More Mac 101, tips and tricks for novice (and expert) Mac users. Have you every tried to copy and paste text from a PDF into a word processor document like Pages or Microsoft Word? Most of the time ...

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If you have just one pdf to convert, we highly recommend using the built-in Preview app to convert to image. If you have to regularly convert PDF to image on Mac, we recommend you using the Automator ...

PDF is a wonderful format for reading documents, but once you move beyond reading, things can get complicated in a hurry. Thankfully, useful tools for working with PDF files are built into Automator, ...

It's been a while since I've paid attention to Automator actions, and I'm beginning to realize that I never quite worked them into my daily habits. Since I'm making more of a conscious effort to fit ...

If you like to review documents on your way to and from work, you likely know that you can use Apple’s free iBooks app to read PDF files on an iOS device running iOS 3.2 or later. What you may not ...

Dropbox Automator is a powerful web app that connects to your Dropbox account and monitors folders of your choice, performing automated actions you define when new files are detected. This can be ...

I need an Automator script that converts PowerPoint files into PDF documents. Automator has no such built-in action. And I don't know AppleScript. I need an AppleScript that can tell the PowerPoint ...