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Set Alarm with Quicksilver and Automator
In my article, Two Secret Features of Quicksilver, I've discussed how to use Quicksilver to set a delay before running application.
Roughly, I believe you've already known how to create automator application to speak text which have been discussed here. In case you don't want to waste your time creating the application, I've created an application to only speak up "Time's up!" when it's launched; It can be downloaded here.
Automator : Automate Your Tasks
A brief information regarding to Automator on Wikipedia :
Automator is an application developed by Apple for Mac OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks. Automator enables the repetition of tasks.. (source : Wikipedia - Automator)
If you are looking for several examples of Automator workflows, you can look inside my other articles here and here.
Also there is a very nice detailed information from TUAW regarding to the basic of Automator.
Leopard - 40+ Helpful Automator Applications
File Processing
Simple automator applications that can be helpful for your file processing.
For these automator applications, you need to specify your files by dragging those files to the automator application icon.
Automator - Preview Hidden Ability
Let me introduce you to this new feature of Mac, Automator. Automator will do repetitive tasks for you. However, here I will show you how Automator will work in sync with preview.
Let’s say you’ve this photo of fish..
