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Automation apps: 7

Actions

Add over a hundred more actions to the Shortcuts app that comes with your Mac, making automation even more capable.

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Bunch

Use plain text files to trigger automations from the menu bar or keyboard. Launch apps, load files, open websites, changes settings, and much more.

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Hammerspoon

Use Lua code to create automation that interacts with apps, windows, keyboard and mouse events, clipboards, wifi, and much more.

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Keyboard Cowboy

Use your keyboard to automate repetitive actions, launch applications and scripts, control system settings, manipulate files and folders, and much more.

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Scheduler

Schedule the automatic launching of applications, Applescript applets, documents, websites and file downloads at startup time or at a given time and date. There are many other scheduling options.

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Script Kit

Create a script to do pretty much anything your Mac is capable of — or choose one from the community — and launch it from the app.

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Task Til Dawn

Run tasks on a schedule or triggered by events, using ready-made actions. Most actions can be used across Mac and Windows.

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