I'm using Leopard at the present, how do you tell Automator to save the workflow as a Finder Plug-in, I just have 2 choices in the "Save As" dialogue for format, Application and Workflow.
On 03/09/2009, at 1:47 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Dane, are you on Leopard or Snow Leopard? In leopard, you want to > save your workflow as a finder plugin. This will put it where it > needs to go, which is under workflows in your library folder. > Snow Leopard on the other hand, no longer has finder plugins. > Instead, you can save your workflows as services, which is quite > cool. You'd then find your workflow under the services menu. > HTH > Darcy > > On 2009-09-02, at 3:00 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Where does one save Automator Workflows? I've created an automator >> workflow which - when run - takes a selected file and attaches it >> to a new message in Mail which you fill out the fields of, say >> "To", "Subject" and so on but I can't run it from the "Automator" >> option which appears in the "Context" menu when a file is selected >> so I'm assuming that I'm not saving my workflow in the correct >> location. >> >> When I go to "Save" my workflow from the Automator, the default >> location seems to be my documents folder which doesn't sound right >> to me, any comments?"Get Selected File" option in my workflow, then >> I have the "NEw Email Message" and then "Get Attachment From" >> option, is this correct? >> >> >> >> Now as to my workflow? Well I think I've done this right, I have >> the " >> >> ****************************** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> From Melton Victoria Australia >> mailto:"[email protected] >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane >> blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com >> Phone United Kingdom >> 02032874641 >> Phone Australia >> 0390058589 >> Phone United States >> 8159261869 >> Fax: >> +61 3 9743 7954x >> MSN [email protected] >> skype:grtdane12 >> >> ****************************** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
