In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by smart home guru Robert Spivack to talk about everything from HomeKit and Matter, to Thread and WiFi.

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Welcome Matter! | evehome.com

Presence Sensor FP2 - Aqara

Smart Thermostats & Smart Home Devices | ecobee

Lutron Electronics, Inc. - Dimmers And Lighting Controls

Smart lighting | Philips Hue

Eve | evehome.com

Meross Offical Site, Smart House and Home Automation Device Provider.

Electric Blinds | Smart Blinds | Battery Powered Blinds | Somfy

Hunter Douglas Blinds Shades | Official Hunter Douglas Site

Motorized Shades - Affordable Smart & Electric Shades - IKEA

Aqara Smart Curtain Controllers to Open/Close Your Curtains

HomePass for HomeKit

Home+ 6 on the App Store

Controller for HomeKit

WiFi Network Planning and Site Survey Software

DoItForMe.Solutions - YouTube

In this episode of Automators, David and Rosemary talk about the new automation features that have come to OmniFocus 4.

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Introducing OmniFocus 4 | Blog - The Omni Group

OmniFocus 4: What’s New in Omni Automation?

OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • OmniFocus Collection

Rose and David get out their scorecards for the existing automation platforms.

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MacSparky Productivity Field Guide

Keyboard Maestro 11.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Changelog - Bunch.app

DEVONtechnologies | Devonian Times

Drafts: 2023, Year in Review - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Tally 5: Interactive Widgets, iCloud Sync, Watch Redesign - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Grammarly Blog

Snippety - Productivity App for macOS

TextExpander: #1 Text Replacement & Keyboard Shortcut App

What’s new in Shortcuts for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, and watchOS 10 - Apple Support

Thread Group is finally fixing Thread border routers - The Verge

What’s new in Shortcuts iOS 16/macOS 13 - Apple Support

Rosemary and David share some of their favorite automations as the year wraps up.

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Automators Talk

In this episode, David and Rosemary explore the how and why of moving Automators to Notion and the automation possibilities this brings to the show.

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Notion

The platform to build next‒gen apps | Airtable

Google Docs

Make | Automation Software | Connect Apps & Design Workflows

Zapier | Automation that moves you forward

Happy Automated Holidays! The Automators have a pile of new ideas for automating your holidays.

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Broadlink WiFi Smart Home Hub RM Mini 3 IR Automation Learning Universal Remote Control Compatible with Alexa - Amazon.com

Broadlink - Home Assistant

Meross Smart Plug Collection – Meross Official Store

Smart Outdoor Plug – Meross Official Store

Hue Smart Plug to Control your Lights | Philips Hue US

TRÅDFRI Wireless control outlet - IKEA

MICRO - SONOFF Official

Soro - For Sonos on the App Store

NEEWER LED Streaming Light with Mac/PC APP Control, 2 in 1 Monitor Mount & Stand, Ultra Bright 2900K-7000K USB Laptop Computer Webcam Lighting for Streaming, Video Conference, Zoom Meeting, PL81 PRO : Electronics

NEEWER Control Center on the Mac App Store

Rose remembered after the show that she bought a smart "streaming light".

Anker 100W Charging Base for Anker Prime Power Bank - Anker US

Keyboard Maestro got a big update, and the Automators are here to report on the new features.

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Keyboard Maestro

Whats New [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Prompt for Snippet [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Create Calendar Event [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Casey Liss to talk about all things automation—from home automation from the 1970s to Shortcuts now.

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Liss is More

Apps — Liss is More

Accidental Tech Podcast

Analog(ue) - Relay FM

X10 (industry standard) - Wikipedia

Toggle or Rocker: Which Light Switch Is Better? - Everyday Home Repairs

The UK usually has a smaller rocker-style switch.

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

Smart Dimmers & Fan Switches | Caseta by Lutron

Aqara Smart Home Controllers

Pushover: Simple Notifications for Android, iPhone, iPad, and Desktop

Pushcut | Automatically show your favorite site's recent news on your homescreen

Home Assistant

Homebridge

In this episode, David and Rosemary dive into the power of the action button on the iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra—and all of its possibilities.

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Rose and David cover some of their favorite Apps that add additional features to Shortcuts.

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Toolbox Pro

Nautomate

Actions for Obsidian on the App Store

Logger for Shortcuts | The Developer Console For Shortcuts

FocusCuts | Focus on your Shortcuts

TestFlight Discord | Pushcut

Data Jar

Jayson

Scriptable

Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

Better Touch Tool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

Opener

Secure ShellFish – SSH Client for iOS

Actions — Sindre Sorhus

HTTPBot - REST Client for iOS, iPadOS & macOS

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Shortery on the Mac App Store

ShareBot for Shortcuts on the Mac App Store

MenuBot: Custom Menu Bar on the Mac App Store

QuietMeet: Auto-Pause Music on the Mac App Store

HomeBot for Shortcuts on the App Store

Yoink for Mac, iPad and iPhone - Simplified and Improved Drag and Drop

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Mail Assistant | Drafts User Guide

In this episode, David and Rosemary do a recap of what's new in iOS 17 and iPadOS17, as well as on the new iPhones.

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Customize the iPhone Action button - 9to5Mac

What’s new in Shortcuts for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, and watchOS 10 - Apple Support

Alex Cox returns to the Automators to share a few new automation tricks and get answers for some more involving NFC Tags, Keyboard Maestro, and Automation Possibilities with Apple's Vision Pro.

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Haptic

It's Great to See You - Haptic with Alex Cox

Do By Friday

Giving up the iPad-only travel dream – Six Colors

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Moom · Many Tricks

Clean up your windows! : App Store Story

Amazon.com: SwitchBot 3PCS NFC Tag Stickers

Amazon.com: Clocky Alarm Clock on Wheels (Original)

Amazon.com: Kafuty-1 Novelty Digital LED Alarm Clock,Gadget Run Away Flying Alarm Clock

Amazon.com : 40Pcs NFC Tags Ntag 215 NFC Stickers

Timery for Toggl

Horizon Workrooms Virtual Office & Meetings | Meta for Work

Apple Vision Pro - Apple

In this episode, Rosemary and David talk about what's happening with Alex Hay's apps for Shortcuts, and then dive into the world of plain HomeKit without extra services.

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Toolbox Pro

Logger for Shortcuts

Nautomate

Apple's Home(Kit) App

Aqara - Smart Home Automation Devices for Better Living

Smart lighting Products | Philips Hue

Smart Home Products - Lighting, Wi-Fi Speakers, Blinds - IKEA

Nanoleaf® Official Site | Smart Home LED Lighting Products (United Kingdom)

HomePass for HomeKit

We didn't mention them on the show, but you should definitely check out Aaron's other HomeKit apps too!

HomeBatteries for HomeKit on the App Store

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Sal Soghoian to talk about everything from launchers such as Alfred, to window management, and more voice control!

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Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Omni Automation and Alfred

Learn AppleScript • Video from Sal

AppleScript: Beginner's Tutorial

‎AppleScript 1-2-3 on Apple Books

Voice Control and Omni Automation

Voice Control Commands: OmniGraffle

OmniFocus Now Gives You Voice Control and More - The Omni Group

Rose and David share a collection of their favorite personal automations ranging from task and project management to home automation.

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Pushcut | Automatically show your favorite site's recent news on your homescreen

Add Child Tasks To Selected in OmnFocus

Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Timery developer Joe Hribar joins the Automators to talk about what's involved with adding automation tools to your App and some of Joe's favorite Automations.

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Timery for Toggl

Screenshot Background Shortcut

Adds a light-color background behind an image like a framed device screenshot. Choose from preset colors, specify custom colors, and on iPhone & iPad, use Toolbox Pro to get colors from the image or pick a specific color from it.

HomeKit Lights to Time Entry Shortcut

Checks your current time entry in Timery and sets HomeKit lights to match with HomeBot. When a current time entry is running, the shortcut will set the lights to the current project’s color. And when a current time entry isn’t running, it will turn off the lights.

Offline Tracking with Timery and Data Jar Shortcut

Enables offline time tracking with Timery and Data Jar to start & stop saved timers and check the current running time entry while offline. When back online, the shortcut can add the offline time entries to Timery.

David and Rosemary have been testing the latest Apple betas on all their devices, despite going off the grid things seem to be going well—and the latest beta has added more automation possibilities!

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Anker PowerHouse | Portable Power Stations & Solar Generators - Anker US

Rose's Solar Power Bank

There is a newer version of this which charges via micro USB, but that doesn't have the extra solar panels which make the recharging considerably faster.

There are likely better options out there, but this was available when I bought it and worked well enough for me.

Smartphone Cooling Fan - Razer Phone Cooler Chroma | Razer United States

Moom - Bunch.app

AppleScript to run Moom from anything—including Shortcuts as well as Bunch.

