Dictate note
Begins listening for dictation, then creates a note with your dictated text.
Notes shortcuts
Shortcuts for managing the Notes app experience across Apple devices.
Use these shortcuts to quickly take notes, open recent notes, or append to the same note regularly.
These also work well with Apple Watch (which doesn’t have a native Notes app).
Notes is Apple’s default writing tool, going from a stitch-bound simulcrum of a real notebook into a powerful tag-based digital archiving tool.
While the Notes actions aren’t updated for iOS 15 yet, the native actions allow for quick access, repeatabilty, and sharing functions way beyond what the app’s features provide – hopefully Tags get added as well soon and Shortcuts users can go wild.
Add to last note
Takes the clipboard and appends to it to the most-recently modified note, before opening it in Notes.
Add to an existing note
Takes text from the input and adds it to a recent note of your choosing.
Weekly note
Creates a note for the current calendar week. Also checks if one exists before creating it, to avoid duplicates.
Add link of the week
Searches for a note called “Links of the Week” and appends the shortcut input or clipboard text to the end in the Notes app.
Get word count
Gets text from the Share sheet or clipboard and returns the total word count.
Add to wishlist
Asks you to enter a name on import, then looks for a note with the name and “wishlist” and creates one if not found – then, adds any links from the Share sheet or asks you to enter in a new item, then appends it to the list automatically.
Search Notes
Asks for a query, finds notes, presents a list of options, and opens the chosen note.
Open a note
Gets the last 20 recently modified notes and presents a menu, then opens the note.
Open unsorted notes
Opens the “Notes” folder, which contains notes not yet sorted into folders.
Open all iCloud notes
Opens the “All iCloud” folder of notes that shows everything across your folders.
Open my Work notes
Opens the “Work” folder in Notes – when in Gallery view, this will also show your sub-folders.
Open Shared notes
Opens the “Shared” folder of notes that you’ve collaborated on with others.
Open from work folders
Presents a menu of my work-related folders and opens the corresponding choice.
Open by folder group
Uses the Choose From menu action to present top-level categories for Notes folders, then includes multiple other menus for each category and opens into the chosen Folder.
Open video notes
Presents a menu of the main folder and various subfolders for my Video notes in the Notes open, then opens into the chosen folder using Show Notes Folder.
Open Routines notes
Openes the Routines folder where your daily checklists are stored.
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Clean up my Desktop
Downloads the contents of your Desktop folder, then asks you which files you want to move and then lets you pick where to place them.
Play my Favorites station
Starts the top episode in your Favorites station in the Podcasts app.
Generate file structure
Asks you to select a folder, enter a client name, then adds subfolders of your choosing.
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