Automators

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Automators episodes

July 05, 201927: Shortcuts in iOS 13 - Diving into the Deep End!
In this episode, Rose and David throw caution to the wind and install iOS & iPadOS betas on everything. There are crashes and updates, all in the name of finding out just how impressive the new Shortcuts really is.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Away: Thoughtful luggage for modern travel. Get $20 off a suitcase with promo code AUTOMATORS.
TextExpander, from Smile: Give your productivity a boost with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year.
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Our first look at Shortcuts on iOS – The Sweet Setup Shortcut: Random Line Of Text
This is an iOS 12 shortcut, it should migrate automatically for iOS 13 devices.
‎Drafts on the App Store Jayson: JSON app for iOS & iPadOS Scriptable Agenda - Date-focused Note Taking.
Please note, the Shortcuts talked about on the show are examples of what the developers can do - not something created or implemented.
Agile Tortoise experimenting with parameters for Drafts Simon B. Støvring experimenting with Parameters for Jayson
1 hr 2 min
June 21, 201926: Getting Started with HomeKit
Rose is now banned from scooters, and how get started with HomeKit - from building your system to real automations that actually make your life easier!
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase.
Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Aga app 'could let hackers turn off oven' - BBC News Sonos One: Smart Speaker Logitech POP Smart Button for Simple Home Automation Control Logitech Harmony Elite advanced universal remote, hub and app Nanoleaf Light Panels Botvac D7™ Connected Robot Vacuum | Neato Robotics Mac Power Users #402: Home Automation with Robert Spivack - Relay FM Lutron Caséta Switches Eve Energy | Smart Plug iHome Smart Plug iRobot® Roomba® i7+ (i7558) - iRobotEMEA M-O | Disney Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker
(Spoiler: This does not track your mood)
HomeBridge ‎Home 3 on the App Store ‎HomePass for HomeKit on the App Store ‎HomeRun for HomeKit on the App Store
This is the complication app for your Apple Watch
HomeDash | The Ultimate HomeKit App
1 hr 11 min
June 07, 201925: WWDC 2019 Automation Update
Happy WWDC week! David and Rose are on the ground at WWDC in San Jose to bring you up to speed on the new automation heading to iOS and iPadOS. They also recap WWDC, the Automator's meetup, and Rose describes how she lost a fight with a leaf.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase.
PDFpen 11, from Smile: Your ultimate PDF viewing and editing app for the Mac
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership iOS 13 Preview - Apple iPadOS Preview - Apple macOS Catalina - Apple MacStories Summary of new Siri Shortcut Triggers The Automators San Jose Meetup
Never has there been a more attractive group of Automators.
1 hr 2 min
May 24, 201924: Automating with Airtable
Rose and David are getting serious about Airtable, the online-based database/spreadsheet/thingy. In this episode, they explain how Airtable works, how they're using it to Automate the Automators, and additional uses for Airtable.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code AUTOMATORS at checkout for 10% off.
Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for Macs and PCs for just $6/month.
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership The Automators Orange County Meetup
Join us next week in Orange County.
The Keyboard Maestro Field Guide
Introductory Pricing is About to End. Your purchase: 1. Helps you become a Mac Ninja; 2. Pays for David's shoes.
WIN WIN!
David's Airtable Video Demonstration
See how two automators automate Automators. 😇
Rose's Video on How She Uses Airtable for Her Editorial Schedule Adapt Podcast Timery Airtable Quip
1 hr 4 min
May 10, 201923: Diving into Drafts Automation with Tim "The Drafts Man" Nahumck
In this episode Rosemary and David get Tim the Drafts Man to talk about how he uses Drafts, sharing actions, tips and tricks.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
TextExpander, from Smile: Try the new release with the visual editor. Get 20% off your first year.
Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code AUTOMATORS at checkout for 10% off.
Guest Starring:
Tim Nahumck
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Drafts 5: The MacStories Review – MacStories 5by5 | Back to Work #113: Entropy's Gonna Do Its Business
Merlin Mann talking about Drafts
Add List to Groceries | Drafts Action Directory
Add list of items to the Groceries list in Reminders.
Screencasts | Drafts Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories Vector with Rene Ritchie: 033: Drafts, with Greg Pierce and Merlin Mann
The origin story of Drafts
Text Modifier… | Drafts Action Directory
Tim's Text Modifications Actions Group
Mac Power Users #478: Journaling with Day One - Relay FM Automators #14: Automated Journaling - Relay FM The Day One Podcast: 26 - More Shortcuts with Rosemary Orchard! Drafts 5.4: Siri Shortcuts, WordPress, and More – MacStories
The WordPress Actions here are extremely useful.
Pre-Travel List → Things | Drafts Action Directory
Create a pre-defined packing list in Things. You will first be prompted for a Trip Name, Note, and a date of when the packing needs to be completed. Sends a project to Things, broken up by areas. Uses a modified version of Send to Things by Tyler Eich.
Keys | Drafts Action Directory
Useful action keys and their associated duplicate actions that can be copied to other action groups. Duplicate actions are denoted with a prefix of “ ⸁ “ in the action.
Add Single Reminder | Drafts Action Directory
Create a single task to Reminders with a note to a specific list from a prompt (no draft required).
Everything “Drafts” – nahumck.me Remind Me of… Draft | Drafts Action Directory
Creates a reminder with a link back to the draft, setting a due date and time for the reminder.Note: This can use the following apps: Reminders, GoodTask, Things, Todoist, and OmniFocus.
Fundamentally Broken
As Tim mentioned, potentially not safe for work or around children.
Tim @nahumck on Twitter
1 hr 3 min