David and Rose review all the automation changes coming to the Apple platforms from the new software and tools announced at WWDC 2023.

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macOS Sonoma Preview - Apple

iOS 17 Preview - Apple

iPadOS 17 Preview - Apple

watchOS 10 Preview - Apple

ChatGPT on the App Store

Mac Pro - Apple

Mac Studio - Apple

MacBook Air 13- and 15-inch with M2 - Apple

Apple Vision Pro - Apple

David and Rosemary go through their 2023 WWDC wish list and ideas! From Maps and CarPlay to HomeKit and beyond, nothing escapes their focus (modes).

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Apple previews Live Speech, Personal Voice, and more new accessibility features - Apple

Some of the Automators' favorite apps are upping their automation game with updates to Airtable, Drafts, and iOS.

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Introduction - Airtable Web API

Using Airtable with Drafts - Integration Guides - Drafts Community

Airtable API key deprecation notice | Airtable Support

Airtable | Drafts Script Reference

Changelog - Airtable Web API

Release Notes | Drafts User Guide

Services | Drafts User Guide

Drafts Templates | Drafts User Guide

Mustache Templates | Drafts User Guide

{{ mustache }}

Mustache Prompt for Drafts

Drafts Directory | Drafts Directory

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

What’s new in Shortcuts - Apple Support

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

What’s new in Shortcuts - Apple Support

It's time for some automation feedback. Topics include task inbox processing, automated check-ins, dumping automation confirmations with Shortcuts, home automation, and time tracking.

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Getting Things Done® - David Allen's GTD® Methodology

Pushcut | Automatically show your favorite site's recent news on your homescreen

Data Jar

Timery for Toggl

Timing Automatic Mac Time Tracker – Manual Timers Optional

Presence Sensor FP2

HOOBS™ – USER FRIENDLY HOME AUTOMATION FOR EVERYONE

In this episode David and Rosemary go on Safari and look at all the settings, extensions and integrations you can use to automate you browsing across macOS and iOS.

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Add websites to your Favourites in Safari on Mac – Apple Support

BookMacster | Sheep Systems

DuckDuckGo !Bangs

OmSave for Safari on the Mac App Store

Awesome Screenshot & Recorder on the Mac App Store

Redirect Web for Safari on the App Store

URL Linker for Safari on the Mac App Store

Downie on Setapp | Ultimate YouTube downloader

Choosy: A smarter default browser for macOS

Dark Reader for Safari on the App Store

Noir - Dark Mode for Safari on the App Store

Baking Soda - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

Vinegar - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

GoodLinks on the App Store

Readwise on the App Store

Grammarly: Writing App on the Mac App Store

Opening Websites/URL schemes - Bunch.app

Safari/Browser Actions [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Actions Listed

Edit and customise Tab Groups in Safari on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Organize your tabs with Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by creator of PCalc, Dice and About (by PCalc), James Thomson. They talk about James' first implementations of automation in his apps, as well as what automations he's using now, and AppleScript vs Shortcuts.

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PCalc

TLA Systems Ltd. Apps on the App Store

TLA Systems | Cotton Bureau

PCalc t-shirts and Pins!

AppleScript - Wikipedia

Record actions in Script Editor on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Frontier: The UserLand Kernel

The Official DragThing Home Page

Motion Sensor P1

Motion Sensor P1

Hiome

Status Update | Hiome

TLA Systems Home Page

Graphing Calculator Story

Copland (operating system) - Wikipedia

Quote by Douglas Adams

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”

Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation?

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macOS Hidden Treasures: Batch-Rename Items in the Finder - TidBITS

Find and delete duplicate photos and videos on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Gemini Photos: The Best Gallery Cleaner for Your iPhone

Gemini 2: Instant Duplicate File Finder for Mac

Take a screenshot on your Mac – Apple Support

Take screenshots or screen recordings on Mac – Apple Support

How to change the default name of screenshots on Mac

How to remove the shadow effect from screenshots on Mac

CleanShot X for Mac

Pixelmator Pro

Image2icon - Your Mac. Your Icons.

Yoink for iPad and iPhone - Simplify and Improve Drag and Drop

Yoink for Mac - Simplify and Improve Drag and Drop

Layout from Instagram on the App Store

Picsew - Screenshot Stitching on the App Store

In this episode Rosemary and David welcome Myke Hurley back to the show to talk about taking over his new Home with HomeKit.

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Smart lighting | Philips Hue UK

Wifi Led Stripe - Meross Smart Home Devices - MSL320

Shane Whatley - YouTube

HomeKit Authority - YouTube

Eric Welander - YouTube

Homebridge

Home Assistant

HomeLog for HomeKit on the App Store

HomeKit Apps | Pearce Media

HomePass for HomeKit & Matter on the App Store

Controller for HomeKit

Canary: A complete home security system in a single device

Home | abode

HomeKit Security System - Home Security In Apple Ecosystem - abode

Smart Security Kit - Top-Rated DIY Smart Home Security System - abode

abode Cam - 1080 Video Capture When Alarm Is Triggered - abode

S220 Indoor Cam - eufy

How to Setup HomeKit for HomeKit-Enabled Security Devices

Camera Hub G2H Pro

Aqara Sensors

Wireless Speakers - Smart Speakers - WiFi Speakers - IKEA

Lightwave – Smart Home & Home Automation with Lightwave

Smart Dimmers - Lightwave

Smart Sockets - Lightwave

Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (No Neutral)

Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (With Neutral)

Unlock your door with a home key on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Conexis L1 | Smart Locks | Yale Home

Yale Access Connect Kit

Sadly this doesn't actually support HomeKit—the US hub is the one that does.

Multi-Point Door Locks | Yale

Multipoint Locking Systems Explained

Play light bars + Hue Play gradient lightstrip + Hue sync box | Philips Hue UK

Nest & Google - The best of Google. The best of Nest.

Meross Smart Thermostat for Electric Underfloor Heating System, MTS200 – Meross Official Store

Relay FM

Cortex Podcast | Cotton Bureau

Allison Sheridan joins us to share her automation workflows. Topics include Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, and more automation tools.

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Taming the Terminal - Podfeet Podcasts

Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Noodlesoft Forums • Index page

Programming by Stealth Archives - Podfeet Podcasts

Organize your Mac desktop with Stage Manager - Apple Support

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Failure Aborts Macro [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Retrobatch, from Flying Meat

ImageMagick – Convert, Edit, or Compose Digital Images

TextExpander, Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Auphonic

Automating Conversion of Transparent PNGs to Opaque - Podfeet Podcasts

iOS Today | Apple iOS Podcast | Apps, Tips & News | TWiT

Find and compare best prepaid eSIM for travelers

Welcome Automators Listeners!

After diving into software launchers in episode 120, Rosemary and David take a look at doing things with real physical buttons, in all the forms that can take.

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Hyperkey

Hyper Key Via BetterTouchTool - MacSparky

Defining a Hyper Key · GitBook

Ultimate Hacking Keyboard – The keyboard. For professionals.

I wrote a review of the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for you nerds - BrettTerpstra.com

Automators #119: Moving Houses and to the Mac with Chris Lawley - Relay FM

BN009 | Binepad

VIA | VIA

Wireless Gaming Mouse - Razer Basilisk Ultimate

This is the mouse Rosemary uses.

Contour Design - ergonomic mice in superior design

Home | Loupedeck Online Store

Customizable Quick Keys with OLED Display | Xencelabs Official e-store

SpaceMouse Pro Wireless: comfort at mobile CAD workplace

Stream Deck + | Elgato

Stream Deck Pedal | elgato.com

Stream Deck · BetterTouchTool

Rose and David spent some time looking at Raycast, the latest Mac launcher to arrive on the market, and compare it to their current favorite launcher, Alfred.

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Search with Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support

Raycast

How to use Raycast and how it compares to Spotlight and Alfred - The Verge

Why I chose Raycast over Alfred. I am a long-time user of Alfred —… | by Safwan Samsudeen | Dec, 2022 | Medium

Raycast vs. Alfred or Launchbar? - Software - MPU Talk

Alfred App

Alfred Gallery

Chris Lawley, YouTuber, nerd, and photographer joins David and Rosemary to talk about moving house and what that means for his smart home, as well as his journey back to the Mac.

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The Untitled Site by Christopher Lawley

Christopher Lawley (@[email protected]) - Mastodon

Christopher Lawley - YouTube

Caseta Wireless Smart Switches | Lutron

Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch | Lutron

Roomba® j7+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum Cleaner | iRobot® | iRobot

DEEBOT X1 OMNI | All-in-One Robotic Vacuum and Mop Combo-ECOVACS UK

Rosemary has the X1 Omni Turbo—keep an eye out for deals on Amazon.

