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.

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Add websites to your Favourites in Safari on Mac – Apple Support

BookMacster | Sheep Systems

DuckDuckGo !Bangs

OmSave for Safari on the Mac App Store

Awesome Screenshot & Recorder on the Mac App Store

Redirect Web for Safari on the App Store

URL Linker for Safari on the Mac App Store

Downie on Setapp | Ultimate YouTube downloader

Choosy: A smarter default browser for macOS

Dark Reader for Safari on the App Store

Noir - Dark Mode for Safari on the App Store

Baking Soda - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

Vinegar - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

GoodLinks on the App Store

Readwise on the App Store

Grammarly: Writing App on the Mac App Store

Opening Websites/URL schemes - Bunch.app

Safari/Browser Actions [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Actions Listed

Edit and customise Tab Groups in Safari on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Organize your tabs with Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

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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PCalc

TLA Systems Ltd. Apps on the App Store

TLA Systems | Cotton Bureau

PCalc t-shirts and Pins!

AppleScript - Wikipedia

Record actions in Script Editor on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Frontier: The UserLand Kernel

The Official DragThing Home Page

Motion Sensor P1

Motion Sensor P1

Hiome

Status Update | Hiome

systems.co.uk/">TLA Systems Home Page

Graphing Calculator Story

Copland (operating system) - Wikipedia

Quote by Douglas Adams

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”

Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation?

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macOS Hidden Treasures: Batch-Rename Items in the Finder - TidBITS

Find and delete duplicate photos and videos on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Gemini Photos: The Best Gallery Cleaner for Your iPhone

Gemini 2: Instant Duplicate File Finder for Mac

Take a screenshot on your Mac – Apple Support

Take screenshots or screen recordings on Mac – Apple Support

How to change the default name of screenshots on Mac

How to remove the shadow effect from screenshots on Mac

CleanShot X for Mac

Pixelmator Pro

Image2icon - Your Mac. Your Icons.

Yoink for iPad and iPhone - Simplify and Improve Drag and Drop

Yoink for Mac - Simplify and Improve Drag and Drop

Layout from Instagram on the App Store

Picsew - Screenshot Stitching on the App Store

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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hue.com/en-gb">Smart lighting | Philips Hue UK

Wifi Led Stripe - Meross Smart Home Devices - MSL320

Shane Whatley - YouTube

HomeKit Authority - YouTube

Eric Welander - YouTube

Homebridge

assistant.io/">Home Assistant

HomeLog for HomeKit on the App Store

HomeKit Apps | Pearce Media

HomePass for HomeKit & Matter on the App Store

Controller for HomeKit

Canary: A complete home security system in a single device

Home | abode

HomeKit Security System - Home Security In Apple Ecosystem - abode

Smart Security Kit - Top-Rated DIY Smart Home Security System - abode

abode Cam - 1080 Video Capture When Alarm Is Triggered - abode

S220 Indoor Cam - eufy

How to Setup HomeKit for HomeKit-Enabled Security Devices

Camera Hub G2H Pro

Aqara Sensors

Wireless Speakers - Smart Speakers - WiFi Speakers - IKEA

Lightwave – Smart Home & Home Automation with Lightwave

Smart Dimmers - Lightwave

Smart Sockets - Lightwave

Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (No Neutral)

Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (With Neutral)

Unlock your door with a home key on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Conexis L1 | Smart Locks | Yale Home

Yale Access Connect Kit

Sadly this doesn't actually support HomeKit—the US hub is the one that does.

Multi-Point Door Locks | Yale

Multipoint Locking Systems Explained

hue.com/en-gb/p/bundle-entertainment-play-colour-light-bars-black-play-gradient-lightstrip-65-inch-sync-box/121234">Play light bars + Hue Play gradient lightstrip + Hue sync box | Philips Hue UK

Nest & Google - The best of Google. The best of Nest.

Meross Smart Thermostat for Electric Underfloor Heating System, MTS200 – Meross Official Store

Relay FM

Cortex Podcast | Cotton Bureau

Allison Sheridan joins us to share her automation workflows. Topics include Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, and more automation tools.

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Podfeet Podcasts

Taming the Terminal - Podfeet Podcasts

Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Noodlesoft Forums • Index page

Programming by Stealth Archives - Podfeet Podcasts

Organize your Mac desktop with Stage Manager - Apple Support

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Failure Aborts Macro [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Retrobatch, from Flying Meat

ImageMagick – Convert, Edit, or Compose Digital Images

TextExpander, Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Auphonic

Automating Conversion of Transparent PNGs to Opaque - Podfeet Podcasts

iOS Today | Apple iOS Podcast | Apps, Tips & News | TWiT

Find and compare best prepaid eSIM for travelers

Welcome Automators Listeners!

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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Hyper Key Via BetterTouchTool - MacSparky

Defining a Hyper Key · GitBook

Ultimate Hacking Keyboard – The keyboard. For professionals.

I wrote a review of the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for you nerds - BrettTerpstra.com

Automators #119: Moving Houses and to the Mac with Chris Lawley - Relay FM

BN009 | Binepad

VIA | VIA

Wireless Gaming Mouse - Razer Basilisk Ultimate

This is the mouse Rosemary uses.

design.co.uk/">Contour Design - ergonomic mice in superior design

Home | Loupedeck Online Store

Customizable Quick Keys with OLED Display | Xencelabs Official e-store

SpaceMouse Pro Wireless: comfort at mobile CAD workplace

Stream Deck + | Elgato

Stream Deck Pedal | elgato.com

Stream Deck · BetterTouchTool

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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Search with Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support

Raycast

How to use Raycast and how it compares to Spotlight and Alfred - The Verge

Why I chose Raycast over Alfred. I am a long-time user of Alfred —… | by Safwan Samsudeen | Dec, 2022 | Medium

Raycast vs. Alfred or Launchbar? - Software - MPU Talk

Alfred App

Alfred Gallery

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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Christopher Lawley (@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social) - Mastodon

Christopher Lawley - YouTube

Caseta Wireless Smart Switches | Lutron

Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch | Lutron

Roomba® j7+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum Cleaner | iRobot® | iRobot

DEEBOT X1 OMNI | All-in-One Robotic Vacuum and Mop Combo-ECOVACS UK

Rosemary has the X1 Omni Turbo—keep an eye out for deals on Amazon.

All the Homekit locks that support Apple Home Key | AppleInsider

SmartDrop, Smart Delivery Box - eufy

Raycast

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Raycast - Extensions

Alfred Workflows - Extend Alfred and Boost Your Productivity

Stream Deck + | Elgato

Myke Hurley's Friday Keyboard Club

BN009 Macro Pad | Binepad

VIA | Keyboard Configurator

VIA Usage Guide | Keebio Documentation

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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Arlo Video Doorbells with HD Resolution, Night Vision & More

Windows Task Scheduler - Wikipedia

Moom · Many Tricks

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

bot.com/">SwitchBot US - Your Simple Switch to a Smart Home

Explore Integrations - IFTTT

Logitech Harmony

Marantz™ AV Receivers - Audio & Home Theater | Marantz™

assistant.io/">Home Assistant

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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Brett Terpstra joins David to explain some of his favorite automation tools and tricks.

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GrabLinks - BrettTerpstra.com

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

SearchLink - BrettTerpstra.com

howzit - BrettTerpstra.com

Slogger - BrettTerpstra.com

BetterTouchTool

nvUltra - Searchable, portable, MultiMarkdown notes

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Simon Støvring returns to talk about how much automation has changed and what his favourite new features are.

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Meccano - Wikipedia

Scriptable

Runestone

GitHub: Runestone

Performant plain text editor for iOS with syntax highlighting, line numbers, invisible characters and much more.

Runestone | Documentation

Rest – HTTP API Client on the App Store

Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, SSH, Dropbox, Google Drive - for iPad

Data Jar

Jayson

macOS Ventura has arrived! David and Rose break down all the new automating possibilities with the latest Mac operating system.

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Apple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colors - Apple

Apple introduces next-generation iPad Pro, supercharged by the M2 chip - Apple

Apple introduces the powerful next-generation Apple TV 4K - Apple

macOS Ventura is now available - Apple

Ventura Adds Shortcuts to Its Share Menu - MacStories

Move, resize, and organize windows with Stage Manager on iPad – Apple Support (UK)

Use Stage Manager to organize apps and windows on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

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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FocusCuts | Focus on your Shortcuts

Pushcut | Triggers, Notifications & Widgets for Shortcuts, HomeKit, and Online Automation

Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Public Web Trigger [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Remote Trigger [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Alfred | ThoughtAsylum

An Update to the Conductor Workflow | ThoughtAsylum

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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quick-apple.html">The Apple Watch Ultra on Rose's Wrist

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This week, David and Rosemary dive into David's new studio and plan out how to automate everything.

