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12 ways to get the most out of Shortcuts for iPhone
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Shortcuts Live with special guest Rosemary Orchard
Join me and special guest Rosemary Orchard on Friday, August 12th at 11am PST to talk everything Shortcuts, especially her recently-updated book Take Control of Shortcuts.
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In my piece for iMore on iOS 16 public beta 2, I covered the new set of actions for Shortcuts that work with Safari, Mail, and Reminders.
Rosemary Orchard releases second edition of “Take Control of Shortcuts”
Rosemary Orchard has released the second edition of her book Take Control of Shortcuts, a guide to everything Shortcuts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Shortcuts shows too much personal information and that needs to change
I am writing this post because I am frustrated with the fact that Shortcuts shows personally identifiable information about me when live-streaming about the app,
Shortcuts Live: Working with Safari Tabs in iOS 16 Public Beta 2
Tune into the latest episode of Shortcuts Live, where I streamed for a little over an hour covering the new Find Tab action that I discovered in iOS 16 public beta 2.
Apple isn’t doing enough for new Shortcuts users — here’s how they can fix it
For such an important app, Apple needs to do a lot more to onboard first time Shortcuts users and get them familiar with the app and how to build in it
What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue #36
From Issue 36 of my Shortcuts newsletter: Welcome to issue 36 of “What’s New in Shortcuts!” — this week is a quieter mid-summer period where