Apple’s big addition for iOS 16 was Lock Screen widgets, but their powerful automation app was left out. In my column for iMore, I took a look at the history of Shortcuts and argue why it dictates the widget should get added.
The new Apple Watch Ultra features a dedicated Action button — and it can be customized with any shortcut.
Apple’s pro apps don’t have enough Shortcuts support — here are suggestions for actions to add for each of them.
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
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
From my iMore column “How Apple Is Trying To Fix Siri With App Shortcuts”: With App Shortcuts, everyday folks will automatically have folders of trigger
At Apple’s worldwide developer conference during their State of the Union address1, Apple launched App Shortcuts and the AppIntents API, features designed for “zero setup”
Yours truly for iMore: On Tuesday, Apple previewed new accessibility features coming to their platforms this year, including new navigation, health, and communication tools alongside
Yours truly for iMore: From Apple’s side, bringing Shortcuts support to one of their actions forces cross-platform parity, highlights the features of the app and
Today, Apple released updates to their iWork suite of apps that adds actions in Shortcuts for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on macOS, bringing powerful first-party
On Wednesday, Apple published an update in the Apple Support knowledge base detailing new features and issues fixed in Shortcuts in the latest iOS and
Apple’s new AirTags are their cheapest standalone product, yet I think they’re one of the most interesting released in a while. And that’s because of
Originally posted as What’s New in Shortcuts? Issue 31 – sign up for the newsletter here. Hello folks, Yesterday, Apple announced a new iPad Pro,
Apple’s statement on last week’s outage, Jason Snell’s shortcuts, Scotty’s fancy Slack API technique, and my Overcast shortcut for members.
On Thursday March 25, I streamed with my designer friend Joey Banks and walked him through some of the oddities of the Home app, working