Automation makes your life easier and everyone can do it. Hosted by David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard.
168: Final Feedback
As the Automators ride off into the sunset, they talk about the importance and future of automation and answer listener questions.
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Personal Knowledge Management
Rose and David share some of their favorite automation tips for use in personal knowledge management.
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166: Foundations of Automations with Tim Stringer
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Moom and Window Management
In this episode David and Rosemary explore Moom 4 and other window management tools for macOS.
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Automating with Charlie Chapman
Dark Noise developer Charlie Chapman joins David to explain how he implemented automation in his application and how he uses Automation himself.
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Text Automation Workflows 2024
The Automators share some of their favorite tricks for creating, editing, and working with text.
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Smart Home Feedback
In this episode, David and Rosemary respond to some listener feedback and share updates on smart home technology and solutions.
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Setup App Showdown
Rose and David are both fans of setups, automations that set your computer up to dive into doing your work. In this episode, the Automators discuss multiple ways to set up a setup.
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Kim Kaloca, Automation Mom
This week, David and Rosemary are joined by Kim Kaloca to talk about how automating has improved her life and found its way into the heart of her family.
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159: Stream Deck Update
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Hijacking Audio Automation with Paul Kafasis
In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Paul Kafasis from Rogue Amoeba to talk about automating audio, as well as his personal magic.
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156: WWDC 2024 Automation News
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155: Stephen Millard Returns
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Automating on the iPad
After Apple's latest announcement, Rosemary and David review their iPad usage and how they automate on it.
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Shortcuts Update with Matthew Cassinelli
Shortcuts guru Matthew Cassinelli joins to discuss the state of shortcuts and some of his favorite automations.
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Action Buttons, Revisited
Rose and David revisit their Action Buttons and share some of their automations. The hosts also discuss text and AI workflows.
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OmniVision with Ken Case
Ken Case joins David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard to talk about automating all the things from the OmniGroup, including OmniFocus on Apple Vision Pro.
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150: File Management Automation
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149: Simon Says Automate
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Vision Pro Automation
David's strapped on his Vision Pro and the Automators take a look to see what can (and can not) be automated on Apple's new platform.
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Smart Home Automation with Robert Spivack
In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by smart home guru Robert Spivack to talk about everything from HomeKit and Matter, to Thread and WiFi.
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OmniFocus 4: Automation Update
In this episode of Automators, David and Rosemary talk about the new automation features that have come to OmniFocus 4.
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145: The 2024 State of Automation
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Some Favorite Automations
Rosemary and David share some of their favorite automations as the year wraps up.
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Moving Automators to Notion
In this episode, David and Rosemary explore the how and why of moving Automators to Notion and the automation possibilities this brings to the show.
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142: Automation Elf on the Shelf
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141: Keyboard Maestro Goes to 11
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140: LimitLiss Automations with Casey
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139: Action Button Time
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138: Shortcuts Utility Apps
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137: iOS 17 and New Devices
In this episode, David and Rosemary do a recap of what's new in iOS 17 and iPadOS17, as well as on the new iPhones.
136: Automating Alex Cox
Alex Cox returns to the Automators to share a few new automation tricks and get answers for some more involving NFC Tags, Keyboard Maestro, and Automation Possibilities with Apple's Vision Pro.
135: Vanilla HomeKit
In this episode, Rosemary and David talk about what's happening with Alex Hay's apps for Shortcuts, and then dive into the world of plain HomeKit without extra services.
Looking through the Window of Automation
In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Sal Soghoian to talk about everything from launchers such as Alfred, to window management, and more voice control!
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133: Personal Automation Fun
Rose and David share a collection of their favorite personal automations ranging from task and project management to home automation.
Automating and Time Tracking with Joe Hribar
Timery developer Joe Hribar joins the Automators to talk about what's involved with adding automation tools to your App and some of Joe's favorite Automations.
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Recharging the Beta Batteries
David and Rosemary have been testing the latest Apple betas on all their devices, despite going off the grid things seem to be going well—and the latest beta has added more automation possibilities!
