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Table of Contents
Automator User Guide
Welcome
Intro to Automator
Create and edit workflows
Create a workflow
Create a workflow using selected files
Get information about actions
Copy actions
Use results from a previous action
Change the order of actions
Delete actions
Allow action options to be selected at runtime
Use Quick Action workflows
Use workflows
Run a workflow
Expand or collapse actions in a workflow
Disable or enable actions in a workflow
View the results of an action
View events performed by a workflow
Use your workflows with Shortcuts
Do more with Automator
About variables
Add variables to an action
Add variables to a workflow
Use the loop action to repeat parts of your workflow
If your workflow doesn’t work
View the values in variables
Import additional actions
Use scripts with Automator
Use a shell script action in a workflow