The Automators podcast: my Shortcuts deep dive!
September 15
Talking with MacSparky and Rosemary about two of my favorite shortcuts – subscribe to Automators if you haven’t yet!
Sharing about Shortcuts: in audio and video form
September 14
With the imminent release of the Shortcuts app for iOS, I’ve been hard at work creating new ways to share with everyone. After Workflow was
» Mastering Apple Music: my favorite shortcut (on The Sweet Setup)
August 9
From Apple Music mixes to master playlists – here’s one shortcut to rule them all
How to buy Disney/Marvel/Star Wars movies to watch on Apple TV in 4K
August 1
Looking at VUDU, iTunes, and Movies Anywhere for getting the best quality on all your devices
» July recap: Here’s the posts I published this month
July 31
Twelve posts I shared this month, plus a summary of my upcoming newsletter and a tease for next week.
» Grouping in HomeKit, Shortcuts Tweets, and Quick Links
July 22
The coffee shop below where I used to work, and where I first met the RelayFM team during RelayCon just weeks before I started at
How to delete unplanned screenshots with Shortcuts
July 16
Do you find yourself taking tons of accidental screenshots on iPhone X or your Apple Watch? Of course there’s a shortcut for that!
» Screenshots, Shortcuts, and Consulting
July 15
This week I wrote about being on the front page of TechCrunch, everyone sharing around the App Store 10-year anniversary, and tease some future projects
How to make a full-page screenshot of an app or website with StitchPics
July 9
StitchPics is my favorite tool for making screenshots of complete Shortcuts – check out the video of how it works.
» My piece on TechCrunch – and the Shortcuts app is here!
July 8
This week I shared a bit more off my site than on it, with only one post here, one on iMore, and another on (!)
Swipe on the Copy & Paste menu in iOS to see more actions
July 2
I didn’t know about this feature for years – hopefully you can take advantage of it now [includes a GIF].
Things, Logging Movies, & Screen Time
June 30
Linking back to three posts from my site and a Screen Time post up on The Sweet Setup. Plus, I hint at an upcoming piece.
Keeping a better film watchlist in Letterboxd
June 27
Check out the shortcut I built for logging new movies to my watchlist in Letterboxd,using their URL scheme to jump back & forth.
Shortcuts & Siri: I’m excited to see more
June 26
Sharing some initial thoughts on Shortcuts, Siri, and what it means for Apple’s future. Also, you should start using Workflow now.
How to cancel tasks in Things
June 25
My first Tips & Tricks post covering how to mark a task as cancelled in Things for iOS and Mac
How I Lost My iPad
June 24
Summary of my two posts June 17th – 23rd both here and on The Sweet Setup. Plus, I linked to workflow shared on my first podcast appearance.
Saving your clipboard to Copied with Shortcuts
June 21
Building quick ways to save your clipboard with the Copied app for iOS
Playing around with the 2x Zoom on iPhone
May 10
Even though I've had the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone X, I haven't nearly taken advantage of the 2x zoom lenses on both. I default
Words I never want to appear in my writing; or, staying friendly towards beginners
May 7
As a writer who generally focuses on complicated processes for using technology, I can find it tempting to default to lazy language that over-simplifies for
You don’t have to be good at building shortcuts to use Siri Shortcuts
April 25
In my most recent piece for iMore, I wrote about the ways you can get new Siri Shortcuts for your collection without having to