Junecloud Toolbox 4.1 ~ Automator Actions ~ Junecloud

Junecloud Toolbox 4.1

Requires macOS 10.12 or later (Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey). For OS X 10.4 through 10.11, download an older version.

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Junecloud Toolbox includes a variety of Automator Actions and a Safari Extension. These tools are designed to take some of the tedium out of your work. Many of them were created specifically for web designers and developers. However, if you’re not either of those, you may still find them useful.

For information about each tool, see below. If you’re new to Automator, you can learn about it here. If you’d like to customize these tools for your own use, the source code is available on GitHub. Junecloud Toolbox was previously named Junecloud Automator Actions.

Included Automator actions

Save for Web (previously Save as JPEG) exports images in JPEG, GIF, or PNG format. Options allow you to constrain the image to a maximum width and height, and sharpen the image after resizing.
Make Names Web-Friendly converts the names of files to all lowercase, removes accents, changes spaces to underscores or dashes, and converts other special characters to underscores or dashes.
Create Clean Archive creates a clean zip format archive (.zip) that’s ready to share with others. Macintosh resource forks and desktop files will be ignored so they don’t get in the way on other operating systems. If you’re uploading the file online, use the action “Make Names Web-Friendly” afterward to ensure the archive has a web-friendly file name.
Create Symbolic Link creates a symbolic link for each of the selected files. A symbolic link is similar to an alias, except that many applications, including the Create Clean Archive action, will see only the file points to rather than the alias itself.
Hide or Show Extensions hides or shows the file extension of the selected files.

Included Safari extensions

Copy Short Link looks for an official short link to the current web page, and copies it to your clipboard. This is based on our old “Make It Short” extension, but it only looks for official short links—third-party URL shortening services are not included.

Update history

New in version 4.1:

Updated for macOS Monterey
Updated for Apple Silicon
Updated icon
Updated instructions for the latest macOS versions

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New in version 4.0:

All of our Automator actions are now bundled in an app named Junecloud Toolbox. Move the app to your Applications folder, open it, and follow the instructions.
A “Copy Short Link” Safari Extension is also included. This is based on our old “Make It Short” extension, but it only looks for official short links. Third-party URL shortening services are not included.
The Photoshop option has been removed from Save for Web. Options that used to require Photoshop are now available without it, and the built-in image scaling is faster and more reliable.
Compatible with macOS 10.12 or later (Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave).

Save for Web

New in version 3.0.1:

Now compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10).
Now compatible with Photoshop CC.

New in version 3.0:

Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).
Photoshop is no longer required for saving GIFs.
You can now leave the width or height blank if you only want to constrain the size in one direction.
You can now use Automator variables for the width and height.
Fixed a bug where sizes 1000 pixels or higher did not work correctly.
The constrain option now creates the correct size image on a retina display.
Note: Some options have changed. Make sure to check your settings!

New in version 2.5.2:

Fixed a bug where two files with identical names would be saved as the same image, even if they were not the same

New in version 2.5.1:

Fixes an occasional “AppleScript Error -1708” that could appear, and other reliability improvements for OS X Lion

New in version 2.5:

Improved compatibility with Photoshop CS5
Saving a PNG using Photoshop will now preserve transparency

New in version 2.4:

Compatible with Snow Leopard

New in version 2.3:

Added an option to save files in the same folder as the originals
Added an option to delete the original files after saving
Color profiles are now converted to sRGB before saving (with both Photoshop and Preview)—in particular Preview now handles CMYK files far better
Fixed a bug in Leopard where the action would fail if Photoshop wasn’t already open
Fixed a bug in Leopard where actions following Save for Web would not work correctly

New in version 2.2:

The image is now flattened before it’s converted to RGB, for much better color accuracy (Photoshop)
Now works with images that aren’t 8 bit (Photoshop)
Added installer and sample Finder Plug-In

New in version 2.1:

