Despite being a highly productive tool, Apple’s Automator app has remained unexplored by a large number of macOS users. Maybe they find the app a little too complex due to the steep learning curve that it demands. Fortunately, that’s not the case with me as I have always loved exploring it and creating super handy shortcuts like the dark/light mode switch or the image resizing action. Guess what? Today, I have come across a cool hack to convert Automator actions as apps on Mac. If you find this idea worth giving a shot, let’s jump right in to try it out straight away!
A little insight into how the trick works would be better in getting a good hang of the process.
As this hack requires Apple’s Automator app, the whole process seems quite straightforward. Besides, it can be performed even on older macOS versions. So, I don’t think incompatibility should be an issue for most folks. While this trick could be helpful to anyone; those, who are willing to get some pie out of the Quick Actions feature that debuted with macOS Mojave, would find it really handy.
Next up, choose Application in the panel.
Now, give a suitable name to the app.
Now that you have converted the Automator action into an app, you can add it to the Finder’s toolbar to access it with ease. To do so, all you need to do is just drag the app to the toolbar while holding the command+ option keys. Once it has been added there, you can double-click the icon to launch it.
