Get iPlayer Automator
Get iPlayer Automator is a macOS utility for downloading BBC and STV programmes and adding them to Apple TV or Music for local playback.
What is Get iPlayer Automator?
Get iPlayer Automator is a native macOS utility that helps users download BBC and STV television and radio programmes for local viewing or listening. It is designed for people who want a Mac-based workflow for collecting programmes, organising them automatically, and sending finished media into Apple’s TV app or Music app. The app includes queueing and series-style download features so users can keep up with regularly released shows without repeating the same steps each time. It also tags downloaded media so libraries stay easier to browse inside Apple’s media apps. This app is published by Scott Kovatch and is aimed at users who specifically want a Mac front end for the underlying get_iplayer workflow rather than a general streaming player.
Key features
- Download supported BBC and STV programmes to your Mac
- Add completed TV downloads to the Apple TV app automatically
- Send radio downloads to the Music app for local playback
- Queue programmes and manage repeated download tasks
- Use series-style downloading to keep up with ongoing shows
- Tag downloaded media so it is organised in Apple media libraries
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is a legitimate Mac utility for downloading broadcast media to local storage. It may need normal access to your network, local files, and Apple media apps to save downloads and place them into your library. The main practical consideration is content storage: downloaded video and audio files can use significant disk space over time, and removing the app may also interrupt any saved download workflow you rely on.
Recommendation: Keep Get iPlayer Automator if you use your Mac to download and organise BBC or STV programmes for offline playback. If you no longer use that workflow, you can remove it and clean up its remaining support files to recover space, especially if it has accumulated downloaded media or app data.
Common paths
/Applications/Get iPlayer Automator.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Get iPlayer Automator
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.ascoware.get-iplayer-automator.plist
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