I once overlooked Automator as I thought it wouldn't be able to help in my day-to-day work, but these 5 workflows have done wonders to improve my productivity.

This can be a simple action drawn from a list that Apple provides with macOS, an AppleScript, or a workflow produced in Automator.

In the Automator instance, you would be able to use workflows while you are inside of any Mac OS X application that supports the use of Services.

With every Mac sold comes a powerful little app called Automator. Here are some of our favorite Automator workflows that highlight exactly how powerful this tool is.