Automator enables the repetition of tasks across a wide variety of programs, including Finder, Safari, Calendar, Contacts and others.

It can also work with third-party applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop or Pixelmator.

The icon features a robot holding a pipe, a reference to pipelines, a computer science term for connected data workflows.

[4] Automator comes with a library of actions (file renaming, finding linked images, creating a new mail message, etc.).

Workflows can also be added to the contextual menu, to process any selected text or file.