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App going into the dynamic island with the curveball | Cabel on Twitter

Endor Studios - MacSparky

hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-colour-ambiance-iris-table-lamp/8719514264465">Hue White and Colour Ambiance Iris table lamp | Philips Hue

hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-colour-ambiance-bloom-table-lamp/8718699770983">Hue White and Colour Ambiance Bloom table lamp | Philips Hue

hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-colour-ambiance-go-portable-light--latest-model-/7602031PU">Hue White and Colour Ambiance Go portable light (latest model) | Philips Hue

hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-colour-ambiance-play-light-bar-double-pack/7820231P7">Play Light Bar | Philips Hue

Meross Lights

Controlling the Logitech Litra Glow via Shortcuts – Six Colors

Aqara Human Presence Sensor Fp1 Smart Human Body Exists Sensor Zigbee 3.0 Connection Smart Home For App Aqara Home / Homekit - Smart Remote Control - AliExpress

Roller Shade Driver E1

Smart Roller Shade Controller

Curtain Driver E1 (Rod Version)

There is also a track version

bot.com/pages/switchbot-curtain-rod2">SwitchBot Curtain Rod2 – SwitchBot UK

Home Assistant Yellow | Crowd Supply

LumiCube: An LED cube kit for the Raspberry Pi by Abstract Foundry — Kickstarter

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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Material Dock – Studio Neat

Anker 533 Magnetic Wireless Charger (3-in-1 Stand)

Forté for iPhone

HiRise 3 Wireless Charging Stand

3-in-1 Wireless MagSafe Charger for iPhone 13 | Belkin

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.

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Plugins - Obsidian

Plugin: Advanced Tables

Templates - Obsidian Help

Command palette - Obsidian Help

Workspaces - Obsidian Help

Themes and plugins - Obsidian Help

for Theme Designers - Obsidian Hub - Obsidian Publish

Obsidian Sync

Introduction to Obsidian Sync - Obsidian Help

GitHub - ryanjamurphy/workbench-obsidian: A plugin to help you collect working materials.

Plugin: Better Codeblock

Dataview

Plugin: Paste URL into Selection

Plugin: Note Auto Creator

Plugin: Note Auto Mover

Plugin: Tasks

Plugin: Link Headers Directly

Plugin: Dynamic Table of Contents

Plugin: Advanced New File

Introduction - Templater

Plugin: Advanced New File

Plugin: Advanced New Folder

Plugin: Embedded Note Titles

Using obsidian URI - Obsidian Help

The URL Scheme documentation

Plugin: Advanced Obsidian URI

Obsidian Advanced URI

Yes, it can open a workspace!

Community - Obsidian

Plugin: Txt as MD

In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.

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Controller for HomeKit – Your Smart Home Companion

Text Case

Pushcut - Triggers, notifications & widgets that kick off your automation

Data Jar

Toolbox Pro

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

BetterTouchTool Forums

PopClip for Mac

PopClip Forum

OmSave: Safari Extension for OmniFocus

Awesome Screenshot -- Screen recorder and Screen capture

StopTheMadness

Vinegar - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

Baking Soda - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

URL Linker for Safari on the Mac App Store

HomeControl Menu for HomeKit on the Mac App Store

Scenecuts on the Mac App Store

QuietMeet: Auto-Pause Music on the Mac App Store

Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu

Right Click Booster on the Mac App Store

Default Folder X

ForkLift 3 - most advanced file manager and FTP client for macOS

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

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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automation.com/shared/speech.html">Shared Classes & Methods: Speech

automation.com/voice-control/index.html">Voice Control and Omni Automation

automation.com/omnifocus/tutorial/index.html">OmniFocus: Tutorial

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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FastScripts 3

Automators #101: Red Sweaters and AppleScript Fun with Daniel Jalkut - Relay FM

Using macOS Shortcuts with an Alfred workflow - Alfred Blog

Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Alfred - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

Stream Deck · GitBook

Home Automation - Bunch.app

Kaleidoscope Release Notes

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Manual — Scripting and Automation

Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource Manual — Using Shortcuts with SoundSource

Shortcut Actions [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Execute Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Execute or Edit Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Edit Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

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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Apple Beta Software Program

Hue Go

Signals for HomeKit on the App Store

Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group

Agenda - Date-focused Note Taking.

Execute an AppleScript via Calendar - Apple Community

trigger:Time of Day [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Set Macro or Group Enable [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Run a shortcut using a URL scheme on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Run a shortcut using a URL scheme on iPhone or iPad – Apple Support (UK)

Run shortcuts from the command line – Apple Support (UK)

Home Automation (Shortcuts) - Bunch.app

Audacity ® | Free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

juice.com/products/ferrite/">Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice

Day Automation: Agenda Daily Log – HeyScottyJ

X-callback-url Support and Reference - Shortcuts - Agenda Community

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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App intents | Apple Developer Documentation

Full list of changes for shortcuts in iOS 16 : shortcuts

Here are iOS 16 features that will delay - 9to5Mac

Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide

Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide - Plus Edition

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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Dan Moren

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MIT Mystery Hunt / Puzzle Club

Mystery machine: Automating puzzle hunting – Six Colors

Make | Work the way you imagine

Zapier | Automation that moves you forward

Spaces: The final frontier – Six Colors

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

SoundSource 5.5 adds Shortcuts support for full Mac audio automation – Six Colors

In case of podcast problem, push button – Six Colors

More notes on Podcast Notes automation – Six Colors

Podcast Note workflow, now with Shortcuts – Six Colors

More notes on Podcast Notes automation – Six Colors

More podcast workflow tweaks – Six Colors

Automators #92: If This, Then Dave Hamilton - Relay FM

Automate This: Reading comics on the regular – Six Colors

Rose and David dig deep on all of Automator's varied automation tools.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Kolide: Endpoint Security Powered by People. Try Kolide for 14 days free; no credit card required.
• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• Doppler: Sync environment variables at scale.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Get Automators Max: a longer, ad-free version of the show

DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS

Differences between indexing vs. importing files - DEVONthink - DEVONtechnologies Community

DEVONtechnologies | Handbooks and Extras

DEVONthink Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

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?

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off.
• Hunter Douglas: Take advantage of generous rebate savings opportunities on select styles.
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Guest Starring:

Daniel Jalkut

Links and Show Notes:

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About: Daniel Jalkut

Red Sweater Software

xkcd: Automation time spent vs saved

invariablyafk/thinkc-mac-classic-helloworld: Hello world example using Think C 5.0, for Classic Macintosh System 7

Dash for macOS - API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager - Kapeli

Getting Started with Headless Chrome - Chrome Developers

Puppeteer  |  Tools for Web Developers  |  Google Developers

Driving Headless Chrome with Python - GeeksforGeeks

Selenium

SmolSoftBoi/puppeteer-stealth: For puppeteer to prevent detection.

iCab Mobile (Web Browser) on the App Store

soup-4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">Beautiful Soup Documentation — Beautiful Soup 4.4.0 documentation

Transloader for Mac, iPhone and iPad - Eternal Storms Software

FastScripts 3

CHP-1-SECT-4.html">1.4 Using OSA Menu with OS 9

Apple's Script - Red Sweater Blog

FastScripts 3: Scriptlight Search, Parallel Execution, Progress Reporting, and More! - Red Sweater Blog

How to Create and Use Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on a Mac

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 343, With Paul Kafasis

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

Core Intuition Podcast

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Microsoft Lists – MSA Preview: Sign up, sign in and track what matters most.
• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.

Links and Show Notes:

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Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Shortcuts User Guide

Drafts 10th Anniversary - Drafts User Guide

IFTTT

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Make | Work the way you imagine

Formerly Integromat

Razer Naga

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Electric: Unbury yourself from IT tasks. Get a free pair of Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones when you schedule a meeting.
• TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off.
• Hunter Douglas: Get your free Style Gets Smarter design guide.
• Doppler: Sync environment variables at scale.

Guest Starring:

Federico Viticci and John Voorhees

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Get Automators Max: a longer, ad-free version of the show

Introducing Automation April: A Month-Long Community Event About Automation, Featuring Shortcuts, Interviews, Discord Workshops, and a Shortcut Contest - MacStories

Enter Your Shortcuts in the Automation April Shortcuts Contest - MacStories

Automation April: 10 Shortcuts for Apple Translate, Live Text, Finder Images, Pixelmator Pro, and More - MacStories

Automation April: A Three-Part Shortcuts Workflow for Syncing Timestamped Research Notes with Videos - MacStories

Automation April - All the Posts - MacStories

ShareBot for Shortcuts on the App Store

emu.org/">Dolphin Emulator - GameCube/Wii games

BetterTouchTool - Great Tools for your Mac!

Raycast

Shortcuts Integration · BetterTouchTool

Logger

@AutomationApril | Twitter

AppStories

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
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Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Run a shortcut while working on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Automator: Folder Actions

Run shortcuts from the command line – Apple Support (UK)

Alfred - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Bypass - Shortcuts Support for Stream Deck | ThoughtAsylum

Hazel 5.1 Release Notes – Noodlesoft

Obsidian

Dataview

arnau/obsidian-metatable: An Obsidian plugin to display the frontmatter section as a fully expanded table.

jplattel/open-note-to-window-title: Small Obsidian plugin that updates the window title with the current open note

SilentVoid13/Templater: A template plugin for obsidian

Introduction - Templater

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Electric: Unbury yourself from IT tasks. Get a free pair of Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones when you schedule a meeting.
• TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off.
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• Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name.

Links and Show Notes:

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Relay FM Membership

Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS

RosemaryOrchard/systemConfigs

ZSH, Git configs, etc.

Bunch.app

Snippets - Bunch.app

Moom · Many Tricks

assistant.io/">Home Assistant

assistant.io/integrations/generic_thermostat/">Generic Thermostat - Home Assistant

Home Assistant | Zigbee2MQTT

This is how I pair my Aqara and IKEA devices directly to Home Assistant

assistant.io/integrations/homekit/">HomeKit - Home Assistant

This is how I share the Aqara and IKEA devices back into HomeKit.

