A curated list of applications and tips from the Automators podcast.
This list was put together by the AppJawn team - creators of the iOS recipe app ClipDish.
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- Alfred - Swiss army knife app could go in multiple categories. |
- Automator - Apple's built in automation workflow tool |
- Bunch |
- FastScripts - launch automation scripts from the menu bar | | Ep. 86
- Hazel | | Ep. 2, 4, 8
- IFTTT |
| Ep. 1,2 - Make - From tasks and workflows to apps and systems, build and automate anything in one powerful visual platform. | | Ep 117
- Launch Center Pro |
- Raycast - Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more. | | Ep. 99
- Workflow - Powerful automation made simple. | | Ep. 1
- Zapier - the easiest way to automate your work | web | Ep. 2
- P-Calc |
- Fantastical - award winning calendar app | | Ep. 1, 5
- DevonTHINK | | Ep. 8
- Scanner Pro
- Scan Bar
- PDFPen |
- Airmail - cross device fast email client | | | Ep. 2
- Mail Act-On - power tools for Mail automation | | Ep. 2
- Sanebox - web based email filtering | | Ep. 2
- Default Folder X - Open and Save dialog enhancements | | Ep. 150
- Dropzone - improves drag and drop | | Ep. 150
- ForkLift | | Ep. 79, 150
- PathFinder | | Ep. 150
- Service Station - customize your right click menu |
- Yoink - simplify drag and drop | | Ep. 150
- HomeControl Menu - trigger Home scenes from the menu bar |
- Home Assistant | | Ep. 97
- ImageMagick - convert, edit, manipulate digital images | | | Ep. 122
- Retrobatch - image processing workflow tool | | Ep. 122
- Day One - cross-platform jounaling app |
- Bypass - Alfred workflow for Shortcuts | | Ep. 98
- Logger - Log text or images to the console and see them appear in realtime, as your shortcut runs. | | Ep. 99
- Sharebot - ShareBot is the missing Share Extension for Shortcuts on macOS. It allows you to run any of your shortcuts on items like files, URLs or text shared from any app with share menu support like Finder, Safari, Twitter or Chrome. | | Ep. 99
- Textcase - automatable text transformations |
- Toolbox Pro - adds additional automation actions to Shortcuts |
- Omnifocus - Taskmanager for pros | | Ep. 5
- Things - award winning personal task manager | | Ep. 5
- Todoist - organize it all | | Ep. 5
- TripListPro - manage your packing lists | | Ep. 5
Need to muck about with text? Look here.
- BBEdit
- Drafts | | Ep. 1, 2, 5
- Obsidian |
- Templater - add templating variables to Obsidian | | Ep. 98
- Script Debugger - AppleScript editor and debugger | | Ep. 3, 86
- Ulysses |
Enter a snippet and it expands to whatever you want.
- TextExpander | | Ep. 79
- Rocket - Mind-blowing emoji on your Mac. |
- PopClip - extensable tool for manipulating highlighted text | | Ep. 86
- Snippety - quick access to text snippets | | Ep. 145
Helpful tools for manipulating text
- TextSoap - Powerful text transformations with just a click! | | Ep. 155
- Agenda - date focused note taking app | | Ep. 112
- Craft |
- GoodNotes |
- Roam |
- Notability - cross platform note taking app |
- Notion | | Ep. 143
- Moom |
- Airtable - low code platform, spreadsheets on steroids | | Ep. 128
- BetterTouchTool
- Cardhop - contact management you'll want to use.
- Clockwise|
- Dark Noise | Ep. 79
- DataJar - a place for Shortcuts to store and access data across automations. | | Ep. 110
- Jump Desktop | |
- Just Press Record |
- Karabiner-Elements | | Ep. 79
- Keyboard Maestro | | Ep. 1, 79
- Micro.blog - short form blogging platform | Ep. 79
- Noir - dark mode for Safari |
- Numbers - Apple spreadsheet |
- Patterns - the ultimate tool for working with regular expressions | | Ep. 96
- Streaks | Ep. 79
- Timery - 3rd party front end for Toggl | | Ep. 132
- Toggl - Time tracking app | | Ep. 132
- Trak.tv - track what TV and movies you watch |
- Unclack - mute your mic while you type | | Ep. 86
FriXion Pens - Erasable ink pens. | Ep. 96 Oura - the most advanced, accurate smart ring available. | Ep. 112 Rocket Notebook - reusable notebooks | Ep. 96 Stream Deck - customizable keypad lets you create and trigger shortcut and automations
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