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Q: Can I undo an automator workflow?

Hello -  I just completed an Automator workflow to resize a large group of jpgs.  After I ran the workflow I realized that I made the images too small.  Is there anyway to undo this, i.e. restore the images to their original sizes??   (oh please, oh please)

 

Thanks for any help!

OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 7, 2014 4:21 PM

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  • by Tony T1,Helpful

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Feb 7, 2014 5:09 PM in response to kelwa
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    Feb 7, 2014 5:09 PM in response to kelwa

    You should have seen this message when you set up the workflow.

    If you answered [Don't Add]  no copy was made.  Unless you have a backup, the original image was overwritten.

     

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  • by kelwa,

    kelwa kelwa Feb 8, 2014 9:05 AM in response to Tony T1
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    Feb 8, 2014 9:05 AM in response to Tony T1

    Thanks for your response.  Sadly, that message did not pop up before I ran the workflow.  I guess at some point the reminder may have been set to not appear again- though I don't recall doing that at all.  Well, it appears I've lost 4 hours of work (!) but I guess I learned that I need to go back to change the warning message settings (presuming that is possible).

     

    Thanks for the help.

  • by Tony T1,

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Feb 8, 2014 12:02 PM in response to kelwa
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    Feb 8, 2014 12:02 PM in response to kelwa

    I need to go back to change the warning message settings (presuming that is possible).

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