New shortcut helps users find product manuals and guides on Apple’s website »
9to5Mac wrote up a new page on Apple’s Support website that links to their main documentation – I added the page as a shortcut to my Apple Support folder.
9to5Mac wrote up a new page on Apple’s Support website that links to their main documentation – I added the page as a shortcut to my Apple Support folder.
In this issue: iOS 17.4 brings new actions for Action button, new entertainment shortcuts in the Catalog, app updates and videos aplenty, and my discount on Elgato gear.
Stephen Robles continues his Shortcuts series on YouTube by building shortcuts off listener requests – a great watch as always.
Apple has a new @AppleDeveloper account on YouTube where they’re hosting videos from last year’s and this WWDC – which means they can be automated via Shortcuts…
Tom Robertson covers his Shortcuts-powered setup that uses Chronicling to store the status of his chores and Reminders to alert him when things are due.
Stephen Robles has a quick 10-minute video on using the new Get Orientation and Get Physical Activity actions from iOS 17.4.
9to5Mac has a quick guide on automating the Always On Display for iPhone using Focus modes, the Shortcuts action, and—my addition—Automations.
Following up on their clever Authorship feature, the team at iA has added Shortcuts support to iA Writer.
Apple has added a great set of free movies for Apple TV+ subscribers – and I made a shortcut that links to the page in the TV app.
Jason Snell and Myke Hurley discuss Apple’s artificial intelligence investments, the idea of Spotlight as their AI brand, and rumors about Siri improvements coming in iOS 18.
Automator hosts Rosemary Orchard and David Sparks talked in detail about the Shortcuts and automation experience of the Apple Vision Pro – excellent episode.
Mona, a highly-customizable Mastodon client, has added extensive Shortcuts support, including the ability to schedule posts – check out the story from Jonathan Reed on MacStories.
Stephen Robles shared these great shortcuts and automatinos for interacting with your device’s settings for managing battery life.
In his iPhone setup video, Stephen Robles mentioned how he finds the Today view off to the left of your iPhone Home Screen is the best place to use Shortcuts – I agree.
Stephen Robles shares his thoughts on how to best use the iPhone Action button, now that we’ve had it for multiple months.
Chris Lawley shares his top shortcuts and automations for working on the iPad – I always love seeing the latest versions of Chris’ workflow.
Developers Christian Selig and Marcos Tanaka have added URL schemes for their apps Juno and Play to pass YouTube links back-and-forth – and MacStories built out shortcuts for it all.
MacStories editor Federico Viticci has shared his set of shortcuts and automations for interacting with your day’s tasks in Things – check out the post from Club MacStories.
In this issuse – Apple Vision Pro coverage, new YouTube videos, announcements, & more.
I had the pleasure of being a guest on this week’s Clockwise podcast with host Dan Moren, special host James Thomson, and fellow guest Rosemary Orchard.