10. Customizing Automator

Automator is supposed to be easy to use, and as you’ve seen, most features are easily accessible with a key command or a few mouse clicks. By now you should feel pretty comfortable getting around the interface. You can, however, change the interface’s look and feel a bit if you prefer.

As with many other Mac OS X applications, you can reconfigure Automator’s toolbar. You can reorder or remove the buttons and add new buttons for frequently accessed features.

Many aspects of the workflow window are also customizable, including whether the Library list is visible, whether the description area is visible, and more. You can even create your own custom groupings of actions and variables. For example, if you frequently use ...

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