All the Homekit locks that support Apple Home Key | AppleInsider

SmartDrop, Smart Delivery Box - eufy

Raycast

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Raycast - Extensions

Alfred Workflows - Extend Alfred and Boost Your Productivity

Stream Deck + | Elgato

Myke Hurley's Friday Keyboard Club

BN009 Macro Pad | Binepad

VIA | Keyboard Configurator

VIA Usage Guide | Keebio Documentation

In this episode Rose and David dig into the questions and feedback bag. Topics include Apple Notes and Reminders, home automation (hooray for doorbell cams!), window management, and IR blasting. Good times!

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Arlo Video Doorbells with HD Resolution, Night Vision & More

Windows Task Scheduler - Wikipedia

Moom · Many Tricks

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

SwitchBot US - Your Simple Switch to a Smart Home

Explore Integrations - IFTTT

Logitech Harmony

Marantz™ AV Receivers - Audio & Home Theater | Marantz™

Home Assistant

In this episode David and Rosemary dive into Make.com and get nerdy with a new online automation platform. And because it's the holidays they also touch on some of their holiday automations!

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Brett Terpstra joins David to explain some of his favorite automation tools and tricks.

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BrettTerpstra.com

GrabLinks - BrettTerpstra.com

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

SearchLink - BrettTerpstra.com

howzit - BrettTerpstra.com

Slogger - BrettTerpstra.com

BetterTouchTool

nvUltra - Searchable, portable, MultiMarkdown notes

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Simon Støvring returns to talk about how much automation has changed and what his favourite new features are.

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Meccano - Wikipedia

Scriptable

Runestone

GitHub: Runestone

Performant plain text editor for iOS with syntax highlighting, line numbers, invisible characters and much more.

Runestone | Documentation

Rest – HTTP API Client on the App Store

Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, SSH, Dropbox, Google Drive - for iPad

Data Jar

Jayson

macOS Ventura has arrived! David and Rose break down all the new automating possibilities with the latest Mac operating system.

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Apple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colors - Apple

Apple introduces next-generation iPad Pro, supercharged by the M2 chip - Apple

Apple introduces the powerful next-generation Apple TV 4K - Apple

macOS Ventura is now available - Apple

Ventura Adds Shortcuts to Its Share Menu - MacStories

Move, resize, and organize windows with Stage Manager on iPad – Apple Support (UK)

Use Stage Manager to organize apps and windows on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

In this news, Rosemary and David look into non-continous automations and how breaking up a process can improve your automation abilities.

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FocusCuts | Focus on your Shortcuts

Pushcut | Triggers, Notifications & Widgets for Shortcuts, HomeKit, and Online Automation

Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Keyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Public Web Trigger [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Remote Trigger [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Alfred | ThoughtAsylum

An Update to the Conductor Workflow | ThoughtAsylum

Rose and David are diving deep into the new iOS 16 Focus Modes. Do you think the Automators are just using a portion of the new Focus Mode features? Of course not! They are going straight into the deep end.

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The Apple Watch Ultra on Rose's Wrist

How Rose is handling the Action button on the Apple Watch Ultra

This week, David and Rosemary dive into David's new studio and plan out how to automate everything.

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App going into the dynamic island with the curveball | Cabel on Twitter

Endor Studios - MacSparky

Hue White and Colour Ambiance Iris table lamp | Philips Hue

Hue White and Colour Ambiance Bloom table lamp | Philips Hue

Hue White and Colour Ambiance Go portable light (latest model) | Philips Hue

Play Light Bar | Philips Hue

Meross Lights

Controlling the Logitech Litra Glow via Shortcuts – Six Colors

Aqara Human Presence Sensor Fp1 Smart Human Body Exists Sensor Zigbee 3.0 Connection Smart Home For App Aqara Home / Homekit - Smart Remote Control - AliExpress

Roller Shade Driver E1

Smart Roller Shade Controller

Curtain Driver E1 (Rod Version)

There is also a track version

SwitchBot Curtain Rod2 – SwitchBot UK

Home Assistant Yellow | Crowd Supply

LumiCube: An LED cube kit for the Raspberry Pi by Abstract Foundry — Kickstarter

iOS 16 is nearly here, and there are a lot of automation updates to try out. In this episode, Rosemary and David walk you through them all.

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Material Dock – Studio Neat

Anker 533 Magnetic Wireless Charger (3-in-1 Stand)

Forté for iPhone

HiRise 3 Wireless Charging Stand

3-in-1 Wireless MagSafe Charger for iPhone 13 | Belkin

From simple improvements to deep cross-linking and pages which update, there's a lot you can automate within your note-taking app of choice. In this episode, the automation gang take on Obsidian, and all of its plugins.

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Obsidian

Plugins - Obsidian

Plugin: Advanced Tables

Templates - Obsidian Help

Command palette - Obsidian Help

Workspaces - Obsidian Help

Themes and plugins - Obsidian Help

for Theme Designers - Obsidian Hub - Obsidian Publish

Obsidian Sync

Introduction to Obsidian Sync - Obsidian Help

GitHub - ryanjamurphy/workbench-obsidian: A plugin to help you collect working materials.

Plugin: Better Codeblock

Dataview

Plugin: Paste URL into Selection

Plugin: Note Auto Creator

Plugin: Note Auto Mover

Plugin: Tasks

Plugin: Link Headers Directly

Plugin: Dynamic Table of Contents

Plugin: Advanced New File

Introduction - Templater

Plugin: Advanced New File

Plugin: Advanced New Folder

Plugin: Embedded Note Titles

Using obsidian URI - Obsidian Help

The URL Scheme documentation

Plugin: Advanced Obsidian URI

Obsidian Advanced URI

Yes, it can open a workspace!

Community - Obsidian

Plugin: Txt as MD

In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.

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Controller for HomeKit – Your Smart Home Companion

Text Case

Pushcut - Triggers, notifications & widgets that kick off your automation

Data Jar

Toolbox Pro

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

BetterTouchTool Forums

PopClip for Mac

PopClip Forum

OmSave: Safari Extension for OmniFocus

Awesome Screenshot -- Screen recorder and Screen capture

StopTheMadness

Vinegar - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

Baking Soda - Tube Cleaner on the App Store

URL Linker for Safari on the Mac App Store

HomeControl Menu for HomeKit on the Mac App Store

Scenecuts on the Mac App Store

QuietMeet: Auto-Pause Music on the Mac App Store

Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu

Right Click Booster on the Mac App Store

Default Folder X

ForkLift 3 - most advanced file manager and FTP client for macOS

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Sal Soghoian takes David and Rosemary on an epic automation adventure. Starting with a look back at Automator on the Mac, and looking at the star Shortcuts developers now—before diving into Sal's latest project of custom voice control with OmniFocus and beyond.

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Shared Classes & Methods: Speech

Voice Control and Omni Automation

OmniFocus: Tutorial

Combinations! Lately, a lot of the best Mac automation tools have become conversant with each other. In this episode, Rose and David discuss the best ways to make automation apps work together.

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Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

FastScripts 3

Automators #101: Red Sweaters and AppleScript Fun with Daniel Jalkut - Relay FM

Using macOS Shortcuts with an Alfred workflow - Alfred Blog

Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Alfred - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

Stream Deck · GitBook

Home Automation - Bunch.app

Kaleidoscope Release Notes

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Manual — Scripting and Automation

Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource Manual — Using Shortcuts with SoundSource

Shortcut Actions [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Execute Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Execute or Edit Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Edit Shortcut [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined once more by Scotty Jackson. They take a look at home automation related to Focus Modes, and whether or not you can automate a podcast.

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Apple Beta Software Program

Hue Go

Signals for HomeKit on the App Store

Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group

Agenda - Date-focused Note Taking.

Execute an AppleScript via Calendar - Apple Community

trigger:Time of Day [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Set Macro or Group Enable [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Run a shortcut using a URL scheme on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Run a shortcut using a URL scheme on iPhone or iPad – Apple Support (UK)

Run shortcuts from the command line – Apple Support (UK)

Home Automation (Shortcuts) - Bunch.app

Audacity ® | Free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice

Day Automation: Agenda Daily Log – HeyScottyJ

X-callback-url Support and Reference - Shortcuts - Agenda Community

Hooray. It's a new WWDC and there are new Automation features! Rose and David are here to preview them all for you.

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App intents | Apple Developer Documentation

Full list of changes for shortcuts in iOS 16 : shortcuts

Here are iOS 16 features that will delay - 9to5Mac

Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide

Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide - Plus Edition

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by author, podcaster, and automator Dan Moren to talk about his automation experiences and solutions.

