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#31: Making Your ScreenFlow Flow and More with J.F. Brissette

August 30th, 2019 · 54 minutes

In this episode, Rosemary and David get to talk to J.F. Brissette about everything automating Screenflow with Keyboard Maestro to using the Terminal as a launcher, as well as regular expressions and looking into combining Dropbox and Chronosync.

#30: Some Favorite Automations

August 16th, 2019 · 48 minutes

Rose and David share some of their favorite recently created automations ranging from email, to meetings, to Rose's experiments on her new Mac mini.

#29: The Dark Dungeon with Adam Tow

August 2nd, 2019 · 51 minutes

In this episode David and Rose talk to Adam Tow. From having photos taken on his DLSR automatically shared to him via iMessage to playing text adventure games with Shortcuts, there is plenty of automation fun to be had!

#28: Keyboard Maestro and the Mac

July 20th, 2019 · 42 minutes

Rose and David take a closer look at Keyboard Maestro, the swiss army knife of automation for the Mac. Get $5 off David's new Keyboard Maestro Field Guide until the end of July with code "AUTOMATORSKM".

#27: Shortcuts in iOS 13 - Diving into the Deep End!

July 5th, 2019 · 61 minutes

In this episode, Rose and David throw caution to the wind and install iOS & iPadOS betas on everything. There are crashes and updates, all in the name of finding out just how impressive the new Shortcuts really is.

#26: Getting Started with HomeKit

June 21st, 2019 · 70 minutes

Rose is now banned from scooters, and how get started with HomeKit - from building your system to real automations that actually make your life easier!

#25: WWDC 2019 Automation Update

June 7th, 2019 · 61 minutes

Happy WWDC week! David and Rose are on the ground at WWDC in San Jose to bring you up to speed on the new automation heading to iOS and iPadOS. They also recap WWDC, the Automator's meetup, and Rose describes how she lost a fight with a leaf.

#24: Automating with Airtable

May 24th, 2019 · 63 minutes

Rose and David are getting serious about Airtable, the online-based database/spreadsheet/thingy. In this episode, they explain how Airtable works, how they're using it to Automate the Automators, and additional uses for Airtable.

#23: Diving into Drafts Automation with Tim "The Drafts Man" Nahumck

May 10th, 2019 · 62 minutes

In this episode Rosemary and David get Tim the Drafts Man to talk about how he uses Drafts, sharing actions, tips and tricks.

#22: Text Expansion

April 26th, 2019 · 67 minutes

Text expansion is a simple sort of automation but also a powerful one. In this episode, Rose and David go deep on text automation, the tools they use, and some of their favorites ways to use text automation to get their work done faster.