12 ways to get the most out of Shortcuts for iPhone
August 7
Shortcuts for iPhone is always with you, fits in your pocket, & utilizes the iPhone’s special features — here’s how to best use it.
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Five apps Apple could automate to win over pro users
August 4
Apple’s pro apps don’t have enough Shortcuts support — here are suggestions for actions to add for each of them.
Shortcuts gains powerful Find Tabs action for Safari, more in second public beta
July 30
In my piece for iMore on iOS 16 public beta 2, I covered the new set of actions for Shortcuts that work with Safari, Mail, and Reminders.
Apple isn’t doing enough for new Shortcuts users — here’s how they can fix it
July 27
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
14 Shortcuts for Safari Views, Tab Groups, and Focus Filters to use with iOS 16
July 22
Yours truly for iMore: Safari has gained six actions of its own so far in the betas: 1. Open View 2. Open New Tab 3.
iOS 16 public beta adds 46 new Shortcuts actions for Focus Filters, Background Removal, Parked Cars
July 15
In the first public beta of iOS 16, Shortcuts has a whole new set of actions to build with — here’s what’s available (so far).
8 ways to get help from Apple Support using Shortcuts
July 9
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
Apple is releasing tons of “hidden” features in Shortcuts — what about everyday users?
July 6
I want your hottest take — is Shortcuts just a tool for power users or can the “average” user truly get in on all the potential? I wrote about this hard question for Apple to answer on iMore.
How to create speaker groups for HomePod using Shortcuts
July 2
Yours truly for iMore: In iOS 15.4, Apple added new parameters to the Set Playback Destination action that updated the capabilities from being able to
How Apple Is Trying To Fix Siri With App Shortcuts
June 8
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
Why summer is the best time to get into Shortcuts
May 25
Yours truly for iMore: Apple’s Shortcuts can be an overwhelming app, with so many actions, apps, and features to take advantage of that it can
How to use Apple’s new Accessibility Assistant shortcut to assess your needs (and 26 accessibility shortcuts)
May 21
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
Apple’s Shortcuts needs more first-party app support
May 18
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
15 ways to use Shortcuts with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers
May 14
Yours truly for iMore: In iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3, Apple updated their iWork suite of Pages, Keynote, and the Numbers app to include improved
Shortcuts beta adds “Notify When Run” toggle to hide Automations
January 29
Yours truly for iMore: In iOS 15.4 beta 1, Apple has added a new toggle to Personal Automations in the Shortcuts app for “Notify When