The result of this action will be a file reference to the downloaded image file, which is passed to the next action in the workflow.Ħ The final action in the workflow wil be one for setting the desktop picture to the downloaded image file. This action will download the image file from the passed URL and place it in the destination folder. Choose a destination folder for the downloaded image from the popup menu in the action view. The resulting collection of image URLs will be passed to the next action.Ĥ To extract today’s image link from the passed list of image links, add the Run AppleScript action to the end of the workflow and edit the main contant of its script to: return item 1 of input which will pass the first, and most current link in the list of passed links, to the next action in the workflow.ĥ Next, add the Download URLs action, found in the Internet library category, to the end of the workflow.

When the workflow is executed, this action will parse the passed RSS feeds and extract any image links from their text.

Set the action’s parameter setting to “Get URLs of images linked from the articles” from the popup menu. 3 Next, add the Get Image URLs from Articles action, found in the Internet library category, to the end of the workflow.

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