I recently switched to Mac OS X as my primary desktop operating system after spending over a decade on Linux. Although Apple’s operating system supplies practically all of the command line tools I know and love, I want to spend less time in a terminal window and start cultivating workflows that integrate better with the Mac user experience.

In my quest to tear the power of the command line out of the terminal, I have found that Apple’s Automator tool is a powerful ally. Although it’s not as mighty as the command line for improvisational automation, it’s useful for defining stand-alone operations that you want to be able to repeat. I’ve used Automator over the past week to build simple applications that replace some of my personal shell scripts.

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Feature: How to build Mac OS X services with Automator and shell scripting