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Airtable

Make | Work the way you imagine

Formerly known as Integromat

URL Linker for Safari on the App Store

Stream Deck Pedal | elgato.com

Mikah Sargent is using all the automations and joins this week to share some of his favorite Mac, iOS, and home workflows.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership.
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Guest Starring:

Mikah Sargent

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Updating the TextExpander Tools - BrettTerpstra.com

Public Snippet Groups & Templates | TextExpander

Rocketbook - Smart Notebook - Reusable Notepads

Patterns - The Regex App on the App Store

Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition [Book]

regex101: build, test, and debug regex

action:Insert Text by Typing [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Stream Deck | elgato.com

Dan Sturm — You're Doing That Wrong

The XY Problem

Markdown to HTML

Markdown to HTML (Drafts)

Markdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.com

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Electric: Unbury yourself from IT tasks. Get a free pair of Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones when you schedule a meeting.
• TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off.
• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
• Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Whats New In Verison 10?

The Keyboard Maestro Field Guide

Select or Show a Menu Item [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Find Image on Screen [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Triggers [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

PopClip for Mac

RosemaryOrchard/PopClip-Extensions

This week, Rosemary and David are joined by Jeff Richardson: lawyer by day, automator for life.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership.
• Doppler: Sync environment variables at scale.
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Guest Starring:

Jeff Richardson

Links and Show Notes:

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iPhone J.D.

In the News

ZX81 - Wikipedia

history.com/plus">apple-history.com / Macintosh Plus

TextExpander – Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Save keystrokes with text replacements on iPhone – Apple Support

Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac - Apple Support

Daring Fireball: iOS 15 Autocorrect Continues to Irritate

2.0 vs 20

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Pause Until [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Application Switcher [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Keyboard Maestro Discourse - Discussion forum for Keyboard Maestro, the powerful macro program for macOS

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

Eve Motion | evehome.com

Battery Surveillance Cameras | eufy Security

Make sure to look for the HomeKit ones.

eufy Security eufyCam 2 Pro Add-On Camera

Jeff's outdoor cameras

eufyCam 2C Add-on Camera | eufy Security Surveillance Camera

Rosemary's outdoor camera

HomeCam for HomeKit

Jeff's Receipt Shortcut

Data Jar

ida.html">Hurricane Ida - iPhone J.D.

Crouton

MacSparky Labs - 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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off.
• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
• Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Why I'm No Longer Practicing Law - MacSparky

MacSparky Labs

Thank You and a Few Updates - MacSparky

MacSparky - Fiddly awesome help with Apple technologies

WordPress Hosting, Perfected. | WP Engine®

Grammarly Now Supports Native Mac Apps - Software - MPU Talk

MarsEdit 4 - Powerful web publishing from your Mac.

iWeb - Wikipedia

PublishPress: Editorial Calendar, Workflow, Comments, Notifications and Statuses – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

Email alias - Wikipedia

Zendesk: Customer Service Software

Zoho Desk | Customer Service Software for Context-Aware Support

SaneBox | Email Management for Any Inbox

MailMate

OmniFocus Field Guide, Third Edition | MacSparky Field Guides

Moom · Many Tricks

The Sparky Status Board 2.0 - MacSparky

Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
• Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name.

Guest Starring:

Dave Hamilton

Links and Show Notes:

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Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd

Mac Geek Gab Podcast - The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer - Apple iPhone, Mac, Watch and iPad News, Opinions, Tips and Podcasts

Automators #89: Kelly Guimont, iPhone Automator - Relay FM

Overcast

Timex/Sinclair Computers – The Authoritative Website for Timex/Sinclair Computers

Commodore PET - Wikipedia

Apple IIc - Wikipedia

Homebridge

Hoobs™ – User Friendly Home Automation For Everyone

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

CPLAY2air wireless adapter for factory CarPlay on CARPLAY2air.com – CPLAY2air.com

Quitter – Marco.org

action:Insert Text by Typing [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

manual:Filters [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Filter [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Data Jar

Dave's Nap Time Shortcut

Stay on the App Store

Dave Hamilton (@DaveHamilton) / Twitter

Health Essentials Pain Relief Plus Tablets 16 Pack | ALDI

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off.
• Hunter Douglas: Get your free Style Gets Smarter design guide.
• In Good Companies, from Cadence Bank: Guiding you through the lifecycle of a business, from start to sale. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

Links and Show Notes:

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Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Flexibits | Cardhop | The contacts app you'll actually want to use.

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
• In Good Companies, from Cadence Bank: Guiding you through the lifecycle of a business, from start to sale. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

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Random Holiday Wallpaper | Shortcut

Is It After Sunset? | Shortcut Example

Magic Band Scanners and movie props by Props88 on Etsy

Props88 Magic Band Scanner Store

Alfred Workfow - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Shortery - Shortcut Automation for your Mac

Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0- The Walnut Heist - YouTube

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• Hunter Douglas: Take advantage of Hunter Douglas’ ‘Season of Style’ rebate savings event – until December 6, 2021.
• Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name.

Guest Starring:

Kelly Guimont

Links and Show Notes:

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TextExpander – Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Keyboard Maestro 10.0: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd

Podcasters: How to Log Chapter Timestamps with Keyboard Maestro - The Mac Observer

hue.com/en-gb/products/smart-light-bulbs">Smart light bulbs | Philips Hue

The Trouble with Tribbles - Wikipedia

‎Signals for HomeKit on the App Store

Ambify - Turn Music into Light!

iConnectHue | The essential Philips Hue Lights App for iPhone and iPad

‎Animate for Philips Hue on the App Store

‎iLightShow for Philips Hue on the App Store

Kelly Guimont, Author at The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer's Daily Observations Podcast

I Want My M(CU)TV - a podcast from The Incomparable

Kelly Guimont | The Incomparable

Ryan J.A. Murphy joins to share automation tips for Obsidian, augmented intelligence, and automated parenting.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off.
• Stripe: Learn more about how Stripe and their products can support your business.
• DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.

Guest Starring:

Ryan JA Murphy

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Ryan's Website - axle.design

Automation for Augmented Cognition

The Incredible Machine (series) - Wikipedia

Obsidian Forum

Obsidian October 2021

TypeScript: JavaScript With Syntax For Types.

How to get started with developing a custom Plugin? - Developers & API - Obsidian Forum

Sample Plugin for Obsidian

You can use this as a base to create a new plugin

Obsidian Plugin CLI

A CLI tool to make building an obsidian plugin simple

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

UPDATE: Link to the video on developing a plugin

An Obsidian Homescreen for iPhone and iPad

The Sparky Status Board 2.0 — MacSparky

Gestimer - For those little reminders during the day

Quickly create a Kanban board with many linked notes using Dataview and Templater - Share & showcase - Obsidian Forum

UPDATE: New URL Schemes plugin

Advanced Obsidian URI: Advanced modes for Obsidian URI

Lumberjack plugin for Obsidian

Log your thoughts! Lumberjack adds URL commands to help you axe inefficiency and get right to writing.

Automators #86: Micro-Automations - Relay FM

Urgent automation ideas: baby's coming! - Software - MPU Talk

How to share albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad and Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Create albums to manage photos in Photo Station | Get Started With DSM - Synology Knowledge Center

UPDATE: Shortcut related to wake up time

UPDATE: Link to timer app

Readwise API | Readwise

Fulcra Design

Email automation is a thing, but email rules-based automation is another thing entirely.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Stripe: Learn more about how Stripe and their products can support your business.
• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
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• The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365.

Links and Show Notes:

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Common Gmail filters

Search operators that you can use with Gmail - Gmail Help

Importance markers in Gmail - Gmail Help

Upgrade to iCloud+ – Apple Support (UK)

Organizing your inbox – Fastmail

Fastmail Filters and Rules Put Mail in Its Place

command.com/spamsieve/">SpamSieve: Easy-to-use Mac spam filter for Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail, MailMate, and more

Subscribe to Email Newsletters in Feedbin

joelekstrom/fastmate: A native Fastmail-wrapper for Mac.

IMAP by Zapier Integrations | Connect Your Apps with Zapier

Add Event During Work Hours (Simple)

Add Event During Work Hours (Advanced)

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Privacy: Smarter payments. Get $5 to spend on your first purchase.
• TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off.
• Stripe: Learn more about how Stripe and their products can support your business.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

OSA Script Plugin for Stream Deck

To run AppleScript

RosemaryOrchard/AppleScripts

Rosemary Orchard's AppleScripts

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

Automators #75: Bunches of Automation, with Jay Miller - Relay FM

SystemPreferences | Apple Developer Documentation

com.apple.preference ... names are here

Late Night Software | The home of Script Debugger

Unclack for macOS

FastScripts

Execute an AppleScript [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

AppleScript - Drafts User Guide

Look right at the bottom of the page

PopClip for Mac

PopClip Extensions

RosemaryOrchard/PopClip-Extensions

PopMaker - BrettTerpstra.com

Brett's PopClip Extensions - BrettTerpstra.com

Control PopClip using AppleScript - Pilotmoon Software Knowledge Base

Use this to make PopClip appear with a keyboard shortcut

Make your own PopClip Extensions - Pilotmoon Software Knowledge Base

pilotmoon/PopClip-Extensions: Documentation and source code for PopClip extensions.

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Privacy: Smarter payments. Get $5 to spend on your first purchase.
• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.

