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How to Use Keyboard Maestro to Archive Email in Mail.app

A while back, we published a short tutorial showing how to archive mail with a keyboard shortcut. This tip in itself is a huge timesaver, but one reader wanted to take things a little further and asked how to use a keyboard shortcut to move messages to specific mailboxes and not only the archive. After…

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FilePane For Mac: A Quick-Start Automator Alternative

The Good: Shallow learning curve, good automation features, good looking. The Bad: Slightly puzzling UI. The Bottom Line: A great introduction to automation, with an occasional cause for initial confusion. Trusty old Automator. It has been a steadfast ever-present in OS X since Tiger 10.4, offering to make instant workflows out of the repetitive tasks…