lördag, december 04, 2010

Automator - run app with command line paramters

Every day I'm finding new tools in Mac OS X that are really helpfull. No need for all those mini powertools in Windows that you have to have hundreds off to accomplish your goals, everything is built into the OS.

Here I'm using Automator to run an other application, but with command line parameters.

You do like this:
  • Search for "shell" in the search field in Automator
  • Then use Run Shell Script (no need to change the default values)
  • Then enter: open /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args -enable-default-apps (notice the double backslashes!)
Looks like there is tons of other useful featurs in Automator that I need to check out in the feature. They look really promising!