Help me clean up my messy music files [more inside]
posted by 1024x768 on Oct 11, 2009 - 11 answers

I have a text file containing a list of image filenames and I'd like to be able to point at a folder and have it select, move or label based on the list of filenames. Is there software, script or tool that makes automating this possible? [more inside]
posted by tinamonster on Jun 25, 2009 - 22 answers

Question #1767346834 in our exhausting ERP integration process: Is there a way to automate an FTP process so that "Everytime file x lands in folder y, we send file x to ftp://whatever/import"? More inside. [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Jun 5, 2009 - 9 answers

Is there a faster way to split a photo into pieces and save it as individual files? (possible photoshop batch question) [more inside]
posted by mjcon on Nov 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Free FTP software with 'watch folder' support... [more inside]
posted by sycophant on Oct 9, 2008 - 7 answers

What is the best way to maintain a "top 100" list on a week to week basis (that also tracks how far something has moved up or down the list the previous week)? [more inside]
posted by CXImran on Oct 4, 2008 - 2 answers

Please help me automate a repetitive task (log in to website, then after successful login, load some pages, then log out), in a way that can be scheduled so that it runs at two different hours each day. [more inside]
posted by mebibyte on Aug 29, 2008 - 15 answers

How can I automate the news searches that I'm performing on the same subjects day after day after day? [more inside]
posted by abkadefgee on Apr 28, 2008 - 9 answers

Is there a simple program out there that you can drag a file onto that will automagically upload to a pre-configured FTP server and copy the URL to the clipboard? [more inside]
posted by booticon on Mar 27, 2008 - 6 answers

I have a checking account through my local credit union which gives me 5% interest. The catch: I need to make 12 check card purchases a month. [more inside]
posted by anomie on Mar 25, 2008 - 19 answers

How do I automate the saving of multiple .jpg files in Photoshop? [more inside]
posted by Yiggs on Nov 19, 2007 - 11 answers

How do I go about creating a simple interface to update only certain specific nodes in different XML templates? [more inside]
posted by The_Partridge_Family on Jul 23, 2007 - 5 answers

How to strip Kanji characters from .pdf? [more inside]
posted by djgh on Jul 5, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I automate the mundane aspects my life? [more inside]
posted by ajp on Mar 22, 2007 - 17 answers

NerdyCodeFilter-I have a need to automate the filling of forms for a particular website, the issue is...that I need logic... [more inside]
posted by TomMelee on Feb 8, 2007 - 11 answers

Can I automate Craigslist searches? [more inside]
posted by underwater on May 28, 2006 - 6 answers

Is there a way to automate ejecting a memory card with the push of a single button in OS X? [more inside]
posted by alidarbac on Mar 7, 2006 - 5 answers

I need an automated way to slice 'n' dice some images into regularly sized chunks. [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Sep 1, 2005 - 6 answers

I need to make a Photoshop CS action/droplet that I can use to batch convert many dozens of mid-res b&w images. I've tried this a few times but my droplets end up doing 1 file fine and then nothing. [mi] [more inside]
posted by luriete on Jan 28, 2005 - 3 answers

Tidying my email: Over the years I've developed hundreds of different folders for messages. They're currently all in Mail.app's MBOX format. I want to sort them into one big gmail-style archive folder, and get rid of the many, many duplicates.

Is there any way to automate searching for the duplicates?
posted by bonaldi on Sep 17, 2004 - 2 answers