Automator

Once I have designated a picture as the wallpaper file, am I allowed to delete the picture file? - yes. --- 'Can I somehow add a command that shows up when right-clicking on a picture displayed on a webpage to automatically use it as the wallpaper picture, similar to how it works on Windows?' - yes. Via 'Automator' (in the '/Applications/' folder) you can create a...

mail, phone numbers, etc. Can automator do this? ...

Is there an automator script to check if an external USB drive is connected? ...

This is extremely patronising on your part and I take offence - I came here for help and openly admit I am from a Windows-drugged existence. However such functionality also exists on Linux which is Free so what I refer to as 'basic' is something that both platforms possess yet Mac seemingly does not. However I am here for constructive help and not to get into handbag...

Other ideas... There might also be an easy way to do this stuff with AppleScript and the Finder. Automator might help you. Or you could also hop over to www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com and search for things like "slideshow" etc. ...

Also look in /Library/Automator And check your Login Items.

I have a Mac Book Pro running the latest OS (Version 10.4.8) and I created a workflow using Automator. I made it into a finder plugin and now I want to get rid of it. I tried deleting it and it keeps coming back! It is located at /Users/MyName/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/. How do I get rid of it for good? Thanks for your time -Jimmy

I have around 1000 or so HTML pages that I need to seek out and remove identification of the author in the mailto link. These pages need to be analysed objectively, which is why we need to remove the identification. I don't like the idea of performing a find and replace on all those files, so I am in search of a script of some kind, maybe automator, or PHP, or... I am...

Previously I used automator to do some tasks for me. ...

Make a new workflow in Automator. First put in the "Get specified iTunes items" module. Press "+" on it to get the dialog box to choose a playlist or song. Then, put the "Play iTunes playlist" directly below that. Choose "Repeat" and "Shuffle" if you want. You can then save your workflow, as either a workflow or an application. One place you might use this is in an iCal...