If you expand Library you can see all these different categories. You can select Library here and you'll see a list of all of the different Actions. If you don't see your library here on the left you can click this button to Hide or Show it. To create a workflow you basically drag and drop actions from the left to the workflow on the right. On the right side you can see the workflow. Actions are the building blocks of a workflow. On the left side you can see a library of what are called Actions. So we'll be creating this in Automator and also using Automator to run it. We're going to start with the simplest kind. There are various other types of workflows that will appear in different places. Quick Actions will appear in context menus, the menu bar here under Services, and you can also find them in the Finder in some cases. The third type is Quick Action which used to be called Services in earlier versions of macOS. You also can drag and drop files onto an application which can be handy. You don't need to run Automator to use it. So after you create it you can actually just run this application and it will run the workflow. The second type, Application, is a stand alone file. That's a document that you would open up in Automator and you can run it in Automator but you need Automator to do it. The first type is just called a Workflow. That's your script for actually doing things. You can create what are called Workflows in any one of those. You have to choose which type of document you're creating. When you start Automator or create a document in Automator you're faced with a decision. So Command Space and then search for Automator. I'm going to launch Automator using the Spotlight menu.

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