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Mac Power Users #588: macOS Services, with Sal Soghoian⇢

This week on Mac Power Users, David and I talked with Sal Soghoian on the history of Automator and Services on the Mac, both of which are cornerstones of automation on macOS today. We then discussed how these tools came to be and how Apple has evolved them over the years, in addition to what can be done with them.

My thanks to Sal for joining us; it was a real honor to get to interview him.

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Paste⇢

My thanks to Paste for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week.

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Dreaming of WWDC

A few years ago, I started writing down my dreams in Day One. This morning’s entry shows what’s on my mind, I suppose.


We were all back at WWDC. Myke and I didn’t have press access, but several of our friends were able to talk Eddy Cue into it. This conversation took place near the theatre across the street from the middle school I attended.

We then went inside, and ran into Craig Federighi. He was tense and and seemed a little on edge. I asked him if he still got nervous before keynotes and he said he did. We then talked a little about sports and he brought out a soccer ball from behind the check-in desk.

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