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On the iPad Pros podcast episode released Thursday, December 5, I joined host Tim Chaten for our annual Shortcuts episode:
Matthew Cassinelli is back for our annual update on Shortcuts! This year we also dive into app intents that will power Apple Intelligence in 2025.
Early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros.
Early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts!
Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at [email protected].
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00: Opening
00:00:44: Support The Show
00:01:09: Matthew Cassinelli
00:03:10: Shortcuts UI improvements
00:06:44: Control Center
00:13:24: New Actions
00:38:42: Apple Typo?
00:40:41: Journal
00:41:21: Magnifier
00:46:01: Wallet Actions
00:49:23: Add To Home Screen
00:57:02: Shortcuts Command Line
01:01:03: Get Current App
01:04:59: Spatial Capture Actions
01:10:44: App Intents
01:28:22: Amazon
01:32:02: What Else?
01:48:25: Where Can People Follow You Online
01:49:46: Closing
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On Wednesday, November 20, on the Clockwise podcast, I joined hosts Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent with guest Kathy Campbell to talk about:
How we deal with physical media, the most tech heavy restaurants we’ve patronized, tech that ended up disappointing us, and the social media networks of yesteryear that we’d bring back.
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On Sunday, September 8, on the Mac Power Users podcast, I had the pleasure of joining hosts David Sparks and Stephen Hackett – here’s the show notes:
Matt Cassinelli joins the show to discuss his background with Workflow and Apple and how it led to him becoming the “Shortcuts Guy.” The group then discusses Apple’s automation tools across its platforms, and how those tools have extended to the web.
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On Friday, May 3, on the Automators podcast, I had the pleasure of joining host David Sparks for an excellent discussion:
Shortcuts guru Matthew Cassinelli joins to discuss the state of shortcuts and some of his favorite automations.
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On Friday, April 12, on the The MacRumors Show podcast, I had the pleasure of joining hosts Dan Barbera and Hartley Charlton to talk about Shortcuts and what could happen with App Intents at WWDC:
Matthew Cassinelli, one of the minds behind Workflow, joins us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show to talk Apple Shortcuts and potential improvements and AI features coming to the app in iOS 18. Workflow was a unique iOS app that allowed users to create macros for executing specific sequential tasks on their device. In 2017, Apple acquired Workflow and, the following year, it was rebranded as “Shortcuts.” Shortcuts have since become a key part of Apple’s ecosystem and can be used for a huge range of powerful, automated actions. Matthew was present at Workflow throughout its transition to Apple and now offers his own library of complex Shortcuts, which you can access over on his website.
Last year, a report from The Information claimed that iOS 18 will introduce some major AI features to Siri and the Shortcuts app. Apple apparently wants Siri to be able to help users automate complex, multi-step tasks with voice-based commands and have much deeper integration with Shortcuts, such as by potentially helping users build them. We break down Apple Shortcuts for beginners and look at some of the many use-cases for the app, as well as consider where it could go next with AI.
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On Saturday, November 18, I had the pleasure of joining KTLA’s Rich DeMuro as a guest on Rich On Tech to talk about Shortcuts – my segment starts around 53:00:
Rich discusses iPhone 15 Pro impressions, using shortcuts on iPhones, Wi-Fi tips, and answers listener questions about laptop batteries, cleaning PCs, and using eSIM cards.
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On Thursday, September 28, I had the pleasure of joining Tim Chaten as a guest on iPad Pros to talk about:
Matthew Cassinelli is back for our 6th annual catchup on what’s new with Shortcuts! Shortcuts 7 is now available for iPadOS 17, iOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma! If you want to listen to our past episodes; check out episodes 41, 42, 58, 90, 91, 122, 149, and 151.
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From episode 2 of my new members-only podcast:
Covering July 17 through August 31, this second member episode recaps everything I’ve shared this summer – and includes teasers for my in-progress workflows coming to the Catalog soon.