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WWDC Reactions
David and Rose review all the automation changes coming to the Apple platforms from the new software and tools announced at WWDC 2023.
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WWDC 2023 Wishes
David and Rosemary go through their 2023 WWDC wish list and ideas! From Maps and CarPlay to HomeKit and beyond, nothing escapes their focus (modes).
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128: Airtable Automation
Some of the Automators' favorite apps are upping their automation game with updates to Airtable, Drafts, and iOS.
127: Feedback!
It's time for some automation feedback. Topics include task inbox processing, automated check-ins, dumping automation confirmations with Shortcuts, home automation, and time tracking.
126: Safari Automation
In this episode David and Rosemary go on Safari and look at all the settings, extensions and integrations you can use to automate you browsing across macOS and iOS.
125: AppleScript Events and more with James Thomson
In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by creator of PCalc, Dice and About (by PCalc), James Thomson. They talk about James' first implementations of automation in his apps, as well as what automations he's using now, and AppleScript vs Shortcuts.
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124: Image Automation
Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation?
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.
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122: Nerding Out with Allison Sheridan
Allison Sheridan joins us to share her automation workflows. Topics include Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, and more automation tools.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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116: Brett Terpstra's Automation Tricks
Brett Terpstra joins David to explain some of his favorite automation tools and tricks.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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111: Automating Endor Studios
This week, David and Rosemary dive into David's new studio and plan out how to automate everything.
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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.
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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.
108: Small Automation Tools
In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.
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 Sal's latest project of custom voice control with OmniFocus and beyond.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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102: Automating DEVONThink
Rose and David dig deep on all of Automator's varied automation tools.
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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, the restaurant at the end of the universe, and just how fast is a script?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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94: Legal Nerd-ness with Jeff Richardson
This week, Rosemary and David are joined by Jeff Richardson: lawyer by day, automator for life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Automating with Ryan J A Murphy
Ryan J.A. Murphy joins to share automation tips for Obsidian, augmented intelligence, and automated parenting.
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Email Rules Automation
Email automation is a thing, but email rules-based automation is another thing entirely.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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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Stream Deck: Going Large
Rose and David have gone all-in with Elgato's Stream Deck as an automation tool. In this episode, they go deep into all the tricks and workflows to turn your Stream Deck into an automation robot.
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Custom Drafts Themes, Syntax, and more with Tim Nahumck
In this episode, David and Rosemary get Tim back on the show to talk about recent updates to Drafts and how he's using it to customize his workflow and how other people can take advantage of them too!
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Quality of Life Automation on the Mac
Rose and David explain many little automations that can improve your quality of life on your Mac.
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Automated Capture
In this episode, David and Rosemary tackle the sticky subject of automated capture. In places where no post-it has gone before, learn how they use Drafts, Obsidian, and task management and reference systems to handle their capture!
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Matthew Cassinelli and Changing Your Shortcuts Usage
In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Matthew Cassinelli to talk about how his Shortcuts use has evolved with the changes to Shortcuts.
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69: Joe Buhlig and Automating OmniFocus
The Omni Group has released a remarkable automation platform for their apps, including OmniFocus. In this episode, automator Joe Buhlig joins to talk about his automation journey and working with the Omni Group's new platform.
Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum
Stephen Millard from Thought Asylum joins in to share his automation journey and his extraordinary ecosystem of plugins Drafts.
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Automated Communications
In this episode, David and Rosemary attempt to automate as much communication as possible, from email to messages and TextExpander to Shortcuts and Drafts, there's plenty of ways to get stuck in!
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MFC Deck with Adam Tow
Automation wizard Adam Tow joins in this week to share the details of his new automation app, MFC Deck, and how Adam is automating his life.
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12 Days of Automation
The holidays are here so let's Automate! Rose and David cover 12 days of automation with cool ideas, tricks, and automation products to up your game this holiday season.
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Quickeys and Automation Fun with Merlin Mann
In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by the magical Merlin Mann to talk about his automation journey and problems. From the Simpsons to Synology, and Shortcuts, there's plenty to hear about.