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Dan Moren

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MIT Mystery Hunt / Puzzle Club

Mystery machine: Automating puzzle hunting – Six Colors

Make | Work the way you imagine

Zapier | Automation that moves you forward

Spaces: The final frontier – Six Colors

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

SoundSource 5.5 adds Shortcuts support for full Mac audio automation – Six Colors

In case of podcast problem, push button – Six Colors

More notes on Podcast Notes automation – Six Colors

Podcast Note workflow, now with Shortcuts – Six Colors

More notes on Podcast Notes automation – Six Colors

More podcast workflow tweaks – Six Colors

Automators #92: If This, Then Dave Hamilton - Relay FM

Automate This: Reading comics on the regular – Six Colors

Rose and David dig deep on all of Automator's varied automation tools.

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DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS

Differences between indexing vs. importing files - DEVONthink - DEVONtechnologies Community

DEVONtechnologies | Handbooks and Extras

DEVONthink Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Daniel Jalkut, the man in the red sweater behind FastScripts, MarsEdit, and the Core Intuition podcast. Together they ponder the future of AppleScript, the restaurant at the end of the universe, and just how fast is a script?

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Red Sweater Software

xkcd: Automation time spent vs saved

invariablyafk/thinkc-mac-classic-helloworld: Hello world example using Think C 5.0, for Classic Macintosh System 7

Dash for macOS - API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager - Kapeli

Getting Started with Headless Chrome - Chrome Developers

Puppeteer  |  Tools for Web Developers  |  Google Developers

Driving Headless Chrome with Python - GeeksforGeeks

Selenium

SmolSoftBoi/puppeteer-stealth: For puppeteer to prevent detection.

iCab Mobile (Web Browser) on the App Store

Beautiful Soup Documentation — Beautiful Soup 4.4.0 documentation

Transloader for Mac, iPhone and iPad - Eternal Storms Software

FastScripts 3

1.4 Using OSA Menu with OS 9

Apple's Script - Red Sweater Blog

FastScripts 3: Scriptlight Search, Parallel Execution, Progress Reporting, and More! - Red Sweater Blog

How to Create and Use Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on a Mac

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 343, With Paul Kafasis

BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

Core Intuition Podcast

In this episode of Automators, David and Rosemary look at their favourite automations, most wished for features, and how their automation has evolved in 100 episodes.

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Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Shortcuts User Guide

Drafts 10th Anniversary - Drafts User Guide

IFTTT

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Make | Work the way you imagine

Formerly Integromat

Razer Naga

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS

Hooray! It's Automation April and Federico Viticci and John Voorhees join the Automators to talk about it, along with some of their favorite automation.

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Federico Viticci and John Voorhees

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Introducing Automation April: A Month-Long Community Event About Automation, Featuring Shortcuts, Interviews, Discord Workshops, and a Shortcut Contest - MacStories

Enter Your Shortcuts in the Automation April Shortcuts Contest - MacStories

Automation April: 10 Shortcuts for Apple Translate, Live Text, Finder Images, Pixelmator Pro, and More - MacStories

Automation April: A Three-Part Shortcuts Workflow for Syncing Timestamped Research Notes with Videos - MacStories

Automation April - All the Posts - MacStories

ShareBot for Shortcuts on the App Store

Dolphin Emulator - GameCube/Wii games

BetterTouchTool - Great Tools for your Mac!

Raycast

Shortcuts Integration · BetterTouchTool

Logger

@AutomationApril | Twitter

AppStories

Rose and David have several automation topics on the table in this episode including Shortcuts on the Mac, a Stream Deck check-in, and automating Obsidian. Also, they have thoughts on the new Mac Studio.

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Run a shortcut while working on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Automator: Folder Actions

Run shortcuts from the command line – Apple Support (UK)

Alfred - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Bypass - Shortcuts Support for Stream Deck | ThoughtAsylum

Hazel 5.1 Release Notes – Noodlesoft

Obsidian

Dataview

arnau/obsidian-metatable: An Obsidian plugin to display the frontmatter section as a fully expanded table.

jplattel/open-note-to-window-title: Small Obsidian plugin that updates the window title with the current open note

SilentVoid13/Templater: A template plugin for obsidian

Introduction - Templater

In this episode, David asks all the questions and we get into the nitty gritty details of how Rosemary's workflows and systems are being automated. From Hazel to Home Assistant, with a sprinkling of Airtable, there's variety and magic.

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Hazel – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS

RosemaryOrchard/systemConfigs

ZSH, Git configs, etc.

Bunch.app

Snippets - Bunch.app

Moom · Many Tricks

Home Assistant

Generic Thermostat - Home Assistant

Home Assistant | Zigbee2MQTT

This is how I pair my Aqara and IKEA devices directly to Home Assistant

HomeKit - Home Assistant

This is how I share the Aqara and IKEA devices back into HomeKit.

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Airtable

Make | Work the way you imagine

Formerly known as Integromat

URL Linker for Safari on the App Store

Stream Deck Pedal | elgato.com

Mikah Sargent is using all the automations and joins this week to share some of his favorite Mac, iOS, and home workflows.

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Guest Starring:

Mikah Sargent

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Updating the TextExpander Tools - BrettTerpstra.com

Public Snippet Groups & Templates | TextExpander

Rocketbook - Smart Notebook - Reusable Notepads

Patterns - The Regex App on the App Store

Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition [Book]

regex101: build, test, and debug regex

action:Insert Text by Typing [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Stream Deck | elgato.com

Dan Sturm — You're Doing That Wrong

The XY Problem

Markdown to HTML

Markdown to HTML (Drafts)

Markdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.com

There's a new version of Keyboard Maestro with plenty of new automation tools. David and Rose have some great ideas of how to take advantage of the new features.

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The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Whats New In Verison 10?

The Keyboard Maestro Field Guide

Select or Show a Menu Item [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Find Image on Screen [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Triggers [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

PopClip for Mac

RosemaryOrchard/PopClip-Extensions

This week, Rosemary and David are joined by Jeff Richardson: lawyer by day, automator for life.

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Guest Starring:

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iPhone J.D.

In the News

ZX81 - Wikipedia

apple-history.com / Macintosh Plus

TextExpander – Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Save keystrokes with text replacements on iPhone – Apple Support

Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac - Apple Support

Daring Fireball: iOS 15 Autocorrect Continues to Irritate

2.0 vs 20

Keyboard Maestro 10.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Pause Until [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Application Switcher [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Keyboard Maestro Discourse - Discussion forum for Keyboard Maestro, the powerful macro program for macOS

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

Eve Motion | evehome.com

Battery Surveillance Cameras | eufy Security

Make sure to look for the HomeKit ones.

eufy Security eufyCam 2 Pro Add-On Camera

Jeff's outdoor cameras

eufyCam 2C Add-on Camera | eufy Security Surveillance Camera

Rosemary's outdoor camera

HomeCam for HomeKit

Jeff's Receipt Shortcut

Data Jar

Hurricane Ida - iPhone J.D.

Crouton

MacSparky Labs - MacSparky

David's made a few changes and it's time for an Automator-style audit. In this episode Rose and David cover email, task management, calendars, desktop setups, web automation, and more.

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David Sparks

The Editor
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The Fixer
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Why I'm No Longer Practicing Law - MacSparky

MacSparky Labs

Thank You and a Few Updates - MacSparky

MacSparky - Fiddly awesome help with Apple technologies

WordPress Hosting, Perfected. | WP Engine®

Grammarly Now Supports Native Mac Apps - Software - MPU Talk

MarsEdit 4 - Powerful web publishing from your Mac.

iWeb - Wikipedia

PublishPress: Editorial Calendar, Workflow, Comments, Notifications and Statuses – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

Email alias - Wikipedia

Zendesk: Customer Service Software

Zoho Desk | Customer Service Software for Context-Aware Support

SaneBox | Email Management for Any Inbox

MailMate

OmniFocus Field Guide, Third Edition | MacSparky Field Guides

Moom · Many Tricks

The Sparky Status Board 2.0 - MacSparky

Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

David and Rosemary were joined by Dave Hamilton, the man with many automations - from nap time to making a window stay put, there's plenty of fun ideas to steal.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Dave Hamilton

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Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd

Mac Geek Gab Podcast - The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer - Apple iPhone, Mac, Watch and iPad News, Opinions, Tips and Podcasts

Automators #89: Kelly Guimont, iPhone Automator - Relay FM

Overcast

Timex/Sinclair Computers – The Authoritative Website for Timex/Sinclair Computers

Commodore PET - Wikipedia

Apple IIc - Wikipedia

Homebridge

Hoobs™ – User Friendly Home Automation For Everyone

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

CPLAY2air wireless adapter for factory CarPlay on CARPLAY2air.com – CPLAY2air.com

Quitter – Marco.org

action:Insert Text by Typing [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

manual:Filters [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

action:Filter [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Data Jar

Dave's Nap Time Shortcut

Stay on the App Store

Dave Hamilton (@DaveHamilton) / Twitter

Health Essentials Pain Relief Plus Tablets 16 Pack | ALDI

In this episode, David and Rosemary dive into Focus modes, how they use them, and of course, how they automate them - both setting, and automations when they trigger them.