Links and Show Notes:

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Relay FM for St. Jude 2021

Bonus Balderdash! - YouTube

Rosemary appeared in this Relay FM episode of Balderdash as a fundraising target for the St Jude Campaign!

MoKo Universal Foldable Keyboard, Rechargeable Portable Ultra-Thin Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Fit with iPhone, iPad, Compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Tablets Smartphones Devices - Gray : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

MoKo [4 Pack Phone/Tablet Stand, Foldable Multi-angle Desktop Holder for iPhone X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus, iPhone SE 2020, iPad Pro 11 2020/10.2/Air 3/Mini 5, Galaxy S20 6.2"/S9/S9 Plus/Note 8, Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

MoKo [4 Pack Phone/Tablet Stand, Foldable Desktop Holder for 4-11" Devices, Fit with iPhone 13 Pro Max/13, iPhone 12/12 pro Max/11, iPad Air 4/Mini 6 2021, iPad 9th 10.2, Galaxy S20, Black : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

https://amzn.to/3EE9JEy

Moft Smart Lap Desk Mat on Kickstarter – MOFT

iPad expert Chris Lawly joins in to talk about iPad-based automation and where a Mac fits in his workflow.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off.
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Guest Starring:

Chris Lawley

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Christopher Lawley - YouTube

Obsidian

Automators #73: Custom Drafts Themes, Syntax, and more with Tim Nahumck - Relay FM

Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software

touch.com/lumafusion-for-ios-2/">LumaFusion - LumaTouch

What is a Regex (Regular Expression)?

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Cross-Linking (Action Library) | Drafts Directory

Linking Drafts - Drafts User Guide

Previews are in the current beta, which will be released with iOS 15.

Craft - Create Amazing Documents

Manning | Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

What Does Case Sensitive Mean? (Case Sensitivity)

Utility - Drafts User Guide

Templates - Drafts User Guide

Themes - Drafts User Guide

Dark Knight | Drafts Directory

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...

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free.
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Links and Show Notes:

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SONOFF Micro USB Smart Adaptor - remotely control USB Devices

Smart Wall Switch H1 (No Neutral)

There is also a version of this which does need a neutral wire, those can relay Zigbee signal, helpful if you need to extend it from the hub!

Caseta Wireless Smart Switches | Lutron

Mi Light Sensor (review) – Homekit News and Reviews

bot.com/products/switchbot-solar-panel">SwitchBot Solar Panel – SwitchBot Global

TRÅDFRI Shortcut button, white - IKEA

Flic 2 | The Smart Button for Lights, Music, Smart Home and More

SYMFONISK - A Collaboration with Sonos Speakers - IKEA

SYMFONISK Picture frame with WiFi speaker, black - IKEA

eufy Security Video Doorbell 2K (Battery-Powered)

Smartmi Air Purifier P1 – smartmiglobal

Air Purifier H06 — Himox.com/home

‎Tuya Smart on the App Store

How to Use Tuya Homebridge Plugin

iRobot Braava® 390t

Amazon.com: iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Robot Vacuum with Automatic Dirt Disposal-Empties Itself, Wi-Fi Connected, Smart Mapping, Works with Alexa, Ideal for Pet Hair, Carpets, Hard Floors, Black : Everything Else

assistant.io/">Home Assistant

Bob mini dishwasher

assistant.io/t/use-a-tp-link-hs110-to-monitor-my-washing-machine/5090">Use a TP-Link HS110 to monitor my washing machine - Configuration - Home Assistant Community

Conexis L1 | Smart Locks | YaleHome

Keyless Connected | Smart Locks | YaleHome

Smart Locks | Kwikset

Jason Snell joins the Automators to talk about his automation journey, some useful automations, and the promise of Shortcuts for Mac.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link.
• TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off.
• Technology Untangled: Join Michael Bird as he untangles innovation through a series of interviews, stories, and analyses with some of the industry’s brightest brains.

Guest Starring:

Jason Snell

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

The Editor Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer Kerry Provanzano

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Six Colors – Apple, technology, and other stuff by Jason Snell & Dan Moren

User Automation – Six Colors

All the "Bad AppleScript" posts are in this category.

Jason Snell on GitHub

Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu

jasonsnell/PurpleAir-AQI-Scriptable-Widget: Generate Scriptable app widget to query PurpleAir sensor and display local AQI.

Links | Markdown Guide

For all kinds of links, including reference links.

RegexOne - Lesson 12: Nested groups

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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Jellycuts

Zachary Lineman

Hacking with Swift – learn to code iPhone and iPad apps with free Swift 5.4 tutorials

sebj/iOS-Shortcuts-Reference: Reference documentation for the iOS Shortcuts app file structure

Jellycuts Documentation

Shortcuts SubReddit

Jayson

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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Flexibits | Fantastical | The calendar and tasks app you won't be able to live without.

Sorted³ – Hyper-schedule your entire day in one place

Timery for Toggl

Toggl Time Tracking

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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BrettTerpstra.com

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch

Moom · Many Tricks

Intro - Bunch

Snippets - Bunch

Moom - Bunch

Keystrokes - Bunch

Sample Bunches - Bunch

Frontmatter - Bunch

Opening Other Bunches - Bunch

Scheduling Bunches - Bunch

Snippets - Bunch

Startup Scripts - Bunch

handler.html">URL Handler - Bunch

Task Managers - Bunch

Obsidian

BetterTouchTool - Bunch

Hazel - Bunch

Running AppleScript - Bunch

Running Shell Scripts - Bunch

Podcasting | Sample Bunches - Bunch

Home | Dark Noise

Charlie Chapman

‎Dark Noise on the App Store

elements.pqrs.org/">Karabiner-Elements

folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

A Modern Space Cadet / Steve Losh

deck.html">Stream Deck - Bunch

Bunch and the Stream Deck - BrettTerpstra.com

Vim (text editor) - Wikipedia

Emacs - Wikipedia

keybindings.html">How-to: macOS Key bindings - SS64.com

Jekyll • Simple, blog-aware, static sites | Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs

BTT as Default Browser / URL Based Triggers · GitBook

Choosy: A smarter default browser for 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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Mac Power Users #592: WWDC 2021 and the Future of Mac Automation - Relay FM

SF Symbols - Apple Developer

Meet Shortcuts for macOS - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Design great actions for Shortcuts, Siri, and Suggestions - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Donate intents and expand your app’s presence - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Keynote - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

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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Guest Starring:

Kathy Campbell

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Home - The Unicorn Sidekick

Automators #34: Getting Cozy with Regular Expressions - Relay FM

Roboism #38: Triggering the Maestros - Relay FM

Default Folder X

Default Folder X on Setapp | Major upgrade for Open and Save dialogs

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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Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Mac Power Users #497: Spotlight, Alfred & LaunchBar - Relay FM

Guides and Tutorials - Alfred Help and Support

Workflows - Alfred Help and Support

Advanced Preferences - Alfred Help and Support

Snippets and Text Expansion - Alfred Help and Support

Snippets - Alfred

Rocket – the best emoji app for Mac

Alfred 4 Update - Apple Mac, iPad & iPhone Tutorials from ScreenCastsOnline

Amazon.com: Anker Magnetic Wireless Portable Charger, PowerCore Magnetic 5K Wireless 5,000mAh Power Bank with USB-C Cable, Design for iPhone 12/12 Pro / 12 Pro Max / 12 Mini

Alfred Workflows - Extend Alfred and Boost Your Productivity

TimeZones-Alfred Workflow

rhydlewis/search-omnifocus: Alfred workflow that allows free text searching of OmniFocus tasks

VPN Connections | Packal

Adding tasks from Alfred 3? - OmniFocus - The Omni Group User Forums

File Search - Alfred Help and Support

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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Guest Starring:

Jay Miller

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AIOHTTP

Asynchronous downloads in Python

Instant Search Workflow | Packal

Packal Alfred OmniFocus Scripts — MacSparky

Bunch | Brett Terpstra

kjaymiller/Bunch_Alfred: Alfred Workflow for Brett Terpstra's Bunch Application

Bunch and the Stream Deck - BrettTerpstra.com

Easy and Complex Bunches — Jay Miller

Using Moom with Bunch for window management - BrettTerpstra.com

Frontmatter - Bunch

Hook – Find without searching

Pinboard

‎Pinstachio for Pinboard on the App Store

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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Stream Deck XL | elgato.com

Stream Deck | elgato.com

Stream Deck Mini | elgato.com

Automators #68: Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum - Relay FM

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

Automators #58: Automating with TJ Luoma - Relay FM

tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

Elgato Stream Deck - Plugins – Elgato

Elgato Stream Deck - Plugins – Elgato

smitmartijn/streamdeck-zoom-plugin

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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Guest Starring:

Tim Nahumck

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Drafts 26: The Customization Update – nahumck.me

Drafts – nahumck.me

Nahumck Dark | Drafts Directory

Nahumck Light | Drafts Directory

Jayson

‎Pastel on the App Store

Popular Themes | Drafts Directory

Tablet Habit Dark | Drafts Directory

Tablet Habit

Dark and Friendly | Drafts Directory

BirchTree

Night Owl | Drafts Directory

Draftsdown | Drafts Directory

Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.

Fountain | Drafts Directory

Popular Syntaxes | Drafts Directory

Simple List+ | Drafts Directory

Tweets | Drafts Directory

‎Pretext on the App Store

Editor Preferences - Drafts User Guide

Desqueeze Photo

Use Camera Remote and timer on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Clear Spaces for a Clear Mind – nahumck.me

Modules | Drafts Directory

Customize modules for quick switching. When usin

Rose and David explain many little automations that can improve your quality of life on your Mac.

