What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue #073
July 31
Welcome to Issue 73 of “What’s New in Shortcuts”! This week we saw the second Public Beta of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS — which meant
Shortcuts gains powerful Find Tabs action for Safari, more in second public beta
July 30
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”
July 29
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
July 29
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
July 28
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
July 27
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 #072
July 24
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
Here are 7 ways to get started with Shortcuts for Apple Watch
July 23
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.
iOS Today #611: Setting up Focus Modes on your iPhone
July 22
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.
14 Shortcuts for Safari Views, Tab Groups, and Focus Filters to use with iOS 16
July 22
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.
What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue #071
July 17
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
iOS 16 public beta adds 46 new Shortcuts actions for Focus Filters, Background Removal, Parked Cars
July 15
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).
What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue #070
July 10
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
8 ways to get help from Apple Support using Shortcuts
July 9
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
Apple is releasing tons of “hidden” features in Shortcuts — what about everyday users?
July 6
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.
How Shortcuts changed one Redditor’s life
July 5
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.
How to create speaker groups for HomePod using Shortcuts
July 2
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
What’s New in Shortcuts – Issue #069
July 1
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
Apple’s developer APIs for Shortcuts are way better this year
July 1
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,
Don’t call it HomeKit, it’s Apple Home now
June 14
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