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Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Flexibits | Cardhop | The contacts app you'll actually want to use.

Automating the Holidays has never been easier. Rose and David have a pile of holiday-related automations to make life easier and impress your friends and family.

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Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
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Random Holiday Wallpaper | Shortcut

Is It After Sunset? | Shortcut Example

Magic Band Scanners and movie props by Props88 on Etsy

Props88 Magic Band Scanner Store

Alfred Workfow - Bypass for Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

Shortery - Shortcut Automation for your Mac

Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0- The Walnut Heist - YouTube

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Kelly Guimont and dive into getting started with automation, fun seasonal lighting, and the trouble with tribbles, er HomePod mini multiplication.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Kelly Guimont

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TextExpander – Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication

Keyboard Maestro 10.0: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd

Podcasters: How to Log Chapter Timestamps with Keyboard Maestro - The Mac Observer

Smart light bulbs | Philips Hue

The Trouble with Tribbles - Wikipedia

‎Signals for HomeKit on the App Store

Ambify - Turn Music into Light!

iConnectHue | The essential Philips Hue Lights App for iPhone and iPad

‎Animate for Philips Hue on the App Store

‎iLightShow for Philips Hue on the App Store

Kelly Guimont, Author at The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer's Daily Observations Podcast

I Want My M(CU)TV - a podcast from The Incomparable

Kelly Guimont | The Incomparable

Ryan J.A. Murphy joins to share automation tips for Obsidian, augmented intelligence, and automated parenting.

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Guest Starring:

Ryan JA Murphy

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Credits

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Rosemary Orchard
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The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
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Ryan's Website - axle.design

Automation for Augmented Cognition

The Incredible Machine (series) - Wikipedia

Obsidian Forum

Obsidian October 2021

TypeScript: JavaScript With Syntax For Types.

How to get started with developing a custom Plugin? - Developers & API - Obsidian Forum

Sample Plugin for Obsidian

You can use this as a base to create a new plugin

Obsidian Plugin CLI

A CLI tool to make building an obsidian plugin simple

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

UPDATE: Link to the video on developing a plugin

An Obsidian Homescreen for iPhone and iPad

The Sparky Status Board 2.0 — MacSparky

Gestimer - For those little reminders during the day

Quickly create a Kanban board with many linked notes using Dataview and Templater - Share & showcase - Obsidian Forum

UPDATE: New URL Schemes plugin

Advanced Obsidian URI: Advanced modes for Obsidian URI

Lumberjack plugin for Obsidian

Log your thoughts! Lumberjack adds URL commands to help you axe inefficiency and get right to writing.

Automators #86: Micro-Automations - Relay FM

Urgent automation ideas: baby's coming! - Software - MPU Talk

How to share albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad and Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Create albums to manage photos in Photo Station | Get Started With DSM - Synology Knowledge Center

UPDATE: Shortcut related to wake up time

UPDATE: Link to timer app

Readwise API | Readwise

Fulcra Design

Email automation is a thing, but email rules-based automation is another thing entirely.

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Common Gmail filters

Search operators that you can use with Gmail - Gmail Help

Importance markers in Gmail - Gmail Help

Upgrade to iCloud+ – Apple Support (UK)

Organizing your inbox – Fastmail

Fastmail Filters and Rules Put Mail in Its Place

SpamSieve: Easy-to-use Mac spam filter for Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail, MailMate, and more

Subscribe to Email Newsletters in Feedbin

joelekstrom/fastmate: A native Fastmail-wrapper for Mac.

IMAP by Zapier Integrations | Connect Your Apps with Zapier

Add Event During Work Hours (Simple)

Add Event During Work Hours (Advanced)

Micro-Automations! It's those tiny little automations that can make your life easy. We've been building them and today we're sharing them.

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Credits

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Rosemary Orchard
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The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

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OSA Script Plugin for Stream Deck

To run AppleScript

RosemaryOrchard/AppleScripts

Rosemary Orchard's AppleScripts

Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app

Automators #75: Bunches of Automation, with Jay Miller - Relay FM

SystemPreferences | Apple Developer Documentation

com.apple.preference ... names are here

Late Night Software | The home of Script Debugger

Unclack for macOS

FastScripts

Execute an AppleScript [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

AppleScript - Drafts User Guide

Look right at the bottom of the page

PopClip for Mac

PopClip Extensions

RosemaryOrchard/PopClip-Extensions

PopMaker - BrettTerpstra.com

Brett's PopClip Extensions - BrettTerpstra.com

Control PopClip using AppleScript - Pilotmoon Software Knowledge Base

Use this to make PopClip appear with a keyboard shortcut

Make your own PopClip Extensions - Pilotmoon Software Knowledge Base

pilotmoon/PopClip-Extensions: Documentation and source code for PopClip extensions.

In this episode, David and Rosemary cover the automation changes with iOS 15, and look at Shortcuts on the Mac. There's also an powerless automation conumdrum to solve!

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Relay FM for St. Jude 2021

Bonus Balderdash! - YouTube

Rosemary appeared in this Relay FM episode of Balderdash as a fundraising target for the St Jude Campaign!

MoKo Universal Foldable Keyboard, Rechargeable Portable Ultra-Thin Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Fit with iPhone, iPad, Compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Tablets Smartphones Devices - Gray : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

MoKo [4 Pack Phone/Tablet Stand, Foldable Multi-angle Desktop Holder for iPhone X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus, iPhone SE 2020, iPad Pro 11 2020/10.2/Air 3/Mini 5, Galaxy S20 6.2"/S9/S9 Plus/Note 8, Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

MoKo [4 Pack Phone/Tablet Stand, Foldable Desktop Holder for 4-11" Devices, Fit with iPhone 13 Pro Max/13, iPhone 12/12 pro Max/11, iPad Air 4/Mini 6 2021, iPad 9th 10.2, Galaxy S20, Black : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

https://amzn.to/3EE9JEy

Moft Smart Lap Desk Mat on Kickstarter – MOFT

iPad expert Chris Lawly joins in to talk about iPad-based automation and where a Mac fits in his workflow.

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Guest Starring:

Chris Lawley

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Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
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Christopher Lawley - YouTube

Obsidian

Automators #73: Custom Drafts Themes, Syntax, and more with Tim Nahumck - Relay FM

Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software

LumaFusion - LumaTouch

What is a Regex (Regular Expression)?

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Cross-Linking (Action Library) | Drafts Directory

Linking Drafts - Drafts User Guide

Previews are in the current beta, which will be released with iOS 15.

Craft - Create Amazing Documents

Manning | Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

What Does Case Sensitive Mean? (Case Sensitivity)

Utility - Drafts User Guide

Templates - Drafts User Guide

Themes - Drafts User Guide

Dark Knight | Drafts Directory

In this episode of Automators. David and Rosemary dive into Rosemary's updates to her home automation, smart locks, Home Assistant, and even a cute little robot mop...

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SONOFF Micro USB Smart Adaptor - remotely control USB Devices

Smart Wall Switch H1 (No Neutral)

There is also a version of this which does need a neutral wire, those can relay Zigbee signal, helpful if you need to extend it from the hub!

Caseta Wireless Smart Switches | Lutron

Mi Light Sensor (review) – Homekit News and Reviews

SwitchBot Solar Panel – SwitchBot Global

TRÅDFRI Shortcut button, white - IKEA

Flic 2 | The Smart Button for Lights, Music, Smart Home and More

SYMFONISK - A Collaboration with Sonos Speakers - IKEA

SYMFONISK Picture frame with WiFi speaker, black - IKEA

eufy Security Video Doorbell 2K (Battery-Powered)

Smartmi Air Purifier P1 – smartmiglobal

Air Purifier H06 — Himox.com/home

‎Tuya Smart on the App Store

How to Use Tuya Homebridge Plugin

iRobot Braava® 390t

Amazon.com: iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Robot Vacuum with Automatic Dirt Disposal-Empties Itself, Wi-Fi Connected, Smart Mapping, Works with Alexa, Ideal for Pet Hair, Carpets, Hard Floors, Black : Everything Else

Home Assistant

Bob mini dishwasher

Use a TP-Link HS110 to monitor my washing machine - Configuration - Home Assistant Community

Conexis L1 | Smart Locks | YaleHome

Keyless Connected | Smart Locks | YaleHome

Smart Locks | Kwikset

Jason Snell joins the Automators to talk about his automation journey, some useful automations, and the promise of Shortcuts for Mac.

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Guest Starring:

Jason Snell

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Six Colors – Apple, technology, and other stuff by Jason Snell & Dan Moren

User Automation – Six Colors

All the "Bad AppleScript" posts are in this category.

