Automators

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What's Automators about?

Automation makes your life easier and everyone can do it. We tell you how. Hosted by David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard.

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124: Image Automation

03.24.2023

Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation?

Automators episodes:

03.24.2023 124: Image Automation Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation?
03.11.2023 123: HomeKit from Scratch with Myke Hurley In this episode Rosemary and David welcome Myke Hurley back to the show to talk about taking over his new Home with HomeKit.
02.25.2023 122: Nerding Out with Allison Sheridan Allison Sheridan joins us to share her automation workflows. Topics include Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, and more automation tools.
02.10.2023 121: Hardware Launchers After diving into software launchers in episode 120, Rosemary and David take a look at doing things with real physical buttons, in all the forms that can take.
01.27.2023 120: Looking at Launchers Rose and David spent some time looking at Raycast, the latest Mac launcher to arrive on the market, and compare it to their current favorite launcher, Alfred.
01.13.2023 119: Moving Houses and to the Mac with Chris Lawley Chris Lawley, YouTuber, nerd, and photographer joins David and Rosemary to talk about moving house and what that means for his smart home, as well as his journey back to the Mac.
12.30.2022 118: Ask the Automators In this episode Rose and David dig into the questions and feedback bag. Topics include Apple Notes and Reminders, home automation (hooray for doorbell cams!), window management, and IR blasting. Good times!
12.16.2022 117: Magic Online Automations with Make In this episode David and Rosemary dive into Make.com and get nerdy with a new online automation platform. And because it's the holidays they also touch on some of their holiday automations!
12.02.2022 116: Brett Terpstra's Automation Tricks Brett Terpstra joins David to explain some of his favorite automation tools and tricks.
11.19.2022 115: Automating the Future, with Simon Støvring Simon Støvring returns to talk about how much automation has changed and what his favourite new features are.
11.05.2022 114: macOS Ventura: The Automated AppDate macOS Ventura has arrived! David and Rose break down all the new automating possibilities with the latest Mac operating system.
10.21.2022 113: FocusCuts and Asynchronous Automation Awesomeness In this news, Rosemary and David look into non-continous automations and how breaking up a process can improve your automation abilities.
10.07.2022 112: iOS 16 Focus Modes Rose and David are diving deep into the new iOS 16 Focus Modes. Do you think the Automators are just using a portion of the new Focus Mode features? Of course not! They are going straight into the deep end.
09.24.2022 111: Automating Endor Studios This week, David and Rosemary dive into David's new studio and plan out how to automate everything.
09.09.2022 110: iOS 16 Automation iOS 16 is nearly here, and there are a lot of automation updates to try out. In this episode, Rosemary and David walk you through them all.
08.27.2022 109: Automating Obsidian From simple improvements to deep cross-linking and pages which update, there's a lot you can automate within your note-taking app of choice. In this episode, the automation gang take on Obsidian, and all of its plugins.
08.12.2022 108: Small Automation Tools In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.
07.29.2022 107: Control with your Voice, with Sal Soghoian Sal Soghoian takes David and Rosemary on an epic automation adventure. Starting with a look back at Automator on the Mac, and looking at the star Shortcuts developers now—before diving into custom voice control with OmniFocus and beyond.
07.15.2022 106: Automation Interoperation Combinations! Lately, a lot of the best Mac automation tools have become conversant with each other. In this episode, Rose and David discuss the best ways to make automation apps work together.
07.02.2022 105: Podcast Automation and Focus Modes with Scotty Jackson In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined once more by Scotty Jackson. They take a look at home automation related to Focus Modes, and whether or not you can automate a podcast.
06.17.2022 104: WWDC 2022 Awesomeness Hooray. It's a new WWDC and there are new Automation features! Rose and David are here to preview them all for you.
06.03.2022 103: Dan, the Automating Author, Moren In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by author, podcaster, and automator Dan Moren to talk about his automation experiences and solutions.
05.20.2022 102: Automating DEVONThink Rose and David dig deep on all of Automator's varied automation tools.
05.06.2022 101: Red Sweaters and AppleScript Fun with Daniel Jalkut In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Daniel Jalkut, the man in the red sweater behind FastScripts, MarsEdit, and the Core Intuition podcast. Together they ponder the future of AppleScript, and just how fast is a script anyway?
04.23.2022 100: Celebrating 100 Automations, and More In this episode of Automators, David and Rosemary look at their favourite automations, most wished for features, and how their automation has evolved in 100 episodes.
04.08.2022 99: Automation April Hooray! It's Automation April and Federico Viticci and John Voorhees join the automators to talk about it, along with some of their favorite automation.
03.25.2022 98: Automation Pot Pourri Rose and David have several automation topics on the table in this episode including Shortcuts on the Mac, a Stream Deck check-in, and automating Obsidian. Also, they have thoughts on the new Mac Studio.
03.11.2022 97: Automating Rosemary Orchard In this episode, David asks all the questions and we get into the nitty gritty details of how Rosemary's workflows and systems are being automated. From Hazel to Home Assistant, with a sprinkling of Airtable, there's variety and magic.
02.25.2022 96: Automating Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent is using all the automations and joins this week to share some of his favorite Mac, iOS, and home workflows.
02.11.2022 95: Keyboard Maestro Takes It Up to 10 There's a new version of Keyboard Maestro with plenty of new automation tools. David and Rose have some great ideas of how to take advantage of the new features.
01.28.2022 94: Legal Nerd-ness with Jeff Richardson This week, Rosemary and David are joined by Jeff Richardson: lawyer by day, automator for life.
01.15.2022 93: Automating MacSparky David's made a few changes and it's time for an Automator-style audit. In this episode Rose and David cover email, task management, calendars, desktop setups, web automation, and more.
12.31.2021 92: If This, Then Dave Hamilton David and Rosemary were joined by Dave Hamilton, the man with many automations - from nap time to making a window stay put, there's plenty of fun ideas to steal.
12.17.2021 91: Focus Modes, the Showdown In this episode, David and Rosemary dive into Focus modes, how they use them, and of course, how they automate them - both setting, and automations when they trigger them.
12.03.2021 90: Holiday Automation 2021 Automating the Holidays has never been easier. Rose and David have a pile of holiday-related automations to make life easier and impress your friends and family.
11.19.2021 89: Kelly Guimont, iPhone Automator In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Kelly Guimont and dive into getting started with automation, fun seasonal lighting, and the trouble with tribbles, er HomePod mini multiplication.
11.05.2021 88: Automating with Ryan J A Murphy Ryan J.A. Murphy joins to share automation tips for Obsidian, augmented intelligence, and automated parenting.
10.22.2021 87: Email Rules Automation Email automation is a thing, but email rules-based automation is another thing entirely.
10.08.2021 86: Micro-Automations Micro Automations! It's those tiny little automations that can make your life easy. We've been building them and today we're sharing them.
09.24.2021 85: iOS 15 Update & Shortcuts on macOS In this episode, David and Rosemary cover the automation changes with iOS 15, and look at Shortcuts on the Mac. There's also an powerless automation conumdrum to solve!
09.10.2021 84: Chris Lawley, the iPad Man iPad expert Chris Lawly joins in to talk about iPad-based automation and where a Mac fits in his workflow.
08.27.2021 83: Home Automation 2.0 In this episode of Automators. David and Rosemary dive into Rosemary's updates to her home automation, smart locks, Home Assistant, and even a cute little robot mop...
08.13.2021 82: Bad AppleScript with Jason Snell Jason Snell joins the Automators to talk about his automation journey, some useful automations, and the promise of Shortcuts for Mac.
07.30.2021 81: Shortcuts for Mac with Developer Zachary Lineman In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by Zach, the creator of JellyCuts - a text IDE for Shortcuts.
07.16.2021 80: Automated Calendaring Rose and David take on automating your calendar in several ways, including repeating events, templates, shortcuts, and calendar blocking apps. They also update the latest developments in automated time-tracking.
07.02.2021 79: Brett Terpstra In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by none other than Brett Terpstra, creator of Bunch, to talk about automation!
06.18.2021 78: WWDC 2021: Shortcuts comes to macOS Hooray! Apple has made Shortcuts for the Mac. In this episode Rose and David dive deep on their initial impressions with the Mac version of Shortcuts and how well it plays with traditional Mac Automation.
06.04.2021 77: Unicorn Automation with Kathy Campbell David and Rosemary are joined by The Unicorn Sidekick, Kathy Campbell, to talk automation. From Lightroom and handling thousands of photos, to Shortcuts for launching music playback, there's plenty of automation to discover!
05.21.2021 76: Automating with Alfred Rose and David dig in with ways they are using the Mac utility Alfred to automate using their Macs. This episode starts with the basics and then starts digging down.
05.07.2021 75: Bunches of Automation, with Jay Miller In this episode, Rosemary and David chat to Jay Miller about how he automates, using Keyboard Maestro, Alfred, Bunch, and more.

