For today’s tip, I’m going to show you how to use Automator to write a very simple backup utility—you’ll be able to compress and copy a given folder with a single mouse click. While not an ideal ...

The Automator application in OS X is a feature that many people use to modify documents in a folder, or perform other routine actions such as synchronizing items in a folder with those in another ...

We’ll start with a straightforward action, one which will take images from the Finder and resize them when you drop them onto the application icon on the desktop. Launch Automator, either from the ...