How to use Automator to create a text file from Clipboard

Jonny Evans

Watching Apple since 1999. I don't say what they should do. I say what they might do. They sometimes do.

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  1. To avoid having to change the name each time just add a couple of File&Folders:Rename Finder Items. In the first change the ‘Format’ to ‘Month Day Year’ and in the second one ‘Hour Minute Second’. That will make the file name be something like “Untitled 1/22/2019-11/27/4.rtf”. There is no chance of a name collision.

    This works well with the 2 apps multi-clipboard apps we make called CopyPaste and Essential.

    Good idea. Thanks,

    • Jonny Evans says:

      Excellent input. Thank you very much!

      (it was going to be the next in a series, but I really want to encourage readers to interact so I am really pleased you wrote this)

  2. Evan says:

    how to paste into current folder?

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