How-To Fix Your Automator iTunes Workflows

How-To Fix Your Automator iTunes Workflows

When we posted on Friday that iTunes 10 had killed off old Automator workflows, it had all the hallmarks of a bug… and as it turns out, a but it is.

As it turns out, the problem is caused because Automator detects iTunes 10 as being a lower version number than iTunes 9, because Automator apparently sorts version numbers alphabetically instead of numerically.

As it turns out, the fix isn’t entirely onerous: simply open up the info.plist inside the packages of your non-functioning workflows and manually change the version number. If you absolutely can’t live without your iTunes Automator workflows until Apple managed to issue a Software Update, here’s your stop gap solution.

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  • http://ncc-mac.blogspot.com/ Chris Schram

    This problem is not usually caused by Automator workflows, but by their underlying actions, most of which are located under /System. Modifying files in the System folder is generally thought to be a “bad thing.” Read my hint at for the safe way to fix your Automator actions.

  • http://ncc-mac.blogspot.com/ Chris Schram

    The URL didn’t seem to appear in my comment above. Here it is:

    http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100903004553923