorials 1
Populating the Data Source Pt.2
Unloading the Data Source
Setting the Parameters
Completing the Action
Finishing the Action Strings
Clean Up with Automator

Summary

Action Overview
Workflow Overview

Credits

About this Author

Mac OS X Automator Training - VIDEO INFO

» Studio quality audio and video
» Works on Pc or Mac
» Ideal for people that learn quicker by being shown
» Master complex application in days

Title	:	Mac OS X Automator
Instructor	:	Jesse Feiler
Price	:	US$ 99.95
Duration	:	8 hours - 112 Movies
OS	:	Win Vista XP 98,2000,ME. Mac OS 9, OS X
Delivery Options	:	Ground / 2 day / Next Day
Product Code	:	33664

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