Replace Text is the one used in this example, so enter the text you want to replace and with what.ħ) Open Finder to the location of the files you want to rename and select them.Ĩ) In the Automator window, click Run on the top right.
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Make your choice.Ħ) In the Add Date or Time drop-down box, select the action you want to use. Under Library, click Files & Folders.ģ) To the right, select Get Selected Finder Items and drag it to the main window.Ĥ) Under that option in the menu, select Rename Finder Items and drag it to the main window beneath the previous action.ĥ) A pop-up will appear asking if you want to make copies of the renamed items or change the originals. Just use this Automator Workflow.Ģ) Make sure Action is selected in the far-left menu. There’s no reason to rename files one by one if you want the names to be consistent. This dictation is not the same as Siri and requires a separate download to enable.10.
Dictation Command - This option uses Accessibility's enhanced Dictation for voice driven workflows. When you use Image Capture to import a picture from a camera or scanner, you can set up an action to perform as it copies to your Mac. Image Capture Plugin - Photographers using professional cameras need more than the built in Photos app. 
However, Calendar Tasks allow you to use the native Calendar.app to schedule tasks. You could go through and make a complex set of recurring tasks for the Mac using the command line.
Calendar Alarms - This is a poor man's cron job. This action works similarly to Apple's Automatically add to iTunes folder. Folder Actions - Use these to run an action automatically when you add a file to a folder. They take a PDF document from the print menu and perform your actions. Print Plugins - These are actions that run from the print dialog. You then run it from the Services menu in the Application or right click context menus. They can be set up to take a specific kind of input. Service - Services run in other applications. Either processing some data passed to it, or simply kicking off an action. 
Application - You can run these stand alone. You set up your actions, and run them from within an Automator window. Workflow - This is the simplest way to use Automator. When you open a new document in Automator, it presents you a few different choices for the file type:
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