Apple Music ‘Discovery Station’ goes live for subscribers »
August 7
9to5Mac shared the news that Apple Music has a new “Discovery” station – so, naturally, I turned it into a shortcut.
Updated in the Shortcuts Library: Apple Music shortcuts
August 7
If you’re subscribed to Apple Music, this set of shortcuts gives you full access to your For You playlists, Apple Music radio, and curator pages.
Interactive Widgets Are Built Using App Intents: What That Means For Shortcuts »
August 1
Speaking on The Talk Show #382, Iconfactory developer Craig Hockenberry talks about the advantages for Shortcuts that will be realized off the work app developers put into interactive widgets.
Apple Adds New Shortcuts Action For Camera Modes in iOS 17
August 1
New in iOS 17 – an “Open Camera” action that lets you immediately open to your preferred mode. Here’s the list of modes – and a set of shortcuts to go with them.
All Automations Now Run Immediately In Shortcuts (Notifications Required)
August 1
Shortcuts automations now “Run Immediately” in iOS 17 – a new era for Apple devices. However, there’s a few limitations in the current betas – let’s see if those are fixed by the full release.
Shortcuts has new Automations in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17: Transaction, Display, & Stage Manager
August 1
Shortcuts has three new automation types in iOS and iPadOS 17: Transactions, Display, and Stage Manager – here’s an overview of what’s new.
The must-try iPhone shortcut to help you remember everything »
August 1
Kurt Knutsson has written about Apple’s “Remember This” shortcut – an excellent starter shortcut for anyone trying to learn the app.
Automators Talk Personal Automation Fun »
August 1
My pals Rosemary and Orchard are back with another episode of Automators on their favorite automations – listen on Relay FM.
What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue 98
July 31
In between betas, we saw a new action come to Shortcuts, interesting rumors related to the future of Siri, stories sharing helpful tips, and more to do with Threads by Instagram.
How to Get a Custom Alert When Your iPhone Reaches Full Charge »
July 31
MakeUseOF has put together a guide for using Shortcuts to set up Personal Automations that go off when your phone is fully charged.
How to put two shortcuts in one small widget »
July 31
The folks at Cult of Mac have shared a how-to guide for setting up the new Dual widget available in iOS 17.
iPhone 15 Pro Action Button Option for Shortcuts Potentially Revealed in iOS 17 Code »
July 31
Code has been found suggesting the Action button is coming to the next iPhone – here’s why I think the Shortcuts support needs to be improved.
How to change back to the old Twitter app icon on iOS »
July 31
With Twitter being rebranded to X, users are looking for ways to avoid the change and get the old icon back – using Add to Home Screen in Shortcuts.
Instapaper Adds App Shortcuts and New Actions
July 31
Instapaper has updated their Shortcuts support with new App Shortcuts based off the latest App Intents APIs – here’s why I’m glad about their particular implementation (and I give suggestions for improvement).
Customize Threads With These 8 Alternate Home Screen Icons
July 27
Get these 8 excellent alternate icons and use them with Add to Home Screen for your own personal Threads experience.
Updated in the Shortcuts Library: Threads shortcuts
July 26
After working further on my Threads scraping tool, I’ve updated my set of shortcuts to let you easily save posts to your favorite apps – enjoy!
How To Directly Access Threads Profiles Using Shortcuts
July 26
In learning about Threads’ unique URL scheme, I’ve shared two shortcuts for accessing others’ and your own profile directly in the app.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Camera app shortcuts
July 25
New in iOS 17 is the “Open Camera” action, which lets users select a specific camera mode to open each time – here’s my set of shortcuts for each option available.
How To Watch Messi’s First MLS Match on Apple TV+ (and All Apple Sports) Using Shortcuts
July 21
Messi is coming to the MLS – and I have a shortcut for Season Pass holders, plus another for Apple Sports fans.
Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI »
July 20
According to Bloomberg, Apple is testing their own generative AI tool called “Ajax” internally – here’s why I think it needs to take advantage of Shortcuts.