Simple shortcuts
Everyday shortcuts.
Set background sound volume
Presents a menu from 10%-50% in 5% increments and sets background sounds to that percentage out of the total volume.
Podcast Walk
Asks you to pick a podcast, then starts an Outdoor Walk workout on the Apple Watch.
Podcasts TV
Turns on your Apple TV, opens the Podcasts app, and activates the Remote app on your device.
Auto-station
Automatically plays one of your Station presets depending on the time of day.
Search and subscribe
Find a podcast by title, host, or link and subscribe to it immediately.
Get RSS feed link
Searches Podcasts for a show, then copies the Feed URL so you can subscribe in another app.
Relay FM Live
Opens the Discord app to the Relay.FM community, then Relay.FM or live where I can start a live show.
Make audio recording
Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.
Record audio file
Records audio using the phone’s mics, then saves the file and asks you if you want to share it.
Encode audio recording as text
Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
Play encoded audio
Gets an audio file encoded as text, decodes the value, and plays the sound at 35%. Pairs well with “Encode audio.”
Encode audio
Records audio until you tap it to stop, then encodes it into a text-based format, then copies it to your clipboard (to be decoded and played back later).
Crop the subject out
Removes the background of a photo, cropping the remaining subject to remove blank space.
Share my photos
Prompts you to pick between Recents, Portraits, Selfies, and Panoramas to send via the Share sheet.
Save this week’s photos
Looks for photos taken in the last week, lets you pick which ones to save, then presents a list of your albums to choose where to save them.
Take cleanshots with QuickTime
Make a screen recording in QuickTime that overrides the time or battery for a nice-looking screenshot.
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Get today’s weather report
Grabs all the details available in the Weather actions in Shortcuts and presents it back to you.
New tab in Freeform
Opens Freeform and creates a new tab so you can open a second board.
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
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