One thing that’s great about the beautiful display on the iPhone is that it makes it rather easy to offload reading tasks to a time when you’re away from you desk, such as taking public transportation or the Google Shuttle. Or, you may just want to a quick way to move a confirmation number to your mobile for later reference.
I’ve come up with a simple way to send anything you can print straight over to your iPhone. By harnessing Automator and OS X’s build in support for print workflows, we can automate the process of creating a PDF, compressing it, and emailing directly to our mobile devices.
The Workflow: Read on iPhone workflow
To install:
- Download and unzip the package linked above
- Double click the
Read on iPhone.workflowfile to open it in Automator - Enter an email address you can access from your iPhone
- Choose File > Save as Plug-in…
- Choose a name for your workflow and choose Print Workflow from the pulldown
- Click save
That’s it. Now, to send something to your phone:
- Choose File > Print… from whatever app your document is in
- From the PDF pulldown at the bottom of the print dialog, choose your new print workflow