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Home Automation Wizardry and Nerd Out
In this episode, David and Rosemary dive back into the wonderful world of home automation and look at Rosemary's new setup. From "You've Got Mail" to picking accessories, they go beyond the normal, and possibly the sane.
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Automation Fun with Alex Cox
Alex Cox joins the Automators this week to talk home automation, Drafts, Shortcuts, and how to learn new automation.
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Widget Homescreen Nerdery
In this episode, David and Rosemary look at the widgets in iOS 14 and how you can automate to make sure you have the data you need, under your thumb.
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Cloud Automation Check-In
Changes are afoot in the cloud automation space. IFTTT now has a pro tier. Zapier continues to improve. There's a new player on our radar, Integromat. In this episode, Rose and David break down the current state of cloud automation.
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iOS 14 Shortcuts
In this episode, David and Rosemary dive into the iOS 14 update to Shortcuts and what it brings to all of us - as well as how they're using it.
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Automating with TJ Luoma
TJ Luoma joins the Automators to talk about some of his favorite automations and all of the crazy things he is doing with his Stream Deck.
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Automating Meetings
In this episode, David and Rosemary talk about how you can automate various aspects of meetings - from invitations to notes, and more!
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Document Automation
Strap in gang! Rose and David are digging in this time on document automation. Whether you assemble your words with text, the Web, or Microsoft Word, we've got ideas and automations. Our hosts also tackle stacking shortcuts in iOS, email automation, and scripting OmniFocus.
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Drafts with Agile Tortoise
In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise to talk about Drafts and how they're using it and text-based automations to improve their lives with everything from dinner alerts to complex project templates.
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Scripting Time with Dr Drang
In this episode, Dr. Drang returns to the show to talk about scripting - why it's beneficial, and above all, why everyone can do it!
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WWDC 2020 Automation News
Rose and David bring all the automation news from Apple's 2020 Developer Conference.
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Charty with Rodrigo Araujo
Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo joins us to talk about using Charty with Shortcuts and share some of his favorite personal automations.
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Ken Case and Omni Automation
In this episode Ken Case, CEO of the Omni Group joins us to talk about adding automation in the form of Shortcuts and JavaScript scripting to the Omni Group apps, as well as his first, and favorite automations.
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Some Favorite Automations
David and Rose celebrate episode 50 buy looking at the different flavors of automation and sharing some of their favorite automations for Shortcurts and Keyboard Maestro.
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Reusable Shortcuts with Scotty Jackson
In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Scotty Jackson to talk about his Shortcuts based automations which cross into the web and beyond.
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Automating Music
David and Rose tackle the best ways to automate your music. They also talk about automating calendars and email attachments.
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The Daily Brief
In this episode, Rosemary and David dive into how they do a daily brief with Shortcuts on their devices.
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Automating Dark Noise with Charlie Chapman
Dark Noise Developer Charlie Chapman joins the Automators to talk about his automation story and how he implemented automation in his Dark Noise application.
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LaunchCuts, Feedback, and More!
In this week Rosemary and David dive headfirst into the feedback pile and look at Launchcuts as well as the new Pushcut automation server feature - and eye up some beta apps too!
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Automating with Doug Adams from Doug's AppleScripts
Doug Adams from Doug's AppleScripts joins us to explain how he got started with AppleScripts, some of his favorites, and scripting areas of interest outside of AppleScript.
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Capture and Review
In this episode, David and Rosemary look at their automations surrounding capture and review. Between Shortcuts and web based automations, Drafts and URL schemes there's plenty you can automate.
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Toolbox Pro with Alex Hay
Toolbox Pro developer (and documentary film editor) Alex Hay joins us to explain how he stumbled from scratching his own itch to making a powerful Siri Shortcuts utility app, Toolbox Pro.
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Automated Health Tracking
In this episode, Rosemary and David tackle health tracking and how we can automate it to get all of the pluses with as few negatives as possible. From "smartifying" health devices, to building habits and accountability, it's all covered.
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Automating with Tim Stringer
Tim Stringer from LearnOmniFocus.com joins the Automators to talk about his Mac, iOS, and web-based automation.
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Automating iBeacons
In this episode, David and Rosemary try all sorts of iBeacons and look at why, where, when, and how you use these little devices.
