Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET): Using Mac's Automator to Automate nearly any kind of task | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From ucetnews.blogspot.fr - June 12, 2012 8:12 AM

Mac OS X is designed, from the ground up, for automation and offers a variety of integrated tools and technologies to solve your automation challenges.

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