April 26, 201922: Text Expansion
Text expansion is a simple sort of automation but also a powerful one. In this episode, Rose and David go deep on text automation, the tools they use, and some of their favorites ways to use text automation to get their work done faster.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code AUTOMATORS at checkout for 10% off.
Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for Macs and PCs for just $6/month.
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Automators on the Web Automators Assemble! Zip Hoodie Automators Assemble! graphic tee Automators Talk Automators - YouTube Rose on the Web Zotero | Your personal research assistant TextExpander – Communicate Smarter TextExpander Snippets — MacSparky Keyboard Maestro TypeIt4Me 6 – Ettore Software
1 hr 8 min
April 12, 201921: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang
In this episode of Automators Rosemary and David interview the mysterious internet legend Dr. Drang. As well as talking about Python, Perl, and AppleScript, they also dive into regular expressions, Shortcuts, Drafts, Keyboard Maestro, and how you can combine all of these in various different workflows!
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code AUTOMATORS at checkout for 10% off.
TextExpander, from Smile: Try the new release with the visual editor. Get 20% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Dr. Drang
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership And now it’s all this (Dr. Drang's blog) Mac Power Users #95: Engineering Workflows with Dr. Drang - Relay FM Mac Power Users #372: Workflows with Dr. Drang - Relay FM HyperCard - Wikipedia HyperTalk - Wikipedia Regular expression - Wikipedia Regex 101: Online Regular Expression Tester ‎Pretty Regular Expressions - iOS App Airtable SQLite - Wikipedia Keyboard Maestro 8.2.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS Updating my invoicing email automation - All this Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories ‎Drafts: Capture ‣‣ Act on the App Store ‎Textastic Code Editor 7 on the App Store Markdown Reference Link | Drafts Action Directory Number Lines | Drafts Action Directory Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, SSH, Dropbox, Google Drive - for iPad TaskPaper | Drafts Action Directory
Drang's TaskPaper Action Group for Drafts
‎FE File Explorer: File Manager on the App Store ‎FileBrowser - Document Manager on the App Store Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS Matthew Cassinelli - Siri Shortcuts, technology, and tips Federico Viticci – MacStories Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories Drafts for Mac - Overview Video Automators Orange County Meetup Tickets Automators WWDC Meetup Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2019 This episode's accompanying blog post
Don't forget, we put a blog post together for each episode to give you even more details!
1 hr 26 min
March 29, 201920: Mad Science Automation with Brett Terpstra
Brett Terpstra, the mad scientist automator, joins to talk about how he got started in automation and share some great workflows for keyboard and trackpad automation, extending automation to your home, and more.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.
Guest Starring:
Brett Terpstra
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership BrettTerpstra.com Automators Orange County Meetup Tickets, Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite Automators WWDC Meetup Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite Automators #18: Terminal Automation with John Siracusa - Relay FM 3Com Audrey - Wikipedia The Source for X10 & X10 Pro Genuine Products Retrobatch, from Flying Meat Markdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.com Posts Tagged “applescript” - BrettTerpstra.com folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac! GitHub - ttscoff/KeyBindings: DefaultKeybindings.dict for Mac OS X KeyBindings - BrettTerpstra.com A Hyper Key with Karabiner Elements, full instructions - BrettTerpstra.com Brett's PopClip Extensions - BrettTerpstra.com 60 Tips, Vol. 1 | MacSparky Field Guides 60 Mac Tips, Vol 2 | MacSparky Field Guides Flic - Smart Bluetooth Button - Pure simplicity at the click of a button. Harmony Remotes, Universal Remote Controls | Logitech Leap Motion Macstock Conference & Expo | July 27 & 28 2019 • A conference for the Mac and iOS community
1 hr 3 min
March 15, 201919: Shortcuts Updates
In this episode of Automators Rose and David dive into the recent and upcoming updates to Shortcuts. They nerd out on weather and notes, as well as their love for the dictionary updates!
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.
Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Siri Shortcuts Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides
David's video field guide to Siri Shortcuts - a special discount code is included in the show!
Screencast: Shortcuts 2.1 Weather Automators #11: Shortcuts Homescreens! - Relay FM My Wishes for iOS 13 | Rosemary Orchard Screencast: Shortcuts 2.1 Clock and Timers Episode Blog Post
If you want to find out about Rose's backup system for her Shortcuts or the function shortcut to handle possible multiple notes (and other items) this is the place to look!
1 hr 6 min
March 01, 201918: Terminal Automation with John Siracusa
Web programmer John Siracusa joins the Automators to share his thoughts on automation workflows, the best programming language for automation, and how automating your Mac desktop can become a road to madness.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
TextExpander, from Smile: Recall your best words. Instantly, repeatedly. Get 20% off your first year.
Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.
Guest Starring:
John Siracusa
Links and Show Notes: John Siracusa (@siracusa) | Twitter Hypercritical Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM Accidental Tech Podcast Omni Group Automation Simple sleep tracking with Shortcuts - Six Colors Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12 Omni Group Automation Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software Use Siri Shortcuts - Apple Support
1 hr 3 min

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