Glossary
This glossary serves as a quick reference guide for many key Automator terms. Additional terms are explained within the text of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide. Please consult the Index if you are unable to locate a specific term.
- • Action
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An action is a building block within Automator. Each action is responsible for performing a single, specific automated task, and actions are placed together in sequence to form a workflow. Most actions have modifiable settings, allowing you to specify how they should behave when run within a workflow.
- • Folder action
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An Automator workflow can be saved as a Folder action plug-in and attached to a specified folder. When items are placed in the attached folder, the workflow ...
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