Did anyone else notice today in WWDC keynote them have Automator on the slide and then say something about a multiple year transition? Does this mean the end for Automator (I know they said it is still supported this year, but will it be in the future)?
IMO, āstill supportedā is code for ādead, but not yet forgottenā. Iāve been expecting this since Sal Soghoian left Apple.
Yep. It sounds like Automator is on itās way out. That said, the ability to migrate automations into Shortcuts is a much better sendoff than I thought it would get.
I donāt think that will be a problem (Automatorās demise). Iāve played a little with the new Shortcuts and, from my non-expert view, it does everything Automator did and then some. So Iād rate it much more powerful. I only use two Automator workflows and both of them imported with no issue into Shortcuts.
Frankly I found Automator to be a big disappointment. It looked promising when it came out, oh 15 years ago??, but then they did nothing with it. This may be the key feature that has me upgrading from Catalina.
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