If you ever find yourself needing to rename several files at once, Mac OS comes with several inbuilt options for getting the job done. Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years.

The downloads folder on a Mac can get pretty messy, but MacWorld shows off an automator script that automatically keeps that folder organized and clean. Chances are that the bulk of your downloads ...

A few weeks ago, while I was preparing my coverage of Apple’s Q2 2013 earnings call, I grew tired of my system to resize and rename images on OS X, so I rebuilt it from scratch using Automator, Name ...

Take a look at any of Apple's promotional material for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) and you'll find that a feature that consistently gets a top-billing is Automator. However, I suspect that, if you could ...

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Like all good Automator workflows, this one is hatched from something I find to be an annoyance. I download a lot of files—disk images, songs, pictures, and books. All of them go into the Downloads ...

I've decided to start the new year with a fresh approach to how I handle my images, getting the RAW and full-size images onto my back-up hard-drive only and keeping screen-size copies in iPhoto. I ...