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Automators episodes:

124: Image Automation

123: HomeKit from Scratch with Myke Hurley

122: Nerding Out with Allison Sheridan

121: Hardware Launchers

120: Looking at Launchers

119: Moving Houses and to the Mac with Chris Lawley

118: Ask the Automators

117: Magic Online Automations with Make

116: Brett Terpstra's Automation Tricks

115: Automating the Future, with Simon Støvring

114: macOS Ventura: The Automated AppDate

113: FocusCuts and Asynchronous Automation Awesomeness

112: iOS 16 Focus Modes

111: Automating Endor Studios

110: iOS 16 Automation

109: Automating Obsidian

108: Small Automation Tools

107: Control with your Voice, with Sal Soghoian

106: Automation Interoperation

105: Podcast Automation and Focus Modes with Scotty Jackson

104: WWDC 2022 Awesomeness

103: Dan, the Automating Author, Moren

102: Automating DEVONThink

101: Red Sweaters and AppleScript Fun with Daniel Jalkut

100: Celebrating 100 Automations, and More

99: Automation April

98: Automation Pot Pourri

97: Automating Rosemary Orchard

96: Automating Mikah Sargent

95: Keyboard Maestro Takes It Up to 10

94: Legal Nerd-ness with Jeff Richardson

93: Automating MacSparky

92: If This, Then Dave Hamilton

91: Focus Modes, the Showdown

90: Holiday Automation 2021

89: Kelly Guimont, iPhone Automator

88: Automating with Ryan J A Murphy

87: Email Rules Automation

86: Micro-Automations

85: iOS 15 Update & Shortcuts on macOS

84: Chris Lawley, the iPad Man

83: Home Automation 2.0

82: Bad AppleScript with Jason Snell

81: Shortcuts for Mac with Developer Zachary Lineman

80: Automated Calendaring

79: Brett Terpstra

78: WWDC 2021: Shortcuts comes to macOS

77: Unicorn Automation with Kathy Campbell

76: Automating with Alfred

75: Bunches of Automation, with Jay Miller