Apple Posts Cool Freeware Automator Actions/Workflows

Automator is one of the new technologies in Tiger. It's basically a simple AppleScript maker that allows scripts (Actions) to be combined easily into a series of actions called Workflows. Apple has devoted a special web page to Automator Actions and Workflows created by third parties. There are 45 available as of publication time. Many are freeware but there are also demos and shareware actions available. Here are examples of some of the cool freeware Actions/Workflows:

Maintenance 2.0 -- This Automator application allows one to easily run the basic maintenance scripts in Mac OS X on demand. It throws up a set of Terminal windows that only requires one to type in their login password and hit return in each window.

Set Location Automator Action 1.0 -- Adds an Automator Action to System that automatically sets the user’s Network Location to a specified location when run.

Folder 2 Widget -- An Automator Workflow and application that automates making a Dashboard Widget from a folder and tests it in the Dashboard environment.

Resize Screenshot -- An Action that resizes a selected image/screen shot to a good size for web placement and saves it in the jpg format for higher compatibility.

[Bill Fox]