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All Automators Episodes

Better Touch Tool

Moom · Many Tricks

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Window Management - MacSparky YouTube

GitHub - Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

‎Amphetamine on the Mac App Store

CleanMyMac X: The Best Mac Cleanup App for macOS. Get a Cleaner Mac in Minutes.

CleanMyMac X

Automators #68: Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum - Relay FM

Grammarly

‎Amphetamine on the Mac App Store

Rename files, folders and disks on Mac - Apple Support

Amazon.com: Elgato Stream Deck Mini - Compact Live Production Controller with 6 Customizable LCD keys, Trigger Actions in OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Twitch, YouTube and More (10GAI9901) , Black: Computers & Accessories

Mac Power Users #569: Contextual Computing - Relay FM

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

OS X Watermark PDFs Service

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Hazel Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

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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Drafts | Where Text Starts

Apple Watch - Drafts User Guide

Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support

Widgets - Drafts User Guide

OmniFocus - The Omni Group

Obsidian

Append to List | Drafts Action Directory

Parse Reminders | Shortcut

‎Picsew - Screenshot Stitching on the App Store

Automating finding an email from a contact - macOS - Automators Talk

Integromat

Stream Deck | elgato.com

StreamDeck + Keyboard Maestro with KMLink — MacSparky

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Matthew Cassinelli

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Matthew Cassinelli – Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Smart Tech Today | Smart Lights, Smart Speakers, IoT Tech Podcast | TWiT

Custom iOS 14 widgets have become a TikTok flex - The Verge

Homebridge

Dummy switches for Homebridge

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

A Comprehensive Guide to All 120+ Settings URLs Supported by iOS and iPadOS 13.1 - MacStories

Twitter Shortcuts – Matthew Cassinelli

These are the individual components.

Notion

-

Notion API – Private beta

Deep Links

In what ways can we form useful relationships between notes? | by Nick Milo

Hook – Find without searching

Airtable

Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube

Matthew Cassinelli - Twitch

Shortcuts Catalog – Matthew Cassinelli

WidgetPack

Membership – Matthew Cassinelli

Announcing the Shortcuts User Group – Matthew Cassinelli

Slack chat for Shortcuts.

My routine checklist shortcut on Rene Ritchie's channel – Matthew Cassinelli

Clubhouse: Drop-in audio chat

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.

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Guest Starring:

Joe Buhlig

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Joe Buhlig | an analog mind in a digital world

automation.com/">Omni-Automation

automation.com/omnifocus/index.html">OmniFocus & Omni Automation

The JavaScript Beginner's Handbook (2020 Edition)

JavaScript Tutorial

JavaScript Guide - JavaScript | MDN

Learn JavaScript | Codecademy

automation.com/omnifocus/plug-in-complete-await.html">Omni Automation Plug-In: Complete and Await Reply

URL.fromString("omnifocus:///task/" idStr)

The OmniFocus Update Reviews Script Comes to iOS

OmniFocus Tag On Joe Buhlig | an analog mind in a digital world

Auto-Parsing Tasks in OmniFocus on iOS

joebuhlig/OFScripts: A collection of the AppleScripts I use to extend OmniFocus.

automation.com/omnifocus/actions.html">OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

automation.com/omnifocus/plug-in-complete-await.html">Omni Automation Plug-In: Complete and Await Reply

Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition

Hazel Keeping OmniFocus Updated

OmniFocus Auto-Parser (Original in AppleScript)

Auto-Parsing Tasks in OmniFocus on iOS

automation.com/omnifocus/actions.html">OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

OmniFocus Automation topics - The Omni Group Forums

automation.com/omnifocus/plug-in-task-with-task.html">Omni Automation Plug-In: Task with Tasks

automation.com/omnifocus/database.html#OF0109">Move Selected Projects into New Folder

automation.com/omnifocus/project.html#OF0121">Push-Out Project Due Date

automation.com/omnifocus/app-to-app.html#OF0120">Copy Selected OmniFocus Tasks to OmniPlan

Stephen Millard from Thought Asylum joins in to share his automation journey and his extraordinary ecosystem of plugins Drafts.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Stephen Millard

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Credits

The Automators Rosemary Orchard David Sparks

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ThoughtAsylum

Stephen's Home on the Internet

ZX Spectrum - Wikipedia

XYplorer - File Manager for Windows

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Power Automate | Microsoft Power Platform

Formerly known as Microsoft Flow

AutoHotkey

File Juggler

What is Tasker and how does it work? | Android Central

Blog | ThoughtAsylum

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

AutoHotkey

TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

Toolbox Pro

Data Jar

Drafts Directory | Drafts Action Directory

TADpoLe | ThoughtAsylum

The ThoughtAsylum Drafts Library, also known as TADpoLe, is a collection of JavaScript for working with the Drafts application.

ThoughtAsylum | Drafts Action Directory

js.github.io/mermaid/#/">mermaid - Markdownish syntax for generating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, gantt charts and git graphs.

Capturing for Obsidian Using Drafts and GitHub | ThoughtAsylum

ThoughtAsylum Drafts Library

Font Awesome

Chartist - Simple responsive charts

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Airmail - Email Client for iPhone, iPad and Mac

MailMate

TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander

Improved AppleScript to Automatically Insert Recipient's Name in Apple Mail using TextExpander — MacSparky

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Mail Assistant - Drafts User Guide

Create rules to filter your emails - Gmail Help

Set up rules to filter email in Mail on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Use rules to manage emails you receive in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

SaneBox

$25 off for new users

CleanFox

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Schedule Delayed Message

Send Delayed Message(s)

Personal CRM done right - Monica

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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Guest Starring:

Adam Tow

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tow.com

LaunchCuts | LaunchCuts is a powerful, customizable, and elegant launcher for shortcuts on iOS. Organize your shortcuts manually into folders or create smart folders using tags.

Automators #29: The Dark Dungeon with Adam Tow - Relay FM

MFC Deck Overview - YouTube

MFC Deck

NFC Tags with MFC Deck - YouTube

Using Personal Automations with MFC Deck - YouTube

iOS Today

Displays App

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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Paperless Field Guide

Gift Wrap Field Guide

Meross Home Automation Plugs

Twinkly Lights

Nanoleaf Smart Lighting Products

Aqara Cube - New Way to Simplify Your Smart Home Control

Hexagons are the Bestagons — CGP Grey

4 types of NFC tags to buy for your Siri Shortcuts automations – Matthew Cassinelli

Random Wallpaper Shortcut

Deliveries App

Ikea Automated Blinds

Mac Power Users #562: The First Apple Silicon Macs

Keyboard Maestro 9.1: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

MailSuite

Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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• Setapp: More than 200 powerful apps for your Mac. Try it free for a week.
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Guest Starring:

Merlin Mann

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Startly - QuicKeys 4 for Mac OS X

TADpoLe (Drafts Library) | ThoughtAsylum

nvUltra - Searchable, portable, MultiMarkdown notes

Siri Suggestions, Search & Privacy - Apple Support

Logitech Circle 2 Camera for Home Security, Versatile HD Security Camera

Please do not disturb me – Matthew Cassinelli

archive.com/?u=39805bcea9131212af53e2b21&id=bf088c05e2">What’s New in Shortcuts #5

Home+

HOOBS™ – USER FRIENDLY HOME AUTOMATION FOR EVERYONE

Wemo - Smart Home Automation | Belkin

Wemo Bridge for Apple HomeKit - Smart Home Automation | Belkin

Philips Hue Adds Support for HomeKit Adaptive Lighting to Ambiance Lights - MacRumors

Alexa Skills Guide - Amazon.com

Why Thread is a game-changer for Apple's HomeKit | AppleInsider

Thread | Apple Developer Documentation

Eve Energy | evehome.com

Eve Degree | evehome.com

Eve Extend | evehome.com

Eve Motion | evehome.com

Chumby - Wikipedia

BetterTouchTool

Drinking bird - Simpsons Wiki

Getting Started · TaskPaper User's Guide

Bunch - BrettTerpstra.com

Drafts | Where Text Starts

TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac

software.com/editorial/">Editorial for iOS

Hook – Find without searching

Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake | 43 Folders

Merlin's post on New Year's Resolutions.

Obsidian

On Apple's Piss-Poor Documentation — Liss is More

As per the title, this does contain explicit language

Synology Inc.

Universal Plug and Play - Wikipedia

Watch Free Movies & TV | Stream Smarter with Plex

Screens Connect - Reach to your Mac or Windows PC from anywhere - Edovia

Amazon Alexa Routines: Everything You Need to Know | MakeUseOf

Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM

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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hue.com/en-gb">Smart lighting | Philips Hue

elite.915-000257.html?crid=60">Logitech Harmony Elite - Universal Remote, Hub & App

This frequently goes on sale on Amazon, so keep an eye out for deals.

