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November 2nd, 2004, 08:41 AM
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| Automator usage ideas While I'm waiting eagerly for Tiger to come out, I thought I'd start a thread for getting ideas on how Automator (hopefully) could be used. A few that I've already thought of:
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#2
November 2nd, 2004, 10:31 AM
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| Automated backups to external drives. Can do it with a cron tab and script but who wants to do that 
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#4
November 2nd, 2004, 10:56 AM
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| Or an ADC Select member, which is cheaper. http://developer.apple.com/membership/?nav for more information. 
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November 2nd, 2004, 11:05 AM
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It looks like you'd save a lot though, it's probably worth it, but i have no money  |
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#6
November 2nd, 2004, 12:36 PM
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| If you're a higher edutcation student, you can get a membership to Apple's Developer section for free -- you won't get Tiger previews or any pre-release software, but you will have limited access to the resources available.
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November 2nd, 2004, 08:41 PM
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What students get (for 99$ a year, not free) is monthly developer mailings with updated developer documentation, updated OS releases every ~6 months (and when a new version is released), and a one-time hardware discount. Practically a steal for the price... and worth the money. Although, to get back on topic, one idea I have is creating a process to be a DivX Doctor for MPEG-4-compliant material... but not sure how I am supposed to achieve it in Quicktime...
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November 3rd, 2004, 08:45 PM
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| -folder droplets (e.g. if files are placed in this folder, send them via FTP to this address) -parsing of XML data from Final Cut -top to bottom processing of media (e.g. we have a client that sends us monthly photos to add to their website. We currently have to add them to the database, color correct them, create multiple-sized thumbnails and then post. This could be a one click process with Automator) -check for file/folder revision dates, if they haven't been revised in a year, send an alert to archive -check for file permissions, if file is not fully read/write by anyone, change it (I personally cannot stand OS X's hyper-secure permissions), it's a constant PITA for our workgroup -automatically add certain media types to Portfolio media database -automatically retrieve photos extracted from my digital camera (placed in the Photos directory) and put them in my photo archive. My camera does not mount for some reason, so I have to use iPhoto to get the photos out. I then have to manually move the photos and delete the Data/Originals/Thumbs folders (another task for Automator) for archival, since I use Portfolio and not iPhoto. Those are just a few. It seems I always have a want for Automator, but don't have the skills to program in Applescript. Can't wait for it.
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