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Right Click Upload to Flickr

(updated sept 2007)

If you’re using OSX Tiger and Flickr you might be interested in the ability to send images to Flickr by right clicking and hitting send. This is useful if you use Flickr for image hosting for your blog or you just want a really quick way to upload images to Flickr.

  • Download this automator action
  • Unzip and copy the Flickr.action file into ~/Library/Automator.
  • Open Automator (in your applications folder)
  • Add the Flickr Action to your workflow (you can search flickr and it should show up if you did #2 correctly)

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  • Authenticate it
      • Click File, Save As Plug-in (name it Save to Flickr or whatever) and choose finder in the drop down menu.

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        • Now right click on an image(s) anywhere in the finder and choose Automator -> Save to Flickr (whatever you named it) and your images are sent off to Flickr with the tags/privacy settings you chose.

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      This automator action can be used in a number of interesting ways. For example I made a timelapse with it. You can combine it with other automator actions to do whatever you need. You could use Automator to crop 100 images and then upload to them all to Flickr at the end. If you want to loop your automator actions you can use this.

      If you want to take some screenshots and upload them to Flickr use these shortcuts:

      • ⌘-shift-3 (whole screen)
        ⌘-shift-4-drag box (whatever you select)

      Images are then saved to your desktop as Picture 1, Picture 2… Now its as easy as right clicking them to upload to Flickr…

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22 Comments on “Right Click Upload to Flickr”

  1. 1 anthony said at 3:54 pm on February 24th, 2006:

    this seems like it should work, but i get a “workflow failed” on my menubar and an “applescript error (null)” popup. any suggestions?

  2. 2 Duncan said at 4:04 pm on February 24th, 2006:

    Try running the flickr uploader from within automator first to make sure it is working for you.

    Use get selected finder items + flick upload action to test it…

    Make sure you use your entire flickr sign in (your email address)

  3. 3 TagMan said at 5:44 pm on February 24th, 2006:

    Hi Duncan. Nice tip/hack. Have you played Flickr TagMan? You could start at the end for you.

  4. 4 Mike Harris said at 11:05 pm on February 24th, 2006:

    Evidently, Frasier’s action doesn’t work on the new Intel Macs.

  5. 5 tim said at 3:34 am on February 25th, 2006:

    Great! Found more flickr tools

  6. 6 iMunaciello | Blog Napoli Internet Curiosità Video News » Right Click Upload to Flickr said at 3:47 am on February 25th, 2006:

    [...] Per i nostri amici “Mac User” , ecco un tool molto carino: grazie (al fantastico) automator, è possibile creare un flusso di lavoro capace di caricare le immagini sul Flirck con un semplice click ! Veramente molto potente … Link: Right Click Upload to Flickr [...]

  7. 7 Popagandhi » Blog Archive » Right Click Upload to Flickr said at 8:08 am on February 25th, 2006:

    [...] For two of my favourite things (Macs and Flickr): here’s how to use Automator to easily send images to Flickr. [...]

  8. 8 Atapās » Stroll in 2006-02-25 said at 9:16 am on February 25th, 2006:

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  9. 9 teknokool.net » links for 2006-02-25 said at 5:23 pm on February 25th, 2006:

    [...] The Last Minute Blog » Right Click Upload to Flickr (tags: flickr apple) [...]

  10. 10 Automator and Flickr at dipdewdog.com said at 6:57 pm on February 25th, 2006:

    [...] Finally, an Automator action that I’ll use on a regular basis, courtesy of The Last Minute Blog. [...]

  11. 11 OSX Send to Flickr at Useless Junk and Other things of Interest said at 3:42 am on February 27th, 2006:

    [...] The Last Minute Blog has a writeup on how to get Automator to send pictures directly to Flickr via right clicking and using the context menu. http://www.thelastminuteblog.com/?p=2994 [...]

  12. 12 OSX, Automator i Flickr at Imaginery.pl said at 5:18 am on February 28th, 2006:

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  13. 13 tijs.org » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-17 said at 7:15 am on December 17th, 2006:

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  14. 14 Urls Sinistras » Blog Archive » Softs para Mac said at 10:46 am on December 30th, 2006:

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  15. 15 Ali said at 8:21 am on March 28th, 2007:

    Whey! This is great, I was initially looking for an applescript that would let me have a dropbox which would upload all my photos to flickr but this is a smarter was of doing it as i dont need lots more folders cluttering up my desktop. Thanks :)

  16. 16 Duncan said at 8:43 am on March 28th, 2007:

    Ali,

    some have said that this has stopped working

    can you let us know if you get it to work?

    thanks

  17. 17 Jim said at 9:08 am on May 15th, 2007:

    This one should work on intel macs great – Automator Flickr Uploader

  18. 18 Bryan said at 11:10 am on November 28th, 2007:

    FYI, I just created a nice and simple cocoa app for uploading screen shots to Flickr on your mac. Its as easy as cmd-shft-3!. Check out http://www.driftinglight.com/flickscreen

    Enjoy,
    Bryan

  19. 19 Duncan said at 11:26 am on November 28th, 2007:

    nice bryan!

    thx

  20. 20 The Last Minute Blog » links for 2007-11-29 said at 8:23 pm on November 28th, 2007:

    [...] bryan wanted to let us know he made a lil cocoa app (tags: software osx flickr [...]

  21. 21 Idetrorce said at 3:32 am on December 15th, 2007:

    very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
    Idetrorce

  22. 22 WindowsSux said at 11:53 am on January 23rd, 2008:

    you guys are a bunch of maco’s where can i get this for windows or linux?

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