Smart Home & Home Automation with Lightwave

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

Switch Covers for UK Lights and Philips Hue Buttons

Philips Hue Smart Wireless Dimmer Switch (Installation-Free, Exclusive for Philips Hue Lights), White: Amazon.co.uk: Lighting

Hue Motion Sensor

Aqara Door & Window Sensor - HomeKit Enabled Door & Window Sensor

Motion Sensor & Detector | Aqara

Xiaomi Mi Motion Sensor

TRÅDFRI, Wireless control outlet - IKEA

Home+

The Eve App | evehome.com

Eve Energy UK - Smart Plug & Power Meter

Tip: As you never want to turn off your washer or dryer while they're working, put these in a separate room called "Do Not Touch" or something similar, and make sure to disable them as favourites so rogue taps in the control center don't cause problems!

Smart Vibration Sensor - Wireless Vibration Detector | Aqara

Current status: This is my life now : HomeKit

Rosemary took a lot of ideas from this thread.

Temperature Sensor & Humidity Sensor | Aqara

Wireless mini switches - Remote control light switch | Aqara

Security Camera, eufy Security 2K Indoor Cam Pan

eufyCam 2C Wireless Home Security Camera System

eufy Security Floodlight Camera

Cameras with outdoor lights attached to them.

HomeCam for HomeKit

FYRTUR wireless, battery-operated grey, Block-out roller blind

SOMA Smart Shades - Smart Motor for Roller Shades - SOMA Smart Home

How to modify IKEA Fyrtur to fit your window frame - YouTube

Homebridge

homebridge-pihole - npm

homebridge-dummy - npm

homebridge-http-switch - npm

Pi Zero W Starter Kit – Pimoroni

If you want to try out the Raspberry Pi, this is the Zero W with lots of handy extras.

SwitchBot Smart Switch Button Pusher, No Wiring, Wireless App or Timer Control, Add SwitchBot Hub Compatible with Alexa, Google Home, HomePod, IFTTT

SwitchBot Hub Plus, Smart IR Remote Control for Air

Custom App Icons on Home Screen No Longer Route Through Shortcuts App in iOS 14.3 Beta 2 - MacRumors

On the show, we mentioned that the stock apps no longer went through Shortcuts. Of course, just after recording Apple released a new beta where none of the apps do!

Mac Power Users #552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent - Relay FM

Hiome

HomeKit Occupancy Sensor

Toolbox Pro

Alex Cox joins the Automators this week to talk home automation, Drafts, Shortcuts, and how to learn new automation.

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Guest Starring:

Alex Cox

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Do By Friday

Two Headed Girl

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Drafts Directory | Drafts Action Directory

Drafts | ThoughtAsylum

Packing | Drafts Action Directory

Linking Drafts - Drafts User Guide

RoutineHub • Backup & Restore

GitHub - mootcycle/overcast-upload: An iOS Shortcut for uploading files to Overcast

Homescreen Goodness: Using iOS 14 and Charty to Keep on Track – HeyScottyJ

‎WaterMinder® on the App Store

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Timery for Toggl

Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

Data Jar

Stylebook Closet App: a closet and wardrobe fashion app for the iPhone and iPad

Homebridge

bot.com/">SwitchBot Store - Your Simple Switch to a Smart Home

M-O - Disney Wiki

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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Fantastical 3.2 is Here With 12 All-New Widgets, Scribble for iPad, and More! | Flexibits

Dark Noise

FoodNoms | Food Tracker App for iPhone

Timery for Toggl

‎Color Widgets on the App Store

‎Widgetsmith on the App Store

‎Widgeridoo on the App Store

‎Usage: Activity & Data Widget on the App Store

‎Launcher with Multiple Widgets on the App Store

WidgetPack

OmniFocus Widgets 2.0 with WidgetPack – HeyScottyJ

OmniFocus Widgets with WidgetPack - iOS - Automators Talk

Podcasting Widget

Deadlines Widget

‎SF Symbols Browser on the App Store

Toolbox Pro

Home Screen Widgets | MFC Deck

Scriptable

Widget Examples - Scriptable - Automators Talk

Automators Talk

GitHub - andyngo/conversable-for-scriptable: Conversable is a simple chat widget for Scriptable.

GitHub - giroriub/scriptable-public

ScriptStore/StickyNote.js at main · 0507spc/ScriptStore · GitHub

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Wikipedia

My Applets - IFTTT

IFTTT Pro

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Integromat - The glue of the internet

Automators #10: Using Zapier Web Automation - Relay FM

GitHub - huginn/huginn: Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

FYRTUR Blackout roller blind, wireless, battery operated gray, 32x76 ¾" - IKEA

Drafts 20 Released - Cross-linking Drafts + Typewriter Scrolling - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Examples: Cross-Linking | Drafts Action Directory

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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Updated MacSparky Field Guide to Shortcuts

David's Webinar: What's New in Shortcuts for iOS 14

Track your sleep with Apple Watch - Apple Support

‎Widgetsmith on the App Store

‎Color Widgets on the App Store

Launcher brings its powerful widget-making app to iOS 14 | TechCrunch

Pushcut - Triggers & notifications that kick off your automation

Timery for Toggl

@WidgetPackApp Twitter

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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Guest Starring:

TJ Luoma

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Rhymes With Diploma – Thoughts and words from TJ Luoma

TJ Luoma (@tjluoma) / Twitter

GitHub - tjluoma/bitbar: Scripts that I use with BitBar

GitHub - tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

Block apps “after hours” and “on weekends” with Keyboard Maestro - macOS / Keyboard Maestro - Automators Talk

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Moving the dock by Shortcut? - Software - MPU Talk

Rectangle

Home Page [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Rogue Amoeba | Fission: Fast & Lossless Audio Editing

Displays: manage your monitors and mon on macOS – Jibapps

GitHub - matryer/bitbar: Put the output from any script or program in your Mac OS X Menu Bar

Stream Deck | elgato.com

GitHub - Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

Please follow me for the latest project updates and Twitch streams: | BarRaider’s Repo

Stream Deck XL and Relay.FM - MPU Talk

HOME | METASYSTEM

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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Invitations | Fantastical for Mac | Help

Airmail - Email Client for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Free online meeting scheduling tool | Doodle

Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software - Calendly

WhenWorks

Automators #49: Reusable Shortcuts with Scotty Jackson - Relay FM

Automators 01 Block Events with Workflow - YouTube

A video of a similar Shortcut to what David and Rosemary use for time blocking.

Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Integromat - The glue of the internet

Scriptable

Calendar - Scriptable Docs

Reminders lists are actually Calendars which have a special designation, this is the right part of the documentation to find the list.

Joe Buhlig's AppleScript

This inspired Rosemary's script.

Process Inbox Tasks (OmniFocus) - Pastebin.com

Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.

Toolbox Pro

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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Automators - Relay FM

Automators Talk

Mac Power Users #548: Jumping Into Markdown - Relay FM

David's Webinar - Contextual Computing with Keyboard Maestro

Replace Placeholders | Drafts Action Directory

Fixing the Print to PDF Trick for High Sierra — MacSparky

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Greg Pierce

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Google Maps URL Scheme for iOS  |  Maps URLs  |  Google Developers

Beta Program - Drafts User Guide

URL Schemes - Drafts User Guide

Drafts 21 Released - Better undo and advanced HTML Previews - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Matt Gemmell's Actions | Drafts Action Directory

Plain Text Preview | Drafts Action Directory

Creating Custom Preview templates - Drafts for Mac - Drafts Community

Preview in Marked | Drafts Action Directory

Toggle Shopping Mode | Drafts Action Directory

OF Taskpaper | Drafts Action Directory

Message Action Step - Drafts User Guide

Save Note and Send Tasks to OmniFocus | Drafts Action Directory

Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server

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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Guest Starring:

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Automators #21: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang - Relay FM

Fear of scripting - All this

Automators Talk

MPU Talk

Drafts Community

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Python Documentation

Keyboard Maestro 9.0.5: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Scriptable

software.com/pythonista/">Pythonista for iOS

Next Monday | Drafts Action Directory

Learn JavaScript | Codecademy

LaTeX addresses on the Mac and iOS - All this

New Project Script

Dr. Drang's script to create database entries, folders in iCloud, a folder in Mail, and a set of labels for a new project. · GitHub

Combining Python and AppleScript - All this

GitHub - drdrang/plabels: Perl scripts for printing sheet-fed labels.

Data Jar

Bad AppleScript: Template Gun meets the Internet – Six Colors

Quick Tip: Zip files as templates – Six Colors

Automators #35: Automating Business with Don McAllister - Relay FM

Post Haste - Digital Rebellion

xkcd: Automation

Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server

Rose and David bring all the automation news from Apple's 2020 Developer Conference.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Automators - Relay FM

Home | Automators

Automators Talk

What's new in SiriKit and Shortcuts - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer

Design and Development Videos - Apple Developer

Evaluate and optimize voice interaction for your app - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer

Empower your intents - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer

Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo joins us to talk about using Charty with Shortcuts and share some of his favorite personal automations.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Rodrigo Araujo

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Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

Rodrigo Araujo (@rodrigoaraujo) / Twitter

‎ChatStats on the App Store

Latest iOS/Charty topics - Automators Talk

‎Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts on the App Store

shortcuts: search results - Charty

Alex Hay (@mralexhay) / Twitter

‎Launch Center Pro on the App Store

Day One - Your Journal for Life. App for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Day One Daily

Rodrigo's Day One Shortcut

‎Data Jar on the App Store

The App we can't stop loving.

Mac Power Users #540: Subroutine in the Brain - Relay FM

Automators #51: Ken Case and Omni Automation - Relay FM

Save Receipts

Rodrigo's Receipts Shortcut

Book Tracking

Rodrigo's book tracking shortcut.