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Simon Leeb and Pushcut
App developer Simon Leeb joins us to talk about his automation journey that turned into building an automation app, Pushcut. We also stray into the world of iBeacon and automation.
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Mac Maintenance & Management Magic
In this episide, David and Rosemary set their sights on Mac maintenance and how to automate it, from clearing your trash to managing duplicates and even handling those pesky .ics files, nothing is safe from their automation!
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Sal Soghoian's Control Panel
Sal Soghoian returns to the Automators to share his ingenious Mac control panel built with an iPad, a Luna display connector, and some clever automation. Sal also updates us on the Omni Javascript automation project.
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Automating Business with Don McAllister
In this episode David and Rosemary are joined by Don McAllister, founder of ScreenCastsOnline, to talk about the automations he has set up to make running a small business easier for everyone!
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Getting Cozy with Regular Expressions
Roll up your sleeves Automators. This week Rose and David tackle regular expressions. What are they? How do you make them? Where do you use them? All those questions get answered in this episode. Regex isn't as daunting as it may first seem.
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Packing List Extravaganza
In this episode, Rosemary and David climb out of their suitcases armed with a variety of Shortcuts, Scriptable Scripts, Trello Boards, Reminders, TextExpander Snippets, Keyboard Maestro Macros and even a Drafts action group to automate and manage your packing lists.
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Shortcuts iOS 13 Release and the Shortcuts Field Guide
Rose and David break down where Shortcuts is with respect to the 13.0 and 13.1 iOS updates. They also share some of their favorite new shortcuts with the new programming model. Also, David has a new Shortcuts Field Guide arriving next week.
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Making Your ScreenFlow Flow and More with J.F. Brissette
In this episode, Rosemary and David get to talk to J.F. Brissette who really loves to automate. From automating Screenflow with Keyboard Maestro to using the Terminal as a launcher, as well as regular expressions and looking into combining Dropbox and Chronosync this episode will definitely teach you something - even if it's only about finding opportunities for automation!
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Some Favorite Automations
Rose and David share some of their favorite recently created automations ranging from email, to meetings, to Rose's experiments on her new Mac mini.
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The Dark Dungeon with Adam Tow
In this episode David and Rose talk to Adam Tow, creator of MsgFiler, automator, and Shortcuts creator about a few of his amazing automations. From having photos taken on his DLSR automatically shared to him via iMessage to playing text adventure games with Shortcuts, there is plenty of automation fun to be had!
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Keyboard Maestro and the Mac
Rose and David take a closer look at Keyboard Maestro, the swiss army knife of automation for the Mac. Get $5 off David's new Keyboard Maestro Field Guide until the end of July with code "AUTOMATORSKM".
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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21: 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!
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.
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Guest Starring: Brett Terpstra
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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!
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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.
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Guest Starring: John Siracusa
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Live at PodCon
This week David and Rose come to us live from PodCon with a very enthusiastic audience where they take the opportunity to dive into some of their travel automation setups. Once back in the studio they then go through some of the great feedback they've received recently.
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Yoga Automation with Myke Hurley
Myke Hurley is relatively new to automation but found many ways to simplify his day via automation. In this episode, Myke share several simple to implement, yet crazy useful automations.
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Guest Starring: Myke Hurley
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Automated Time Tracking
In this episode Rose and David dive into time tracking, including the why, the how, and then most importantly - how to automate it!
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Automated Journaling
Rose and David tackle the challenge of journaling and how to use automation to make it easier.
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Links and Show Notes Automators 14 - Automated Journaling
Get out your artistically crafted paper notebook and favorite fountain pen as we talk about journaling in Automators episode 14. Actually, forget that stuff. Our intrepid hosts are nerds so while the focus of this episode is jo
Launch Center Pro with David Barnard
In this episode David and Rose dive deep into the new version 3 of Launch Center Pro - with David Barnard from Contrast! They look at the history of the app, changes in version 3, and how it fits into their workflows today.
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Guest Starring: David Barnard
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Automated Holidays
It's holiday time so what happens when you throw two automation nerds at things like holiday decorations, festive music, and ? Listen and find out.
