Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Screencap

Takes a screenshot, reformat the name to the style used on macOS, then saves it to /Shortcuts/Screenshots/ in iCloud Drive.

Format Date

Formats a date and time into text.

Save File

Save files to iCloud Drive. Turn off “Ask Where to Save” in order to specify a destination path in the Shortcuts folder.

Set Name

Sets the name of the item passed as input.

Run Shortcut deep link

Open Shortcut deep link

AppleScript code

Turns to the next page in the Books app for a currently-open book.

Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.

Shows your Watchlist of movies and series saved for lon Disney+.

Opens the Clock app to the countdown timer.

Opens the MacStories account on Flipboard so you can read stories from Federico Viticci and friends.

Opens into the Documents folder of iCloud Drive using the Files app.

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