By saving as an Automator workflow all of your actions are. Open the Automator app you can find this in the. You can choose your desired file type in the Change Type of Images box, and if you opted to make a copy of the screenshot, then you can choose the destination for the copy in the Copy Finder Items box. You can save the workflow as an actual Automator workflow file by clicking File > Save choose 'workflow' from the format drop-down menu. First open the Photos app and create a New Album, name it Mac Screenshots or whatever youd like. After answering Add or Don't Add to that question, you'll see your action(s) on the right panel.

It will ask if you want to add an action to copy the image (preserving the original in the process) or skip that and just change the original. Next, from the column just to the right I grabbed Change Type of Images and dropped it in the blank work area on the right. Now, I can perform this maneuver right within Finder or on my desktop without needing to open Preview.įrom the left panel under Actions, I selected Photos. Here's an easy one I created because I regularly take screenshots on my MacBook ( $488 at Amazon) and then need to change them from PNG files to JPEGs. To get started, launch the Automator app, click New Document, select Quick Action Workflow and click the Choose button. The Automator app has been a part of Macs forever, and Mojave adds a new Quick Action Workflow template for creating scripts that you can employ from Finder.

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