Jason Snell on GitHub

Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu

jasonsnell/PurpleAir-AQI-Scriptable-Widget: Generate Scriptable app widget to query PurpleAir sensor and display local AQI.

Links | Markdown Guide

For all kinds of links, including reference links.

RegexOne - Lesson 12: Nested groups

In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by Zach, the creator of JellyCuts - a text IDE for Shortcuts.

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Guest Starring:

Zachary Lineman

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Jellycuts

Zachary Lineman

Hacking with Swift – learn to code iPhone and iPad apps with free Swift 5.4 tutorials

sebj/iOS-Shortcuts-Reference: Reference documentation for the iOS Shortcuts app file structure

Jellycuts Documentation

Shortcuts SubReddit

Jayson

Rose and David take on automating your calendar in several ways, including repeating events, templates, shortcuts, and calendar blocking apps. They also update the latest developments in automated time-tracking.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

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Flexibits | Fantastical | The calendar and tasks app you won't be able to live without.

Sorted³ – Hyper-schedule your entire day in one place

Timery for Toggl

Toggl Time Tracking

In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by none other than Brett Terpstra, creator of Bunch, to talk about automation!

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Welcome to Bunch - Bunch

Moom · Many Tricks

Intro - Bunch

Snippets - Bunch

Moom - Bunch

Keystrokes - Bunch

Sample Bunches - Bunch

Frontmatter - Bunch

Opening Other Bunches - Bunch

Scheduling Bunches - Bunch

Snippets - Bunch

Startup Scripts - Bunch

URL Handler - Bunch

Task Managers - Bunch

Obsidian

BetterTouchTool - Bunch

Hazel - Bunch

Running AppleScript - Bunch

Running Shell Scripts - Bunch

Podcasting | Sample Bunches - Bunch

Home | Dark Noise

Charlie Chapman

‎Dark Noise on the App Store

Karabiner-Elements

folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!

A Modern Space Cadet / Steve Losh

Stream Deck - Bunch

Bunch and the Stream Deck - BrettTerpstra.com

Vim (text editor) - Wikipedia

Emacs - Wikipedia

How-to: macOS Key bindings - SS64.com

Jekyll • Simple, blog-aware, static sites | Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs

BTT as Default Browser / URL Based Triggers · GitBook

Choosy: A smarter default browser for macOS

Hooray! Apple has made Shortcuts for the Mac. In this episode Rose and David dive deep on their initial impressions with the Mac version of Shortcuts and how well it plays with traditional Mac Automation.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Kerry Provanzano

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Mac Power Users #592: WWDC 2021 and the Future of Mac Automation - Relay FM

SF Symbols - Apple Developer

Meet Shortcuts for macOS - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Design great actions for Shortcuts, Siri, and Suggestions - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Donate intents and expand your app’s presence - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

Keynote - WWDC 2021 - Videos - Apple Developer

David and Rosemary are joined by The Unicorn Sidekick, Kathy Campbell, to talk automation. From Lightroom and handling thousands of photos, to Shortcuts for launching music playback, there's plenty of automation to discover!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Kathy Campbell

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Home - The Unicorn Sidekick

Automators #34: Getting Cozy with Regular Expressions - Relay FM

Roboism #38: Triggering the Maestros - Relay FM

Default Folder X

Default Folder X on Setapp | Major upgrade for Open and Save dialogs

Rose and David dig in with ways they are using the Mac utility Alfred to automate using their Macs. This episode starts with the basics and then starts digging down.

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Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Mac Power Users #497: Spotlight, Alfred & LaunchBar - Relay FM

Guides and Tutorials - Alfred Help and Support

Workflows - Alfred Help and Support

Advanced Preferences - Alfred Help and Support

Snippets and Text Expansion - Alfred Help and Support

Snippets - Alfred

Rocket – the best emoji app for Mac

Alfred 4 Update - Apple Mac, iPad & iPhone Tutorials from ScreenCastsOnline

Amazon.com: Anker Magnetic Wireless Portable Charger, PowerCore Magnetic 5K Wireless 5,000mAh Power Bank with USB-C Cable, Design for iPhone 12/12 Pro / 12 Pro Max / 12 Mini

Alfred Workflows - Extend Alfred and Boost Your Productivity

TimeZones-Alfred Workflow

rhydlewis/search-omnifocus: Alfred workflow that allows free text searching of OmniFocus tasks

VPN Connections | Packal

Adding tasks from Alfred 3? - OmniFocus - The Omni Group User Forums

File Search - Alfred Help and Support

In this episode, Rosemary and David chat to Jay Miller about how he automates, using Keyboard Maestro, Alfred, Bunch, and more.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Jay Miller

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AIOHTTP

Asynchronous downloads in Python

Instant Search Workflow | Packal

Packal Alfred OmniFocus Scripts — MacSparky

Bunch | Brett Terpstra

kjaymiller/Bunch_Alfred: Alfred Workflow for Brett Terpstra's Bunch Application

Bunch and the Stream Deck - BrettTerpstra.com

Easy and Complex Bunches — Jay Miller

Using Moom with Bunch for window management - BrettTerpstra.com

Frontmatter - Bunch

Hook – Find without searching

Pinboard

‎Pinstachio for Pinboard on the App Store

Rose and David have gone all-in with Elgato's Stream Deck as an automation tool. In this episode, they go deep into all the tricks and workflows to turn your Stream Deck into an automation robot.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Stream Deck XL | elgato.com

Stream Deck | elgato.com

Stream Deck Mini | elgato.com

Automators #68: Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum - Relay FM

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

Automators #58: Automating with TJ Luoma - Relay FM

tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

Elgato Stream Deck - Plugins – Elgato

Elgato Stream Deck - Plugins – Elgato

smitmartijn/streamdeck-zoom-plugin

In this episode, David and Rosemary get Tim back on the show to talk about recent updates to Drafts and how he's using it to customize his workflow and how other people can take advantage of them too!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

• PDFpen, from Smile: Powerful PDF editing on your Mac.
• Microsoft Lists: A Microsoft 365 app that helps you track information and organize work.
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Guest Starring:

Tim Nahumck

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Drafts 26: The Customization Update – nahumck.me

Drafts – nahumck.me

Nahumck Dark | Drafts Directory

Nahumck Light | Drafts Directory

Jayson

‎Pastel on the App Store

Popular Themes | Drafts Directory

Tablet Habit Dark | Drafts Directory

Tablet Habit

Dark and Friendly | Drafts Directory

BirchTree

Night Owl | Drafts Directory

Draftsdown | Drafts Directory

Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.

Fountain | Drafts Directory

Popular Syntaxes | Drafts Directory

Simple List+ | Drafts Directory

Tweets | Drafts Directory

‎Pretext on the App Store

Editor Preferences - Drafts User Guide

Desqueeze Photo

Use Camera Remote and timer on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Clear Spaces for a Clear Mind – nahumck.me

Modules | Drafts Directory

Customize modules for quick switching. When usin

Rose and David explain many little automations that can improve your quality of life on your Mac.

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The Editor
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The Fixer
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Better Touch Tool

Moom · Many Tricks

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Keyboard Maestro Window Management - MacSparky YouTube

GitHub - Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

‎Amphetamine on the Mac App Store

CleanMyMac X: The Best Mac Cleanup App for macOS. Get a Cleaner Mac in Minutes.

CleanMyMac X

Automators #68: Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum - Relay FM

Grammarly

‎Amphetamine on the Mac App Store

Rename files, folders and disks on Mac - Apple Support

Amazon.com: Elgato Stream Deck Mini - Compact Live Production Controller with 6 Customizable LCD keys, Trigger Actions in OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Twitch, YouTube and More (10GAI9901) , Black: Computers & Accessories

Mac Power Users #569: Contextual Computing - Relay FM

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

OS X Watermark PDFs Service

Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Hazel Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

In this episode, David and Rosemary tackle the sticky subject of automated capture. In places where no post-it has gone before, learn how they use Drafts, Obsidian, and task management and reference systems to handle their capture!

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Drafts | Where Text Starts

Apple Watch - Drafts User Guide

Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support

Widgets - Drafts User Guide

OmniFocus - The Omni Group

Obsidian

Append to List | Drafts Action Directory

Parse Reminders | Shortcut

‎Picsew - Screenshot Stitching on the App Store

Automating finding an email from a contact - macOS - Automators Talk

Integromat

Stream Deck | elgato.com

StreamDeck + Keyboard Maestro with KMLink — MacSparky

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Matthew Cassinelli to talk about how his Shortcuts use has evolved with the changes to Shortcuts.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

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Matthew Cassinelli – Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Smart Tech Today | Smart Lights, Smart Speakers, IoT Tech Podcast | TWiT

Custom iOS 14 widgets have become a TikTok flex - The Verge

Homebridge

Dummy switches for Homebridge

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

A Comprehensive Guide to All 120+ Settings URLs Supported by iOS and iPadOS 13.1 - MacStories

Twitter Shortcuts – Matthew Cassinelli

These are the individual components.

