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		<title>Quick Look Automator Workflows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OS X Leopard&#8217;s Quick Look feature is great—select any file(s), jam on the spacebar, and the contents of the file are revealed. This works with Automator as well. Quick Look an Automator workflow, and a HUD pops up revealing the entire workflow content. In a nice touch, resizing the QL window dynamically scales the content [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Text File&#8230;With Automator!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Systems Boy has posted a few Automator workflows that achieve the dork-meme of the week, creating text files via the contextual menu. I&#8217;m not sure why this is all the rage, but far be it from me not to get on the band wagon. It is certainly a handy function for the obsessive text-file-creating types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto-add MP3s in a folder to an iTunes playlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MacOSXHints (by way of Daring Fireball), a one-step Automator workflow that allows you to retrieve iPhoto images from within any application: Open Automator, and click iPhoto. From the list of actions, select Ask for Photos, and drag it to the right-hand pane. Save this as a plug-in, and select Script Menu (the script menu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scheduling Workflows with Energy Saver</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 18:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<title>Hide Running Automator Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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