Create a Mac app using Automator
Apr. 15th, 2017 12:01 pmFor my reference later.
* Start Automator.
* Choose "Application".
* For the action, use Run Shell Script.
* Enter the command as you would run it in Terminal.
* Save as [Whatever].app, usually in the Applications folder.
Note: Apps that are run like this don't pick up changes in your .bash_profile. What I did for my Java program was copy out the
* Start Automator.
* Choose "Application".
* For the action, use Run Shell Script.
* Enter the command as you would run it in Terminal.
* Save as [Whatever].app, usually in the Applications folder.
Note: Apps that are run like this don't pick up changes in your .bash_profile. What I did for my Java program was copy out the
export
line from my .bash_profile and paste it as the first line in the Automator thing.