Layered images are now flattened before resizing
Fixed a bug where images could not be saved directly in the home folder

New in version 2.0:

Added an option to manually choose between Photoshop and Preview (since Preview is faster and some Photoshop users may prefer it)
Now shows up in the Preview section of Automator as well as Adobe Photoshop CS
Added an option to constrain the size of images
Added an option to sharpen images slightly after resizing them
Updated to work around a bug in Mac OS X 10.4.7 where EPS files are no longer considered image files
Fixed a bug that prevented indexed color images from being saved

Make Names Web-Friendly

New in version 3.0.1:

Now compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10).

New in version 3.0:

Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).
Added an option to remove periods, if you want to be sure periods are only used for file extensions.

New in version 2.4:

Compatible with Snow Leopard

New in version 2.3:

Added an option to not change the case
All characters that are not considered web-friendly or translatable are now removed (Asian language characters, for example)
Fixed a problem in Leopard where umlauts were not handled correctly
Now shows up in the Files/Folders section of Automator in Leopard

New in version 2.2:

If a file of the same name already exists, a number is added to the new file name, instead of displaying an error (thanks to Atreyu Svoren for the suggestion)
Underscores, dashes, and spaces are now properly trimmed from the beginning and end of the file name
File names with no web-friendly characters (or only dashes or underscores) are now renamed to “untitled”

New in version 2.1:

Now makes hidden extensions visible
Added an option to convert symbols to English text where appropriate, instead of removing them
Improved handling of Turkish characters (thanks to Mehmet Ozdemir)
The degree symbol (°) is now handled correctly (thanks to Michael Wenyon)
Added an option to convert umlauts to the letter e instead of removing them, and the sharp-s (ß) is now converted to “ss” (thanks to Steffen)
Added an option to leave spaces alone (note that this is not recommended for web use)
“Include files inside folders” is no longer enabled by default

New in version 2.0:

Now a proper action with easily selectable options!
Added an option to convert spaces to dashes instead of underscores
Added an option to include files inside of folders

New in version 1.1:

Fixed errors with some characters
Added handling for a large number of additional characters
Other minor improvements

Create Clean Archive

New in version 2.0.1:

Now compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10).

New in version 2.0:

Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).
You can now use Automator variables for the name.

New in version 1.4.1:

Fixed a bug where the action could fail if the archive was saved to a folder with parenthesis or other special characters in the name

New in version 1.4:

Aliases and text clippings (.textClipping) are now excluded, because those files aren’t compatible with this type of archive
Fixed a bug where files or folders with certain characters in the name (like slashes and parenthesis) would cause an error

New in version 1.3:

Removes the hidden Icon files that Mac OS uses for folder icons

New in version 1.2:

Compatible with Snow Leopard

New in version 1.1:

Added an option to save files in the same folder as the originals
Added an option to delete the original files after archiving
Added an option to exlude all files and folders that start with a period (for example, .htaccess files)
Now shows up in the Files/Folders section of Automator in Leopard

New in version 1.0.1:

Fixed an error message
Added installer and sample Finder Plug-In

Create Symbolic Link

New in version 2.0.1:

Now compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10).

New in version 2.0:

Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).
The output from this action now correctly points to the symbolic links it creates, rather than the original files. Due to the nature of symbolic links, some actions might still affect the original files however. Test your workflow carefully if you’re doing anything with the output of this action.
You can now use Automator variables for the name.

New in version 1.2:

Now has an option to specify a file name

New in version 1.1:

Compatible with Snow Leopard

New in version 1.0.1:

Now shows up in the Files/Folders section of Automator in Leopard

Hide or Show Extensions

New in version 2.0.1:

Now compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10).

New in version 2.0:

Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).

New in version 1.2:

Now has an option to show extensions rather than just hiding them
Fixes a bug where the action would fail is there was an error with one file

New in version 1.1:

Compatible with Snow Leopard

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