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Control Your Mac Remotely with Drafts, Hazel, Dropbox & AppleScript
I wanted to set up a way to to toggle my Mac’s system volume setting from the iPhone. But this technique could be used for any AppleScript you’d like to trigger remotely from your iPhone. Here’s how I...
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OS X: Global Keyboard Shortcut To Open A New Finder Window
I’ve often wanted to be able to open a new Finder window on my Mac using a global keyboard shortcut. Turns out someone else has as well, and the full instructions can be found here: OSX: Setting a...
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Global Shortcut For “New Message” For Mail In OS X
Very quick and easy Automator (and AppleScript) tip for creating a way to draft a new email message on your Mac, regardless if Mail is the active application or not. Create a global shortcut for “New...
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Script Timer
I just discovered Script Timer, and I’ve been looking for something like this to schedule AppleScripts on the Mac. Even better, it handles shell scripts, Automator workflows as well. I tried using iCal...
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Invoke PopClip Via Keyboard Using AppleScript, Automator and OS X Services
A tweet from the PopClip developer directed me to the PopClip User Guide to take advantage of a feature I’ve been wanting in the app for some time: the ability to invoke PopClip via the keyboard. The...
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Hazel: Essential Mac Automation Tool
Hazel is hands-down one of my top Mac productivity software tools. And it’s one of those tools that tough to describe exactly why you would want it, because what it does is up to the user. In its most...
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Automatically Create a Specific Folder Structure with Automator & Hazel
Here’s a handy method using Automator and Hazel to automatically create a specific folder structure within a folder. I use this for client projects, since they are always the same. With this setup, I...
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Prepend Text File with Automator & Shell Scripts
As a followup to my earlier post about how to create a macOS Service (or a Text Expander snippet) to quickly append a text file using Hazel, Automator and Shell Scripts, here’s a way to instead prepend...
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How to Select the “OK” Button via Keyboard for Text Dialog Boxes (macOS)
So if you’ve been using my macOS tip to append a text file using Automator and shell scripts, you’ve no doubt run into two frustrations: the window is not brought to front focus, allowing immediate...
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