Patrick Rothfuss - Google Search

Relay Episode Duration

Temeraire Novels

Adapt - Relay FM

Gabriel Visser on Twitter: "Unsatisfied with the lackluster keto-diet tracking apps in the App Store, I spent the last couple of days combining Siri Shortcuts, @datajarapp and @chartyios to basically create my own 😀 https://t.co/WvlSPxiT2J" / Twitter

crossing.com/new-horizons/?cid=N1043-01:ch=pdpd">Animal Crossing™: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch™ system – Official Site

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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Omni Group

OmniFocus 3.8 Launches with Support for Omni Automation - The Omni Group

OmniFocus 3.7 for iPhone and iPad Includes New Shortcuts - The Omni Group

software.com/editorial/">Editorial for iOS

callback-url.com/">x-callback-url

Unfortunately, this website is quite outdated, but it tells you about x-callback-urls as a concept.

OmniFocus 3.6 Introduces Support for Floating Time Zones - Learn OmniFocus

Automators #47: The Daily Brief - Relay FM

Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

Eloquent JavaScript

automation.com/">Omni Automation

The help site for learning Omni Automation, JavaScript support for Omni Group applications.

automation.com/omnifocus/actions.html">Omni Automation Plug-Ins for OmniFocus

Join our Slack Workspace - The Omni Group

Ken Case (@kcase) / Twitter

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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Photos Field Guide (2nd Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides

Sparky's new Photos Field Guide.

Rose's Driving Shortcuts

Keyboard Maestro Script Using AppleScript to Create Contacts — MacSparky

Automators #36: Sal Soghoian's Control Panel - Relay FM

Automators #33: Packing List Extravaganza - Relay FM

Automators #31: Making Your ScreenFlow Flow and More with J.F. Brissette - Relay FM

Home | Automators

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

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Nested Folders Podcast

HeyScottyJ – Practical Productivity

Scotty's Blog

Data Jar

OmniFocus 3.7 for iPhone and iPad Includes New Shortcuts - The Omni Group

Preparing for a 1:1 Meeting – HeyScottyJ

Airtable

Wrike

Agenda - Date-focused Note Taking.

X-callback-url Support and Reference - Shortcuts - Agenda Community

Automators #47: The Daily Brief - Relay FM

Creating Better Structure: My Digital Bullet Journaling – HeyScottyJ

Automating Emails With Data Jar – HeyScottyJ

David and Rose tackle the best ways to automate your music. They also talk about automating calendars and email attachments.

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Create a Smart Playlist in Music on Mac - Apple Support

Doug's AppleScripts » dougscripts.com

Doug's AppleScripts » Block Party! v4.0 » Official Download Site

Doug's AppleScripts UPDATED: Delete Empty Playlists v4.2 » Doug's AppleScripts

Automators #44: Automating with Doug Adams from Doug's AppleScripts - Relay FM

‎Marvis Pro on the App Store

Automators 30: Our Recent Automations (& Shortcuts Album Player) – Rosemary Orchard

Shazam to List

Create a time tracking report from a Google Calendar - Web - Automators Talk

Mac Power Users #532: BetterTouchTool - Relay FM

Toolbox Pro

Data Jar

In this episode, Rosemary and David dive into how they do a daily brief with Shortcuts on their devices.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Rosemary’s Get Location Shortcut with Wifi Name

Data Jar

HomeKit blinds - IKEA

Rosemary's Random Choice from List Shortcut

Programmatic change macOS Mojave accent color - Stack Overflow

Toggle Light Mode/Dark Mode AND Accent Color from one to another - Ask Different

Dark Noise Developer Charlie Chapman joins the Automators to talk about his automation story and how he implemented automation in his Dark Noise application.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Dark Noise

Join the Dark Noise beta - TestFlight - Apple

The new Dark Noise beta.

Dark Noise - The Best App To Help You Focus - YouTube

Charlie Chapman on Twitter

Dark Noise on Twitter

Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, App Store Updates Page, Logging Completed Reminders, and Time Zones - MacStories

TI-83 series - Wikipedia

PowerShell | Microsoft Docs

Base64 Encode

Sample Base64 Encoding Shortcut

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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LaunchCuts

Folders for Shortcuts, $7.99

tow.com

Adam's website

Random UUID (v4) Generator | UUIDTools.com

Toolbox Pro

Automators #42: Toolbox Pro with Alex Hay - Relay FM

Launched 9: Rosemary Orchard

Nested Folders Podcast

Take Control of Shortcuts – Take Control Books

Product Feedback - Apple

For any kind of feedback

Feedback Assistant - Apple

Beta feedback

Brydge Keybaord for iPad

Is it worth it to learn AppleScript at this point and time? - Automators Talk

AppleScript 1-2-3: Sal Soghoian, Bill Cheeseman

NoteCuts, Automatic, Background Triggering of Shortcuts on Local or Remote iOS Devices – tow.com

Adam Tow's shortcut which enables more automation

‎Elgato Stream Deck Mobile for iPhone or iPad

Just Timers

Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

This app is still in beta.

Data Jar Preview on Twitter

Scriptable

Jayson

Automators #9: Scriptable with Simon Støvring - Relay FM

Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format

Apple pre-empted us!

Home Inventory on Setapp | A powerful inventory app for your Mac

Pushcut - Smart notifications that trigger your automation

Pushcut - Automation Server

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Doug Adams

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Doug's AppleScripts » dougscripts.com

Doug on Twitter

Doug's AppleScripts NEW: Divvy Up A Playlist v2.0 » Doug's AppleScripts

Late Night Software | The home of Script Debugger

Doug's AppleScripts NEW: Make Playlists By Tag v3.0 » Doug's AppleScripts

Doug's AppleScripts NEW: Divvy Up A Playlist v2.0 » Doug's AppleScripts

Doug's AppleScripts » Guitar Tab Search v2.0 » Official Download Site

Doug's AppleScripts » Guitar Tab Search v1.0 » Official Download Site

Doug's AppleScripts » Search Wikipedia v3.0 » Official Download Site

Doug's AppleScripts » Random Full Albums to Playlist v3.0 » Official Download Site

The Next Track

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 13

AppleScripts for Tex-Edit Plus - Welcome!

Doug's old Tex-Edit Plus Scripts

sweater.com/fastscripts/">FastScripts

Caséta by Lutron | Smart Home Switches, Lighting Controls & Dimmers

The official site of Philips Hue | Meethue.com

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Workflow as an OmniFocus Trigger List – Rosemary Orchard

Using Drafts 5 Taskpaper with OmniFocus – Rosemary Orchard

Automators #35: Automating Business with Don McAllister - Relay FM

Drafts for Mac Update Tutorial from ScreenCastsOnline

Things URL Scheme - Things Support

Checklist Manifesto: Atul Gawande

OPML - Wikipedia

Automators #42: Toobox Pro with Alex Hay - Relay FM

Concepts App • Infinite, Flexible Sketching

Find Completed Actions Today (OmniFocus Shortcut)

STREAKS. The to-do list that helps you form good habits. For iOS.

Focused #92: Getting Focused Kourosh Dini - Relay FM

LaunchCuts

Folders (and more) for Shortcuts by Adam Tow

YouTube

Project templates | Toggl Knowledge Base

Timery for Toggl

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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Toolbox Pro

Toolbox Pro on Twitter

Alex Hay on Twitter

Multi Instagram Post

Introducing MusicBot: The All-in-One Apple Music Assistant, Powered by Shortcuts - MacStories

Burst Slice — Prolost Store

Pano Man — Prolost Store

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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Mac Power Users 467: Fitness Apps & Tech - Episodes - MPU Talk

‎WaterMinder® on the App Store

MyFitnessPal | MyFitnessPal.com

Pushcut - Smart notifications that trigger your automation

‎Streaks on the App Store

Automators #1: Automating Calendar Events - Relay FM

Log Fitbit Scales | Shortcut

This uses metric data to calculate the BMI.

Log Blood Glucose | Shortcut

Log Blood Pressure | Shortcut

Moodpath App - Your Mental Health Companion

Guided Meditation and Mindfulness - The Headspace App

Tim Stringer from LearnOmniFocus.com joins the Automators to talk about his Mac, iOS, and web-based automation.

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Tim Stringer – Productivity Coaching & Consultant • Yoga Teacher

OmniFocus Video Tutorials, Articles & Webinars - Learn OmniFocus

Technically Simple - Productivity Coaching, Consulting & Training

Productivity and Self Management Course for Organizations — Technically Simple

Tandy Pocket Computer - Wikipedia

Keyboard Maestro 9.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Not At Home!

Tim's "Not at home" shortcut.

