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
Welcome to issue 72 of “What’s New in Shortcuts!” — this week is a quieter mid-summer period where we didn’t see any news, but there’s
Media, HomeKit, Notes, and more — my story for iMore shows you the best areas to focus on when trying to get things done on your wrist.
My guest spot on iOS Today on TWiT where we talked about how to personalize your custom Focus modes in iOS 15 or iOS 16, from silencing specific notifications to switching screens based on location.
Yours truly for iMore: Safari has gained six actions of its own so far in the betas: 1. Open View 2. Open New Tab 3.
Welcome to issue 71 of “What’s New in Shortcuts” — the public betas are finally here and more of you can play around with the
In the first public beta of iOS 16, Shortcuts has a whole new set of actions to build with — here’s what’s available (so far).
Welcome to Issue 70 of “What’s New in Shortcuts” — we are very close now to the public beta, and with that comes a new
Yours truly for iMore: Apple’s Support resources are incredibly helpful when you’re running into issues, need to repair a device, or for learning more about
I want your hottest take — is Shortcuts just a tool for power users or can the “average” user truly get in on all the potential? I wrote about this hard question for Apple to answer on iMore.
From manual labor to generating daily reports with a huge impact on his business’ bottom-line, here’s the story of how one Redditor’s life change thanks to Shortcuts.
Yours truly for iMore: In iOS 15.4, Apple added new parameters to the Set Playback Destination action that updated the capabilities from being able to
Hello readers! It’s been a while — I took a break from this newsletter while working on try big Shortcuts Library rerelease (more below) and
I interviewed three app developers about Apple’s latest improvements to the Shortcuts APIs for iMore: Apple’s newest framework for implementing Shortcuts support in iOS, iPadOS,
Developer Aaron Pearce on Twitter: Apple is now recommending developers use the term “Works with Apple Home” instead of “Works with Apple HomeKit”. Apple is
Last Friday, for episode 435 of the Clockwise podcast, I got the chance to join Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent again along with Rosemary Orchard
In the first seed of the iOS 16 developer beta, the Shortcuts app has received 51 new actions that support interacting with Apple’s first-party apps
I made 7 Shortcuts to help you take notes on WWDC sessions for my iMore weekend piece: With such a breadth of potential topics, sections to
From my iMore column “How Apple Is Trying To Fix Siri With App Shortcuts”: With App Shortcuts, everyday folks will automatically have folders of trigger
At Apple’s worldwide developer conference during their State of the Union address1, Apple launched App Shortcuts and the AppIntents API, features designed for “zero setup”