Notion

-

Notion API – Private beta

Deep Links

In what ways can we form useful relationships between notes? | by Nick Milo

Hook – Find without searching

Airtable

Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube

Matthew Cassinelli - Twitch

Shortcuts Catalog – Matthew Cassinelli

WidgetPack

Membership – Matthew Cassinelli

Announcing the Shortcuts User Group – Matthew Cassinelli

Slack chat for Shortcuts.

My routine checklist shortcut on Rene Ritchie's channel – Matthew Cassinelli

Clubhouse: Drop-in audio chat

The Omni Group has released a remarkable automation platform for their apps, including OmniFocus. In this episode, automator Joe Buhlig joins to talk about his automation journey and working with the Omni Group's new platform.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Joe Buhlig

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Rosemary Orchard
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
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Joe Buhlig | an analog mind in a digital world

Omni-Automation

OmniFocus & Omni Automation

The JavaScript Beginner's Handbook (2020 Edition)

JavaScript Tutorial

JavaScript Guide - JavaScript | MDN

Learn JavaScript | Codecademy

Omni Automation Plug-In: Complete and Await Reply

URL.fromString("omnifocus:///task/" idStr)

The OmniFocus Update Reviews Script Comes to iOS

OmniFocus Tag On Joe Buhlig | an analog mind in a digital world

Auto-Parsing Tasks in OmniFocus on iOS

joebuhlig/OFScripts: A collection of the AppleScripts I use to extend OmniFocus.

OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

Omni Automation Plug-In: Complete and Await Reply

Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition

Hazel Keeping OmniFocus Updated

OmniFocus Auto-Parser (Original in AppleScript)

Auto-Parsing Tasks in OmniFocus on iOS

OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

OmniFocus Automation topics - The Omni Group Forums

Omni Automation Plug-In: Task with Tasks

Move Selected Projects into New Folder

Push-Out Project Due Date

Copy Selected OmniFocus Tasks to OmniPlan

Stephen Millard from Thought Asylum joins in to share his automation journey and his extraordinary ecosystem of plugins Drafts.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

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Rosemary Orchard
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The Editor
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The Fixer
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ThoughtAsylum

Stephen's Home on the Internet

ZX Spectrum - Wikipedia

XYplorer - File Manager for Windows

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Power Automate | Microsoft Power Platform

Formerly known as Microsoft Flow

AutoHotkey

File Juggler

What is Tasker and how does it work? | Android Central

Blog | ThoughtAsylum

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

AutoHotkey

TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander

Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Stream Deck Icon Generator | ThoughtAsylum

Toolbox Pro

Data Jar

Drafts Directory | Drafts Action Directory

TADpoLe | ThoughtAsylum

The ThoughtAsylum Drafts Library, also known as TADpoLe, is a collection of JavaScript for working with the Drafts application.

ThoughtAsylum | Drafts Action Directory

mermaid - Markdownish syntax for generating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, gantt charts and git graphs.

Capturing for Obsidian Using Drafts and GitHub | ThoughtAsylum

ThoughtAsylum Drafts Library

Font Awesome

Chartist - Simple responsive charts

In this episode, David and Rosemary attempt to automate as much communication as possible, from email to messages and TextExpander to Shortcuts and Drafts, there's plenty of ways to get stuck in!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Airmail - Email Client for iPhone, iPad and Mac

MailMate

TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander

Improved AppleScript to Automatically Insert Recipient's Name in Apple Mail using TextExpander — MacSparky

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Mail Assistant - Drafts User Guide

Create rules to filter your emails - Gmail Help

Set up rules to filter email in Mail on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Use rules to manage emails you receive in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

SaneBox

$25 off for new users

CleanFox

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Schedule Delayed Message

Send Delayed Message(s)

Personal CRM done right - Monica

Automation wizard Adam Tow joins in this week to share the details of his new automation app, MFC Deck, and how Adam is automating his life.

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Guest Starring:

Adam Tow

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tow.com

LaunchCuts | LaunchCuts is a powerful, customizable, and elegant launcher for shortcuts on iOS. Organize your shortcuts manually into folders or create smart folders using tags.

Automators #29: The Dark Dungeon with Adam Tow - Relay FM

MFC Deck Overview - YouTube

MFC Deck

NFC Tags with MFC Deck - YouTube

Using Personal Automations with MFC Deck - YouTube

iOS Today

Displays App

The holidays are here so let's Automate! Rose and David cover 12 days of automation with cool ideas, tricks, and automation products to up your game this holiday season.

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Paperless Field Guide

Gift Wrap Field Guide

Meross Home Automation Plugs

Twinkly Lights

Nanoleaf Smart Lighting Products

Aqara Cube - New Way to Simplify Your Smart Home Control

Hexagons are the Bestagons — CGP Grey

4 types of NFC tags to buy for your Siri Shortcuts automations – Matthew Cassinelli

Random Wallpaper Shortcut

Deliveries App

Ikea Automated Blinds

Mac Power Users #562: The First Apple Silicon Macs

Keyboard Maestro 9.1: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

MailSuite

Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by the magical Merlin Mann to talk about his automation journey and problems. From the Simpsons to Synology, and Shortcuts, there's plenty to hear about.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

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Startly - QuicKeys 4 for Mac OS X

TADpoLe (Drafts Library) | ThoughtAsylum

nvUltra - Searchable, portable, MultiMarkdown notes

Siri Suggestions, Search & Privacy - Apple Support

Logitech Circle 2 Camera for Home Security, Versatile HD Security Camera

Please do not disturb me – Matthew Cassinelli

What’s New in Shortcuts #5

Home+

HOOBS™ – USER FRIENDLY HOME AUTOMATION FOR EVERYONE

Wemo - Smart Home Automation | Belkin

Wemo Bridge for Apple HomeKit - Smart Home Automation | Belkin

Philips Hue Adds Support for HomeKit Adaptive Lighting to Ambiance Lights - MacRumors

Alexa Skills Guide - Amazon.com

Why Thread is a game-changer for Apple's HomeKit | AppleInsider

Thread | Apple Developer Documentation

Eve Energy | evehome.com

Eve Degree | evehome.com

Eve Extend | evehome.com

Eve Motion | evehome.com

Chumby - Wikipedia

BetterTouchTool

Drinking bird - Simpsons Wiki

Getting Started · TaskPaper User's Guide

Bunch - BrettTerpstra.com

Drafts | Where Text Starts

TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac

Editorial for iOS

Hook – Find without searching

Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake | 43 Folders

Merlin's post on New Year's Resolutions.

Obsidian

On Apple's Piss-Poor Documentation — Liss is More

As per the title, this does contain explicit language

Synology Inc.

Universal Plug and Play - Wikipedia

Watch Free Movies & TV | Stream Smarter with Plex

Screens Connect - Reach to your Mac or Windows PC from anywhere - Edovia

Amazon Alexa Routines: Everything You Need to Know | MakeUseOf

Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM

In this episode, David and Rosemary dive back into the wonderful world of home automation and look at Rosemary's new setup. From "You've Got Mail" to picking accessories, they go beyond the normal, and possibly the sane.

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Smart lighting | Philips Hue

Logitech Harmony Elite - Universal Remote, Hub & App

This frequently goes on sale on Amazon, so keep an eye out for deals.

Smart Home & Home Automation with Lightwave

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

Switch Covers for UK Lights and Philips Hue Buttons

Philips Hue Smart Wireless Dimmer Switch (Installation-Free, Exclusive for Philips Hue Lights), White: Amazon.co.uk: Lighting

Hue Motion Sensor

Aqara Door & Window Sensor - HomeKit Enabled Door & Window Sensor

Motion Sensor & Detector | Aqara

Xiaomi Mi Motion Sensor

TRÅDFRI, Wireless control outlet - IKEA

Home+

The Eve App | evehome.com

Eve Energy UK - Smart Plug & Power Meter

Tip: As you never want to turn off your washer or dryer while they're working, put these in a separate room called "Do Not Touch" or something similar, and make sure to disable them as favourites so rogue taps in the control center don't cause problems!

Smart Vibration Sensor - Wireless Vibration Detector | Aqara

Current status: This is my life now : HomeKit

Rosemary took a lot of ideas from this thread.

Temperature Sensor & Humidity Sensor | Aqara

Wireless mini switches - Remote control light switch | Aqara

Security Camera, eufy Security 2K Indoor Cam Pan

eufyCam 2C Wireless Home Security Camera System

eufy Security Floodlight Camera

Cameras with outdoor lights attached to them.

