It lets you automate anything, from repeating tasks such as batch renaming a large list of files to automatically backup you blog into a local folder.

Itll also give you access to advanced iOS shortcuts, tips and tricks, and lots more.

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For example, if the chosen data type is PDF files then the workflow will only be enabled when one or more PDF files are selected.

For those workflows that are not dependent upon having input, choose the no input option at the end of the menu.

Choose the any application setting to have the workflow always available regardless of which application in frontmost.

Consequentially, the workflow settings banner contains controls for assigning an icon and color to the workflow that is used in its display in the those locations.

The chosen icon is displayed on eiher the Finder window Preview pane or the Macbook Touch Bar, and in the Extensions system prference pane.

NOTE: a good template size for custom icon images is 36 by 36 pixels at 144 DPI resolution.

For more information, see the Custom Quick Action Icons section at the bottom of this page.

If the checkbox is not selected, the current text selection will remain as is.

When one of these input types is chosen, option to pass only a list of the text elements found in the current text selection, or the entire selection, to the workflow, is enabled.

If a service workflow is removed from this folder, it will no longer be available as a Quick Action.

In the forthcoming file chooser dialog 1 click the Options button 2 to reveal the workflow type popup menu 3 and select the type of installed workflow you wish to edit from the popup menu.

The contents of the designated folder containing the specified type of workflow 4 will be displayed in the dialog.

A good template size for custom icon images is 36 by 36 pixels at 144 DPI resolution, saved in PNG format with an alpha channel.

The icons displayed below are examples from that collection.

This Quick Action can be displayed on either the Finder Preview pane andor the Touch Bar when the Finder is the frontmost application.

It will watermark the selected PDF files using a specified image and transparency.

The resulting watermarked document will be passed to the next action.

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