Rose and David revisit their Action Buttons and share some of their automations. The hosts also discuss text and AI workflows.

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Sparky's Super-Action Button Script

Rosemary Orchard's iPhone Action Button (Screenshot)

Rosemary Orchard's iPhone Action Button (Shortcut)

Text Workflow: Text Processing on the App Store

Text Workflow: Text Converter on the Mac App Store

Whisper Memos

Mail Drop | Drafts User Guide

Just Press Record

Ken Case joins David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard to talk about automating all the things from the OmniGroup, including OmniFocus on Apple Vision Pro.

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The Omni Group

AppleScript 1-2-3 Sal Soghoian & Bill Cheeseman

OmniFocus Plug-In Collection

OmniFocus: App to App Automation

Ken Case (@[email protected]) - Mastodon

Rosemary and David have multiple ways to automate file management on your Mac.

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Create URL Shortcut File

Forklift 4

Cocoatech | Path Finder

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

Aptonic - Dropzone 4

Aptonic - Dropzone 4 Actions

Extra actions you can install into Dropbox

Default Folder X

David's Keyboard Maestro Macro for sending files to JF

Battery Notes for Home Assistant

Battery Notes Library

Rosemary and David are joined by Simon Støvring again to talk about the automation developer's journey, productivity on the Vision Pro, and Shortcuts support in apps.

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Runestone

Scriptable

Jayson

Data Jar

Re: Toot

Simon's posts about TextCorrect on Mastodon

David's strapped on his Vision Pro and the Automators take a look to see what can (and can not) be automated on Apple's new platform.

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David's strapped on his Vision Pro and the Automators take a look to see what can (and can not) be automated on Apple's new platform.

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Apple Vision Pro - Apple

Automators - Relay FM

Automators Talk

Contextual Computing with Vision Pro: My Writing Cabin - MacSparky

Runestone

Shortcut Buttons - Finn Voorhees

Aiko — Sindre Sorhus

AI-powered audio transcription

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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Robert Spivack - DoItForMe Solutions

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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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