Mac OS X Automator Tutorial Video

Self Study, Mac OS X Automator Tutorial Video on CD - DVD. The tutor guides you using step-by-step examples. Learn directly from your own desk high quality training videos at an affordable price. Works on both PC and Mac.

These Mac OS X Automator tutorials allow even the novice to create complex and powerful time saving actions without having to write a single line of AppleScript. Expert Author Jessie Feller shows how to automate tasks with drag-and-drop ease. This training CD contains over 100 narrated QuickTime movies that show in great detail how to automate time consuming repetitive tasks. Topics covered on these tutorials include: Resizing images, Shell Scripts, Finder, iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, Email automation, Actions, XCode, Safari. This training CD is suitable for beginners to advanced users. .

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  • Free Certificate with each Tutorial
  • Works on PC or Mac
Topics Covered on this Training Video Include:
Introduction to Automator
Using Automator Out of the Box
Introducing Workflows
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Introducing Actions
  • Action Terminology
  • Looking at an Automator Action
  • Automator Action
Automator Actions
  • Ask Actions
  • Pause & Ask Actions
  • Running a Web Service
  • View Results
  • Running a Workflow
  • Running an AppleScript
  • Running a Shell Script Tutorials
Automator Workflow Management
  • Organizing a Workflow
  • Saving Workflows
Working with Finder & System Actions
  • Finder Actions Tutorials 1
  • Finder Actions Pt.2
  • Finder Actions Pt.3
  • Automator System Actions
  • Spotlight Actions
Working With Automator Media Actions
  • Image Capture Actions
  • iPhoto Actions
  • QuickTime Player Actions
  • iTunes Actions
  • DVD Player Actions
  • iDVD Actions
Working With Graphics Actions
  • Preview Actions
  • PDF Actions
Working With Automator Text Actions
  • TextEdit Actions-Files & Documents
  • Other TextEdit Actions
  • Font Book Actions
Working With Data Actions
  • iCal Actions
  • Address Book Actions
  • Automator Mail Actions
  • Safari Actions
Inside Actions & Applications
  • Xcode: Your Action Development Tool
  • Where Actions are Located
  • Applications/Bundles & Packages
  • Introducing Property Lists
  • More Action & Workflow Locations
Building Automator Actions
  • Action Architecture Overview
  • Building the AppleScript Action Template
  • Setting the Property List Values
  • Exploring the Xcode Action Groups & Files
  • Action Interface: Nib File Overview
Building An AppleScript Action
  • Using Automator Script Editor Pt.1
  • Using Script Editor Pt.2
  • Converting an Example Script to an Action
  • Setting the Project Parameters
  • Setting the English Strings Tutorials 1
  • Setting the English Strings Pt.2
  • Changing the Inputs for Actions
  • Working with the Action Interface
Building An Advanced AppleScript Action
  • Preparing an InDesign Document
  • Using AppleScript to Set Text
  • Converting the AppleScript to an Action
  • Testing the Automator Action
  • Extending the Action: Dynamic Destination
  • Testing Dynamic Destination
  • Making the Text Variable Tutorials 1
  • Making the Text Variable Pt.2
  • Building the Interface: AMPalette
  • Setting Parameters
  • Binding the Text Field
  • Writing the Action Code
  • Calling an On Opened Handler Tutorials 1
  • Calling an On Opened Handler Pt.2
  • Calling an Opdate Parameters Handler
  • Using Awake from Nib
  • Using a Popup Button
  • Removing Items from a Popup Button
  • Adding Items to a Popup Button
  • Adding the InDesign Frame Names
AppleScript Dictionaries
  • Introducing AppleScript Dictionaries
  • The Structure of a Dictionary: Suites
  • Automator Commands
  • Classes
  • Properties
  • Elements
  • Working with a Dictionary Tutorials 1
  • Working with a Dictionary Pt.2
Cocoa Method Calls
  • Introducing Cocoa Interface Objects
  • Syntax for Calling Cocoa Objective-C Methods
  • Example: NSPopupButton Methods
  • AppleScript Call Method Pt.1
  • AppleScript Call Method Pt.2
Action Types
  • Finding Action Type Documentation
  • Property Keys & Values
Building a FileMaker/InDesign Action
  • Introducing the Automator Action
  • Populating the InDesign Popup Button
  • Testing the Indesign Popup Button
  • Populating the FileMaker Popup Button
  • Testing the FileMaker Popup Button
  • Creating Parameter Bindings
  • Finishing the Automator Action
  • Enhancing the Action Interface
  • Adding a Table to the Interface
  • Creating the Data Source
  • Capturing the Data Source
  • Populating the Data Source Tutorials 1
  • Populating the Data Source Pt.2
  • Unloading the Data Source
  • Setting the Parameters
  • Completing the Action
  • Finishing the Action Strings
  • Clean Up with Automator
Summary
  • Action Overview
  • Workflow Overview
Credits
  • About this Author
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