Populate Template Placeholders—curtclifton.net

WooCommerce - Sell Online With The eCommerce Platform for WordPress

Gravity Forms | The Best WordPress Form Plugin | Form Builder

Manage your team’s work, projects, & tasks online · Asana

Pushover: Simple Notifications for Android, iOS, and Desktop

Pushbullet - Your devices working better together

Toolbox Pro

tow.com

How to Fill Out OmniFocus Project Templates with Workflow | Colter Reed

Using Drafts 5 Taskpaper with OmniFocus – Rosemary Orchard

Using Drafts 5 Taskpaper with OmniFocus – Rosemary Orchard

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Shortcuts Field Guide, iOS13 Edition | MacSparky Field Guides

In this episode, David and Rosemary try all sorts of iBeacons and look at why, where, when, and how you use these little devices.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Take Control of Shortcuts – Take Control Books

Estimote Beacons

Blue Charm iBeacon

lgaches/BeaconEmitter: Turn your Mac as an iBeacon

Make Your Mac Advertise iBeacon – BeaconZone Blog

Online UUID Generator Tool

Pushcut - Smart notifications that trigger your automation

Automators #38: Simon Leeb and Pushcut - Relay FM

‎BLE Scanner 4.0 on the App Store

‎iBeacon-Manager on the App Store

iBeacon Recommendations - iOS - Automators Talk

‎Picsew - Screenshot Stitching on the App Store

Format Images for Blogging

Drafts Action: Fix Empty Markdown Links – Rosemary Orchard

mac.html">Drafts for Mac Changes

Drafts for Mac: It's Action Time - MacStories

Elgato Stream Deck

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Pushcut - Smart notifications that trigger your automation

openHAB

iBeacon - Apple Developer

iBeacon - Wikipedia

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

CleanMyMac X: The Best Mac Cleanup App for macOS. Get a Cleaner Mac in Minutes.

Setapp | The best apps for Mac in one suite

Eternal Storms Software - Yoink for Mac and iPad

Aptonic - Dropzone 3

Automators #8: File Automation - Relay FM

Hazel Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

OmniDiskSweeper, OmniWeb, and OmniPresence - The Omni Group

DaisyDisk - Analyze disk usage and free up disk space on Mac

Gemini 2: The Best Duplicate File Finder for Mac. Smart selection and fast scan.

Keyboard Maestro

Window Management with Keyboard Maestro and Screencast — MacSparky

BetterTouchTool

Manipulate a Window [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Palettes [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Start Your Day Automatically with Keyboard Maestro – The Sweet Setup

IFTTT: Every thing works better together

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Integromat

Post Haste - Digital Rebellion

TripMode | Your mobile data savior.

TWiT App Format | Get Details of App Store Apps

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
• Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.
• Bottomless: Re-ordering coffee based on your consumption. Get 3 months of free shipping and your first bag offer $10.

Guest Starring:

Sal Soghoian

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Sal Custom Accessibility Keyboard Panels

macOS Automation

manual:Scripting [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

automation.com/">Omni-Automation

Join our Slack Workspace - The Omni Group

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Don McAllister

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ScreenCastsOnline

Don McAllister (@donmcallister) / Twitter

Podio

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Buffer | Social Media Management Software for Growing Brands

Airtable

Airtable - Database for Mac and iOS - Part 1 : ScreenCastsOnline

Airtable - Database for Mac and iOS - Part 2 : ScreenCastsOnline

Transcribe Audio to Text | Transcription Company & Website - Rev

Podio Workflow Automation with GlobiFlow for Podio made Easy

tags-data-merge.html">AppleScript and Pages: Placeholder Text, Script Tags, and Data Merge

MagCast: The Indie Magazine App Publishing Platform

Pandoc - About pandoc

This is the name of the Mac service Don and the team use to convert Markdown.

macOS Automation

Integromat

Post Haste - Digital Rebellion

TextSoap - Automate Your Text Cleanup

Setapp | The best apps for Mac in one suite

TextSoap on Setapp | Skip the hassle and automate your document cleanup

TextSoap 8 : ScreenCastsOnline

‎Text Case on the App Store

Tip - Text Case for iOS : ScreenCastsOnline

Keyboard Maestro 9.0.3: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Lutron Caseta Smart Home Dimmer Switch and Pico Remote Kit

Lightwave Smart Series Dimmer

HomeKit light switches available in Europe

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• podcast.Oct-2019">PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
• Zapier: The easiest way to automate your work. Start your 14-day free trial today.
• Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.

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Bare Bones BBEdit 13

It doesn't suck.

BBEdit Manual

project.org/strings/regexp">Regex ICU User Guide

Regex101

Pretty Regular Expressions

Automators - Relay FM

Home | Automators

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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Automators #17: Live at PodCon - Relay FM

Packing List Trello

You can share text to this Shortcut or if no input is provided you will be prompted for input. This searches your calendar for all-day events followed by a prompt to use one of those as the name of your list. If the list doesn't exist yet in the Trello board then it is created.

Packing Lists

David's advanced reminders setup Shortcut

Building a Packing List App with Shortcuts and iOS 13 - YouTube

The video to match the above Shortcut

Packing List Extravaganza

Rosemary's Shortcut similar to the above, but it calls Scriptable to create the script.

Scriptable Script to Find or Create Reminders List

Called by the Scriptable Script above

Packing List Extravaganza Extras

Rosemary's Shortcut for extra items to be added to any packing list - pairs with the previous Shortcut.

TextExpander Snippet for Packing Lists

Keyboard Maestro Packing List

Create Packing List (Drafts & OF)

Rosemary uses this to kick off her Drafts list - it creates the Draft and adds a single task to OmniFocus called "Pack", due the date the trip starts, and with a link to the Draft in the notes field.

Automators #23: Diving into Drafts Automation with Tim "The Drafts Man" Nahumck - Relay FM

Packing | Drafts Action Directory

Rosemary's Packing Action Group for Drafts

Documentation on the Drafts Action Group

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
• Zapier: The easiest way to automate your work. Start your 14-day free trial today.
• automators.html">Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for Macs and PCs for just $6/month.

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St. Jude Heroes Donation Form

iPad 10.2-inch - Apple

Watch - Apple

Relay FM Family Feud - YouTube

media-inc.ck.page/81222334a4">Join the MacSparky Newsletter

Join the newsletter to get notice when the Shortcuts Field Guide Releases.

MacSparky Field Guides

Latest Shortcuts Beta Allows You to Get Links to Shortcuts with Shortcuts! – Rosemary Orchard

Getting Started with URL Schemes – The Sweet Setup

Video - The Shortcuts Based Home Screen - From the new Shortcuts Field Guide

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
• Pushcut: Automation your way. Trigger iOS Shortcuts from anywhere. Try it free.

Guest Starring:

Jean-François Brissette

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Mac Power Users #384: Screencasting 101 with JF Brissette - Relay FM

J.F. Brissette on Twitter

ScreenFlow – Video Editing and Screen Recording Software

Podio: Project Management and Collaboration Software | Podio

Keyboard Maestro 9.0.1: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Get 20% off Keyboard Maestro with this link!

Palettes in Keyboard Maestro

Karabiner Elements

Map keys on your keyboard to do different things with Karabiner Elements (especially useful if you have an extended keyboard!)

Taming the Terminal (Allison Sheridan) : Bart Busschots

Series: “Bash Fun” - BrettTerpstra.com

Everything Brett Terpstra has ever written on bash.

Fizsh · nostodnayr.net

An article with links to a series about switching from Bash to Z Shell (zsh)

2.html">Learning Regular Expressions | Lynda Course

expressions.info/lookaround.html">Regex Tutorial - Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions

Want to find something after or before a particular word with regular expressions? This in-depth article will explain it all.

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12

‎Expressions on the Mac App Store

‎Pretty Regular Expressions on the App Store

‎Text Case on the App Store

‎Transit • Live Transport Times on the App Store

‎Launch Center Pro on the App Store

The Best Mac Backup and Sync Software - ChronoSync | Econ Technologies

ChronoSync Express on Setapp | Folder Synchronization and Backup

‎Fratata by Brigitte LeClerc on Apple Music

J.F was co-producer, composer, arranger, bass & Chapman Stick

WaveBurner Tutorial & Online Course - Logic 305 Training Video By macProVideo.com : macProVideo.com

J.F.'s first-ever screencast (on a now-obsolete Apple app)

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.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.

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Automators Talk

Home | Automators

(38) Keyboard Maestro and Cardhop for Automatic Contact Creation on Mac - YouTube

Meeting Mode Shortcut - YouTube

ebook.com/">calibre - E-book management

OmniFocus Auto-Parser

Automators 30: Our Recent Automations (& Shortcuts Album Player) – Rosemary Orchard

automation.com/">Omni-Automation

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!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Adam Tow

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Anker USB C Charger

This is a 30W USB C charger which is around the same size as an iPad charger - it works great for the MacBook Air!

MsgFiler | Save Time Decluttering Your Inbox

Canon PowerShot SX720

Rose's new camera

Set It and Forget It – Automated, Secure, and Wireless Photography with the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV – tow.com

Photo Mechanic | Camera Bits, Inc.

SmugMug: Protect, Share, Store, and Sell Your Photos

Cronios – tow.com

LaunchCuts – tow.com

AlarmCuts – tow.com

Shortcut App Framework – tow.com

GeoCuts – tow.com

Inspector – tow.com

NoteCuts – tow.com

PromptKit – tow.com

Run Shortcut – tow.com

Localization Helper – tow.com

WatchCuts – tow.com

RoutineHub • The Dark Dungeon

Adam's Blog

Adam Tow | Twitter

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".

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• Creative Next: The new podcast future-proofing creatives.

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Keyboard Maestro 8.2.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Nested Folders Podcast

Nested Folders Podcast Announcement

Rose explains her new show.

The Keyboard Maestro Field Guide

Use "AutomatorsKM" to get $5 until the end of July.

Mac Power Users #484: Unlocking Keyboard Maestro - Relay FM

Keyboard Maestro Discourse - Discussion forum for Keyboard Maestro, the powerful macro program for macOS

Email Flags - Questions & Suggestions - Keyboard Maestro Discourse

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:

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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