How to Convert Automator Action into an Application on Mac

This updated guide examines How to Convert Automator Action into an Application on Mac and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Turn workflow in Automator into an application on macOS

An insight into how the procedure works will be helpful in capturing the process well.

This method requires Apple's Automator application, the whole process seems quite simple. Besides, it can be done even on older versions of macOS.

For those unfamiliar, Quick Actions allows users to perform commonly used actions faster - with just one click. Although this method cannot provide the same level of accuracy, it can certainly improve productivity quite well.

Specific implementation is as follows:

1. Launch the Automator application on the Mac.

2. Now, open Workflow and tweak it to suit your needs.

3. Next, click the File menu and choose Convert to (or use the keyboard shortcut?+?+?+C).

4. Next, select Application in the control panel.

Note : For those who don't know, the Automator application is a type of standalone workflow that runs when you launch or drop files / folders on it.

5. Next, save the duplicate workflow as an application. To do so, click the File menu and select Save (or use?+S).

6. Now, give the application an appropriate name.

7. Finally, select Applications in the pop-up window and click Save to finish.

Add apps to the Finder toolbar

You have now successfully transformed the Automator action into an application. You can add it to the Finder toolbar for easier access. To do so, all you need to do is drag the application to the toolbar while holding theCommand+Optionkeys. Once the action is added, you can double click on the icon to launch it.