Mac Automator App Workflow. This post aims to give you a quick look into the potential of automator by creating some very simple and actually quite handy workflow applications of your own. Any workflow that can be run within the automator app itself is the easiest way to use automator.
Each action is a single step in a workflow. 1) start the mac automator. This may be used to process data or start an action.
A workflow file will allow you to open the workflow again in automator, while an application format will let you run the workflow as you would any other app on your mac.
Opening selected text in text editor To save the workflow as a. If you saved your workflow as an automator file, just open it and click on run to use it. Automator's great for streamlining some of the repetitive things you do each day on your mac.