System-Level Automation for the Creative Enterprise
For organizations producing content at scale, the operating system is more than a background utility—it’s the foundation of productivity. macOS, with its robust scripting environment and creative-first ecosystem, offers untapped opportunities to accelerate, streamline, and optimize operations across the entire creative workflow.
HarmonXII builds bespoke macOS automation systems that empower creative teams to move faster, reduce cognitive load, and eliminate friction. From system-level scripting to multi-app orchestration, we design elegant, invisible infrastructures that transform how work gets done.
Automation isn’t just about doing more with less. It’s about making room for better thinking.
Beyond Applications: Automating the Operating System Itself
While Adobe Creative Cloud apps often get the spotlight in creative workflows, many inefficiencies stem from repetitive system-level actions: navigating file systems, exporting assets, versioning documents, triggering reviews, managing backups.
HarmonXII bridges the gap between applications and the macOS environment to create intelligent systems that operate across your entire production landscape. Our solutions can:
- Automate Finder operations (file moves, renames, folder creation, archiving)
- Control hardware behaviors (mounting volumes, changing displays, ejecting drives)
- Trigger scripts via contextual menus, hotkeys, or scheduled tasks
- Launch application sequences with preset conditions or user input
- Route files dynamically between apps, folders, and cloud services
- Sync local assets with remote destinations or DAMs
- Send system notifications, emails, or Slack updates upon task completion
Using tools such as AppleScript, JavaScript for Automation (JXA), the Open Scripting Architecture (OSA), shell scripting, and Apple Shortcuts, we create workflows that are not just fast—they’re intelligent.
Designed Around the Way Creatives Work
macOS is already the preferred OS for design-forward organizations because of its performance, reliability, and ecosystem. At HarmonXII, we take that affinity further by tailoring macOS automation specifically to how creatives think and operate.
Whether it’s minimizing context switching, streamlining repetitive admin tasks, or chaining together multi-app workflows, our systems are built to match the psychology of creative professionals.
Typical use cases include:
- Automating preflight processes for files exported from Illustrator or InDesign
- Dynamically renaming assets based on metadata and folder context
- Creating watch folders that trigger chained workflows (e.g., resize, export, notify)
- Backing up critical project files at set intervals without disrupting the user
- Generating print-ready PDFs and routing them automatically to a network printer
- Orchestrating project setup tasks—creating folders, naming conventions, templates, etc.
We focus on removing friction so creatives can focus on solving problems, not managing files.
Invisible Infrastructure, Visible Gains
The best automation systems don’t demand attention—they just work. HarmonXII builds automation systems that integrate seamlessly into your macOS environment without disrupting the creative rhythm of your teams.
You’ll know it’s working not by what you see, but by what you no longer have to do:
• Fewer clicks.
• Fewer mistakes.
• Fewer moments lost to tedious upkeep.
By operationalizing your macOS environment, we give creative departments more clarity, speed, and control—without adding complexity.
Cross-Application Intelligence
HarmonXII’s macOS automation systems are designed to bridge the divide between your applications, your operating system, and your production logic.
A system might:
• Detect when a Photoshop export is complete
• Rename and relocate the asset
• Check for corresponding InDesign files
• Bundle them into a ZIP archive
• Upload them to a cloud directory
• Notify stakeholders with a formatted summary
This isn’t just automation. It’s a choreography of tools and tasks—scripted to reduce effort and increase precision across every step of the creative lifecycle.
Who We Serve
Our macOS automation solutions are trusted by creative operations that need to produce at volume without sacrificing quality or time:
- Ad Agencies
- In-House Marketing Departments
- Media Organizations & Publishers
- TV & Film Studios
- Large Content Creators
- Commercial Printers
If your creative production stack runs on macOS, HarmonXII helps you elevate its performance—from the inside out.
Our Process
- Discovery & Audit
We analyze your current macOS workflows—application usage, file management, operational friction points. - System Architecture
We design automation systems that align with your team’s habits, technical environment, and production needs. - Development & Integration
Scripts and workflows are crafted using the appropriate blend of AppleScript, JXA, shell, or Shortcuts, tested across user roles and scenarios. - Testing & Refinement
We stress-test our systems under real usage patterns to ensure robustness, recoverability, and simplicity. - Training & Support
Our solutions come with intuitive guides, documentation, and ongoing support as your system evolves.
Why HarmonXII
At HarmonXII, we don’t just build tools—we build clarity.
We’re designers, developers, and creative operations professionals who understand the unique pressures of content production. Our macOS automation solutions are built to reduce noise, not add options. We engineer silence—where the system just works, and your team just creates.
With HarmonXII, the operating system becomes your partner, not your gatekeeper.