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On Wednesday, August 16, I had the pleasure of joining Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent as a guest along with Kathy Campbell on Clockwise to talk about:
Whether we speed up audio and video media, how we’d want Apple to change Disney Parks, our thoughts on new Apple Watch bands, and what we’re hoping to see from Apple’s Shortcuts.
Check out Clockwise in Apple Podcasts or listen to the episode below:
Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory speaking on The Talk Show #382, starting at 1:13:23 (transcribed and lightly edited for text):
I see a lot of opportunities there for developers to make the widgets just come alive. I think it’s a great little thing that they’ve done.
The side effect of this, I think is—even kind of probably better in the long term—is that that way you do this is something that’s sort of like a little shortcut. And it’s gonna expose a lot of developers to the Shortcuts technology.
So like that button that’s on your widget that says, oh, play this radio station? Well, I’m obviously gonna write a shortcut that says, play this radio station. So you can automate that. So, like, if I go into my Focus mode, or if I get home, it starts playing the radio station on the kitchen HomePod.
And for me that’s the thing that really is powerful because it takes that interaction and makes it something that you can use throughout your life. That’s for me the most interesting thing, that’s why we’re talking about vision OS and all these other things is interactions that fit into your life, are really – that’s the goal.
That’s the thing I love doing the most.
Lovely sentiment – Craig gets it.
From Rosemary Orchard and David Sparks on Automators on Relay FM:
Rose and David share a collection of their favorite personal automations ranging from task and project management to home automation.
My pals Rosemary and David talked about their latest automation adventures on, well, Automators – highly recommend the show.
From episode 1 of my new members-only podcast:
Shortcuts has new actions in the betas, plus I recently published shortcuts for Threads, Shopping, and Apple TV – welcome to my first members-only podcast.
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Announcing My New Members-Only Podcast
Today I am very pleased to announce the latest addition to my membership program, my new members-only podcast!
When you sign up on my site to become a member, you’ll automatically receive an email with details on how to follow the podcast with your unique RSS feed link that’s uniquely tied to your subscription.
Every episode, I’ll be covering my recent material with a quick editorialization for each story, plus I’ll be teasing what I’m working on for upcoming projects – the first episode covers everything I’ve published this July so far alongside the return of my newsletter (coming later today).
Sign up to become a member today and listen to episode 1 – plus you’ll get access to all my members-only shortcuts on an ongoing basis.
I had the pleasure of being a guest on this week’s Clockwise podcast on Relay.FM alongside guest Kelly Guimont and hosts Mikah Sargent & Dan Moren. We talked about:
Whether we’d install a third-party app store on our phones, our most anticipated Matter devices, the tasks we’d pawn off onto an AI chatbot, and our non-holiday holiday traditions.
Always a pleasure to be a guest on Clockwise — and no I swear I’m not just a series of Shortcuts…
This Tuesday, I had the pleasure of being as a guest on iOS Today with Mikah Sargent:
Personalize your custom Focus modes in iOS 15 or iOS 16, from silencing specific notifications to switching screens based on location.
- Home Screen customization
- Lock Screen customization
- Focus activation scheduling
- Using particular colors for context
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 to talk about:
Our excitement and trepidation regarding Passkeys, our thoughts on auto-generated Siri App Shortcuts, the most exciting features announced at WWDC, and our inevitable (?) USB-C future.
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On episode 80 of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about the following:
Follow-ups from Google IO, Google Assistant tweaks, and smart home changes this week. Plus HomeKit gear, Apple Watch apps, and our thoughts on the latest Apple products. And our smart home predictions and picks of the week.
On episode 79 of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about:
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Apple’s new hardware releases
- Google IO
- Our latest picks
On episode 78 of Smart Tech Today, Rosemary (in for Mikah) and I talked about:
– Project CHIP’s new name – Matter
– Amazon’s Sidewalk network and new product releases
– Apple’s AirTags and Rosemary’s 3D printing adventure