My late tips about Automator seems to have piqued the interest of reader who normally do n’t touch this okay mechanization tool . Take Chase Swift , for example , who ask :
I am wondering if Automator can be programme to display finical Websites at a specific clip of solar day . Is that potential ?
Sure . It ’s done this way :
Launch Automator and , when prompted , choose iCal Alarm from the templet picker that first appear . cluck Choose and in the resulting work flow summate two actions : Get Specified URL and Display Webpages .
In the Get Specified uniform resource locator activity , sink in the Add button to add the names and URLs of the sites you ’d like to see . For example , click Add and in the Bookmark field enterMacworldand follow it withhttp://www.macworld.comin the Address field . Add a dyad more sites that you ’d care to reckon . Click Automator ’s Run button and Safari will launch ( if it ’s not already tend ) and display those site in separate windows or within chit in the same window . ( Which happens depends on how you ’ve configured the Open Pages in Tabs or else of Windows pick in Safari ’s Tabs preference . ) If the site undefended in tab , the tab order will reverberate the order of the sites in the first action .
Once you ’ve verified that the work flow engage as expected , select File - > Save . You ’ll be instigate for a name for your workflow . put down it and click Save .
iCal will now launch ( if , again , it ’s not already running ) and within it you ’ll see a new Automator calendar entry as well as a unexampled event within that calendar associate with the work flow you just created . This is essentially an alarm that triggers the work flow . So , for example , if you need to view these Websites every workday at 5:00 promethium , you ’d pick out Custom from the event ’s Repeat pop - up card and select Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday . Then infix 5:00 PM in the From arena and cluck Done . Now , every weekday at 5:00 atomic number 61 , Safari will launch and show you the web page you request .
