Sal Soghoian

This week, Sal Soghoian, former Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple and current advocate at Omni Group, shares his deep insights on automation. He recounts his journey at Apple, highlighting how he championed automation across teams. Sal dives into the renaissance of AppleScript and the innovative use of on-device AI in productivity apps. He offers practical tips for beginners, including exploring tutorials and community resources, and shares his predictions for the future of automation in 2025.

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Sal Soghoian to talk about everything from launchers such as Alfred, to window management, and more voice control! This episode of Automators is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Taskbone: Gets more out of your productivity tools. Get special onboarding support for a limited time only. Guest Starring: Sal Soghoian Links and Show Notes: Get Automators Max: a longer, ad-free version of the show Submit Feedback Alfred - Productivity App for macOS Omni Automation and Alfred Learn AppleScript • Video from Sal AppleScript: Beginner's Tutorial ‎AppleScript 1-2-3 on Apple Books Voice Control and Omni Automation Voice Control Commands: OmniGraffle OmniFocus Now Gives You Voice Control and More - The Omni Group

Sal Soghoian takes David and Rosemary on an epic automation adventure. Starting with a look back at Automator on the Mac, and looking at the star Shortcuts developers now—before diving into Sal's latest project of custom voice control with OmniFocus and beyond. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Electric: Unbury yourself from IT tasks. Get a free pair of Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones when you schedule a meeting. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Trade: Save Big, Support Small Roasters. Get $30 off your first order. LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link. Guest Starring: Sal Soghoian Links and Show Notes: Get Automators Max: a longer, ad-free version of the show Shared Classes & Methods: Speech Voice Control and Omni Automation OmniFocus: Tutorial

Sal Soghoian, automation expert who builds Omni Automation plugins, demos private, offline automation and Apple onboard intelligence integrations. Ken Case, co-founder and CEO of The Omni Group, explains a modernized, cross-platform Outliner with Vision Pro support and Omni Links. They showcase Omni Links for precise navigation, plugins calling local AI, and workflows that turn outlines into living systems.

Mac automation expert Sal Soghoian shares his ingenious Mac control panel built with an iPad, Luna display connector, and clever automation. Topics include automating leaf blowing and sweeping, efficient slide creation, automating tasks in Keynote, editing PDFs with PDF Pen, and the importance of scripting technologies on Apple platforms.