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Is it possible to get Dropbox in Mac System Preferences/ Keyboard/ Shortcuts/ Services so I can create Dropbox Shortcuts?
It's currently missing in Services.
Dropbox Application is installed on my mac.
Thank you!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1
In your example, you would need to create something that would convert the Pages documents into a PDF. Automator has no Pages Actions. You would have to create an AppleScript to export the file in Pages.
Everything you want to "convert" to a PDF would require some ability of the app to convert to PDF and be controlled externally.
You can create a Print Plugin in Automator that will save the printed PDF to a folder of your choice. Just use a Move Finder Items action and select the folder you want to use to store the PDFs. The Print and select the action from the PDF menu. You could once just put an alias to a folder in there and it would work, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.
You can create custom shortcuts to the items in the PDF Services menu. If you made the short cut some addition to Cmd-P, like cmd-ctrl-p, you could cmd-p, then cmd-ctrl-P to save the PDF in the chosen folder.
If you wanted a drop box type action, you could use folder actions, but that would require a method to open the doc and export as PDF. That would be entirely dependent on the app that created the document, so there would be no way to create a generic "convert to PDF" action.
In your example, you would need to create something that would convert the Pages documents into a PDF. Automator has no Pages Actions. You would have to create an AppleScript to export the file in Pages.
Everything you want to "convert" to a PDF would require some ability of the app to convert to PDF and be controlled externally.
You can create a Print Plugin in Automator that will save the printed PDF to a folder of your choice. Just use a Move Finder Items action and select the folder you want to use to store the PDFs. The Print and select the action from the PDF menu. You could once just put an alias to a folder in there and it would work, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.
You can create custom shortcuts to the items in the PDF Services menu. If you made the short cut some addition to Cmd-P, like cmd-ctrl-p, you could cmd-p, then cmd-ctrl-P to save the PDF in the chosen folder.
If you wanted a drop box type action, you could use folder actions, but that would require a method to open the doc and export as PDF. That would be entirely dependent on the app that created the document, so there would be no way to create a generic "convert to PDF" action.
In Automator, select New > Print Plugin. This is all you need:
Save the Print Plugin with a short, useful name.
In Keyboard System Preferences, Shortcuts, App Shortcuts, Click the Add ( + ) button and set it for All Applications. Enter the name of your print plugin and type the keyboard shortcut you want to use. The shortcut you use can be almost anything as long as it doesn't interfere with any in the print dialog.
I host my filing system in Dropbox - eg One is an 'ACTION' folder and I'd like to automate the saving, for example of a pages doc in Finder to PDF and then moved into this Dropbox ACTION folder.
I can manage this if the ACTION folder is hosted in iCloud drive.
(I'm taking tips from the MacSparky Paperless Field Guide).
Thanks.
Firstly thank you - it's taken me some time, I'm a bit of a novice and I'm getting tangled in Automator.
I've managed to create a shortcut that will Move a PDF from anywhere, when highlighted, into my ACTION.
I'm going to keep going on this:
You can create a Print Plugin in Automator that will save the printed PDF to a folder of your choice. Just use a Move Finder Items action and select the folder you want to use to store the PDFs. The Print and select the action from the PDF menu. You could once just put an alias to a folder in there and it would work, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.
You can create custom shortcuts to the items in the PDF Services menu. If you made the short cut some addition to Cmd-P, like cmd-ctrl-p, you could cmd-p, then cmd-ctrl-P to save the PDF in the chosen folder.
Thanks again.
Dropbox would normally create services for their app.
What service would you like to have perform?
It works
🙏 thank you 😁
So this is my flow -
In an open doc, eg Pages. Cmd-p, Cmd-} and the doc converts to PDF and saves to my 'INBOX'
Let the tidying begin...
Create Mac OS Keybord Shortcuts to Dropbox - Dropbox not visible in Services
