Rui CarmoAutomator is Apple’s block-oriented graphical scripting application for Mac OS X, which essentially places a nice graphical shell atop AppleScript and other system features.
Its biggest drawback is that it only allows for completely linear (i.e., non-branched or looped) workflows.
Resources:
- OttoMate – web site testing
- Write Your Own Automator Actions
- Automator World – samples, some documentation. Of note: Download URLs as PDF, which can also be used to batch convert
.webarchivefiles. - Run Python Script – an action that lets you use Python directly in Automator workflows (using PyObjC)