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Links and Show Notes The holidays are upon us, and Rosemary and David are ready to automate. Our trusty nerds start with simple things like wallpaper and voice-in-a-can technologies.
Next, they get to holiday music. I
Shortcuts Homescreens!
Have you heard of the Shortcuts home screen fad? Where your home screen is just Shortcuts? David and Rose explore all of the possibilities, advantages, disadvantages and fun things you can do with Shortcuts on your home screen - and beyond.
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Using Zapier Web Automation
This week David and Rose dive into the popular web automation service Zapier and explain how you can automate your systems via the web.
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Links and Show Notes Today we venture into the brave new world of web automation, and we start with grand-daddy, Zapier. We begin comparing and contrasting Zapier with other web automation services, like IFTTT and Microsoft Flow.
Did you know you can combin
Scriptable with Simon Støvring
In this episode David and Rose get to talk to Simon Støvring, maker of Scriptable an app which allows you to control your iPhone with JavaScript. Simon shares some of the journey he experienced making the app, and what you can actually do with Scriptable.
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Guest Starring: Simon Støvring
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File Automation
Putting files in the right places is a pain in the neck. It's tedious and way too easy to make a mistake. Our intrepid automators are here to save the day on the Mac and iOS.
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Links and Show Notes What do you do with all of the files on your devices? David and Rose try to solve the problem of document filing. Since it’s something you can easily automate, Rose an
Feedback Time!
In this episode Rose and David dive into their very first feedback show. There's a quick look at what changed since the podcast started, a sneak peak of some of the upcoming episode topics, and much more including a brand new app - Scriptable, and automating timers!
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Links and Show Notes Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Siri Shortcuts Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides OmniFocus Field Guide, T
Automating iOS with Matthew Cassinelli
iOS power user Matthew Cassinelli joins us to share some great iOS automation workflows.
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Links and Show Notes In this episode, we are joined by former Workflow team member Matthew Cassinelli. Matthew is an iOS power user with a ton of knowledge about Workflow and Siri Shortcuts. In this episode, Matthew shares a few workflows.
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5: Project Templates
In this episode of Automators David and Rose get nerdy with project templates. They start out with what a project template is and how it can help you, and go through using basic project templates all the way up to more complex options. While both of them are OmniFocus users, project templates can be used in any task management system - and is something that everyone can use.
Links and Show Notes The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Atul Gawande xkcd: Is It Worth the Time
First Look at Siri Shortcuts
Rose and David have been busy trying out the Siri Shortcuts beta. This episode looks closely at how Siri Shortcuts is better (and worse) than Workflow along with some hopes for where this is all heading.
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Links and Show Notes Because he can't help himself, David kicks off the show taking credit for the existence of Siri Shortcuts because … well … why not? Rose quickly gets on board with the idea. Then our hos
Converting Numbers Sheets to Keynote Graphs with Sal Soghoian
In this episode we sat down with Sal Soghoian to learn how to use AppleScript to turn a Numbers table, column, or row, into a chart in Keynote. We also dove into the history of AppleScript, what parts of it mean, and how you can learn it too.
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Guest Starring: Sal Soghoian
Links and Show Notes This is an episode where you'll want to bring your Mac, and make sure to visit Sal's page to downlo
Email Automation
In this episode, our intrepid Automators dive into email and cover the best ways to get your Mac, iOS devices, and the web wrangling your email for you.
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Links and Show Notes David keeps talking about all the subjects for Automators but settles on email for episode 2. Rose and David agree the emails you send do not need to all be special snowflakes.
David throws out TextExpander as the starting point because
Automating Calendar Events
Starting with (complex) repeats, working all the way up to AppleScript - with examples. We take you through approximately 10 ways to automate calendar events!
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Links and Show Notes After lots of planning, Rose and David get to roll up their sleeves and start automating. Their first subject is those elusive calendar events that take so long to create. (So many presses and clicks!)
First, the
Introduction
Welcome to Automators! In this preview episode David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard tell you all about their new podcast, why they love automation, and that yes, you can automate things!
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