Do you prefer to use one type of Finder window, and only one type? If so, you’re probably somewhat frustrated by OS X’s ability to seemingly randomly pick a different view. You like using icons, for ...

In which we disprove the myth that OS X is a more closed system than Windows. I've been writing about software and hardware for PCMag for more than 40 years, focusing on operating systems, office ...

Automator's great for streamlining some of the repetitive things you do each day on your Mac. With Automator, you can create your own custom plugins for the Services menu, Folder Action workflows that ...

Do you want to use Automator's powerful features, but don't want to worry with "programming" the usefulness each and every time you wish to perform an action? With Automator for Leopard, you have the ...

Much as we depend on text, a lot of us deal with images, audio files, and movies as part of our workaday world. And it’s not unusual that when working with such files you need to perform a minor tweak ...

Renaming files in OS X is as easy as selecting them and pressing Return; however, if you regularly rename many files then you might benefit from setting up a rename workflow in Automator. Topher ...

One of Automator's promising features is the "Watch me do" capability to record user actions and play them back. Unfortunately, while this is a good idea, the implementation is very poor and many ...

Time is something that most of us want more of, and one way to reclaim some of the minutes in the day is enlist your computer to automatically take care of repetitive tasks like renaming files, ...