HomeCam for HomeKit

FYRTUR wireless, battery-operated grey, Block-out roller blind

SOMA Smart Shades - Smart Motor for Roller Shades - SOMA Smart Home

How to modify IKEA Fyrtur to fit your window frame - YouTube

Homebridge

homebridge-pihole - npm

homebridge-dummy - npm

homebridge-http-switch - npm

Pi Zero W Starter Kit – Pimoroni

If you want to try out the Raspberry Pi, this is the Zero W with lots of handy extras.

SwitchBot Smart Switch Button Pusher, No Wiring, Wireless App or Timer Control, Add SwitchBot Hub Compatible with Alexa, Google Home, HomePod, IFTTT

SwitchBot Hub Plus, Smart IR Remote Control for Air

Custom App Icons on Home Screen No Longer Route Through Shortcuts App in iOS 14.3 Beta 2 - MacRumors

On the show, we mentioned that the stock apps no longer went through Shortcuts. Of course, just after recording Apple released a new beta where none of the apps do!

Mac Power Users #552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent - Relay FM

Hiome

HomeKit Occupancy Sensor

Toolbox Pro

Alex Cox joins the Automators this week to talk home automation, Drafts, Shortcuts, and how to learn new automation.

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Guest Starring:

Alex Cox

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Alex Cox (@AlexCox) / Twitter

Do By Friday

Two Headed Girl

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Drafts Directory | Drafts Action Directory

Drafts | ThoughtAsylum

Packing | Drafts Action Directory

Linking Drafts - Drafts User Guide

RoutineHub • Backup & Restore

GitHub - mootcycle/overcast-upload: An iOS Shortcut for uploading files to Overcast

Homescreen Goodness: Using iOS 14 and Charty to Keep on Track – HeyScottyJ

‎WaterMinder® on the App Store

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Timery for Toggl

Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts

Data Jar

Stylebook Closet App: a closet and wardrobe fashion app for the iPhone and iPad

Homebridge

SwitchBot Store - Your Simple Switch to a Smart Home

M-O - Disney Wiki

In this episode, David and Rosemary look at the widgets in iOS 14 and how you can automate to make sure you have the data you need, under your thumb.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Fantastical 3.2 is Here With 12 All-New Widgets, Scribble for iPad, and More! | Flexibits

Dark Noise

FoodNoms | Food Tracker App for iPhone

Timery for Toggl

‎Color Widgets on the App Store

‎Widgetsmith on the App Store

‎Widgeridoo on the App Store

‎Usage: Activity & Data Widget on the App Store

‎Launcher with Multiple Widgets on the App Store

WidgetPack

OmniFocus Widgets 2.0 with WidgetPack – HeyScottyJ

OmniFocus Widgets with WidgetPack - iOS - Automators Talk

Podcasting Widget

Deadlines Widget

‎SF Symbols Browser on the App Store

Toolbox Pro

Home Screen Widgets | MFC Deck

Scriptable

Widget Examples - Scriptable - Automators Talk

Automators Talk

GitHub - andyngo/conversable-for-scriptable: Conversable is a simple chat widget for Scriptable.

GitHub - giroriub/scriptable-public

ScriptStore/StickyNote.js at main · 0507spc/ScriptStore · GitHub

Changes are afoot in the cloud automation space. IFTTT now has a pro tier. Zapier continues to improve. There's a new player on our radar, Integromat. In this episode, Rose and David break down the current state of cloud automation.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Home | Automators

Automators Talk

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Wikipedia

My Applets - IFTTT

IFTTT Pro

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Integromat - The glue of the internet

Automators #10: Using Zapier Web Automation - Relay FM

GitHub - huginn/huginn: Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

FYRTUR Blackout roller blind, wireless, battery operated gray, 32x76 ¾" - IKEA

Drafts 20 Released - Cross-linking Drafts + Typewriter Scrolling - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Examples: Cross-Linking | Drafts Action Directory

In this episode, David and Rosemary dive into the iOS 14 update to Shortcuts and what it brings to all of us - as well as how they're using it.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Updated MacSparky Field Guide to Shortcuts

David's Webinar: What's New in Shortcuts for iOS 14

Track your sleep with Apple Watch - Apple Support

‎Widgetsmith on the App Store

‎Color Widgets on the App Store

Launcher brings its powerful widget-making app to iOS 14 | TechCrunch

Pushcut - Triggers & notifications that kick off your automation

Timery for Toggl

@WidgetPackApp Twitter

TJ Luoma joins the Automators to talk about some of his favorite automations and all of the crazy things he is doing with his Stream Deck.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

TJ Luoma

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Rhymes With Diploma – Thoughts and words from TJ Luoma

TJ Luoma (@tjluoma) / Twitter

GitHub - tjluoma/bitbar: Scripts that I use with BitBar

GitHub - tjluoma/icalbuddy-km-and-stream-deck: Use icalBuddy and Keyboard Maestro to show calendar events on Stream Deck

Block apps “after hours” and “on weekends” with Keyboard Maestro - macOS / Keyboard Maestro - Automators Talk

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Moving the dock by Shortcut? - Software - MPU Talk

Rectangle

Home Page [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

Rogue Amoeba | Fission: Fast & Lossless Audio Editing

Displays: manage your monitors and mon on macOS – Jibapps

GitHub - matryer/bitbar: Put the output from any script or program in your Mac OS X Menu Bar

Stream Deck | elgato.com

GitHub - Corcules/KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

Please follow me for the latest project updates and Twitch streams: | BarRaider’s Repo

Stream Deck XL and Relay.FM - MPU Talk

HOME | METASYSTEM

In this episode, David and Rosemary talk about how you can automate various aspects of meetings - from invitations to notes, and more!

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Invitations | Fantastical for Mac | Help

Airmail - Email Client for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Free online meeting scheduling tool | Doodle

Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software - Calendly

WhenWorks

Automators #49: Reusable Shortcuts with Scotty Jackson - Relay FM

Automators 01 Block Events with Workflow - YouTube

A video of a similar Shortcut to what David and Rosemary use for time blocking.

Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Integromat - The glue of the internet

Scriptable

Calendar - Scriptable Docs

Reminders lists are actually Calendars which have a special designation, this is the right part of the documentation to find the list.

Joe Buhlig's AppleScript

This inspired Rosemary's script.

Process Inbox Tasks (OmniFocus) - Pastebin.com

Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.

Toolbox Pro

Strap in gang! Rose and David are digging in this time on document automation. Whether you assemble your words with text, the Web, or Microsoft Word, we've got ideas and automations. Our hosts also tackle stacking shortcuts in iOS, email automation, and scripting OmniFocus.

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Automators - Relay FM

Automators Talk

Mac Power Users #548: Jumping Into Markdown - Relay FM

David's Webinar - Contextual Computing with Keyboard Maestro

Replace Placeholders | Drafts Action Directory

Fixing the Print to PDF Trick for High Sierra — MacSparky

In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise to talk about Drafts and how they're using it and text-based automations to improve their lives with everything from dinner alerts to complex project templates.

This episode of Automators is sponsored by:

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Greg Pierce

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Google Maps URL Scheme for iOS  |  Maps URLs  |  Google Developers

Beta Program - Drafts User Guide

URL Schemes - Drafts User Guide

Drafts 21 Released - Better undo and advanced HTML Previews - News & Updates - Drafts Community

Matt Gemmell's Actions | Drafts Action Directory

Plain Text Preview | Drafts Action Directory

Creating Custom Preview templates - Drafts for Mac - Drafts Community

Preview in Marked | Drafts Action Directory

Toggle Shopping Mode | Drafts Action Directory

OF Taskpaper | Drafts Action Directory

Message Action Step - Drafts User Guide

Save Note and Send Tasks to OmniFocus | Drafts Action Directory

Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server

In this episode, Dr. Drang returns to the show to talk about scripting - why it's beneficial, and above all, why everyone can do it!

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Automators #21: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang - Relay FM

Fear of scripting - All this

Automators Talk

MPU Talk

Drafts Community

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Python Documentation

Keyboard Maestro 9.0.5: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Scriptable

Pythonista for iOS

Next Monday | Drafts Action Directory

Learn JavaScript | Codecademy

LaTeX addresses on the Mac and iOS - All this

New Project Script

Dr. Drang's script to create database entries, folders in iCloud, a folder in Mail, and a set of labels for a new project. · GitHub

Combining Python and AppleScript - All this

GitHub - drdrang/plabels: Perl scripts for printing sheet-fed labels.

Data Jar

Bad AppleScript: Template Gun meets the Internet – Six Colors

Quick Tip: Zip files as templates – Six Colors

Automators #35: Automating Business with Don McAllister - Relay FM

Post Haste - Digital Rebellion

xkcd: Automation

Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server

Rose and David bring all the automation news from Apple's 2020 Developer Conference.

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Automators - Relay FM