If you’re always running into “You’ll need to unlock your iPhone first” with Siri, you’ll want to use AirPods starting in iOS 17 – here’s how this new accessibility feature benefits everyone.
Interactive widgets are coming to iOS 17 and this developer has teased Klang, a new soundboard app, now available in TestFlight.
If you’re running into issues opening Thread profiles into the app, this shortcut from MacStories is for you – set it up with Back Tap and you’re good to go.
If you’re a developer working on App Intents, the team at Apple wants to hear from you – see this post from engineering manager Michael Gorbach.
Apple has introduced a new feature to display App Intents in Spotlight – Antoine Van Der Lee wrote up how he implemented the change in his app WeTransfer.
Short Circuit is a native ChatGPT experience for Apple apps, with tons of customizations you can add to your Side Chats – check out the new app.
Fantastical has improved their Shortcuts collection, and Jason Snell has all the details on Six Colors.
LaunchBar has updated their Shortcuts support to include proper icons from the app, plus accept input into the shortcut.
MacStories covered Detail Duo and Detail for Mac – a set of creative video apps for storytelling (complete with Shortcuts support, of course).
Portal for Mac lets users great immersive, focused environments – and it supports Shortcuts too!
MakeUseOf has put together a guide on how to use the Take Screenshot action in Shortcuts to give your captures a custom filename.
David Pierce of The Verge takes a look at Apple’s approach to apps in lieu of a rumored headset – and how the ecosystem needs to change.
From XDA’s story on how Apple uses artificial intelligence in its products already – how Siri Shortcuts and the Suggestions features learn from your habits.
Developer Mustafa Yusuf has released a huge update to Tasks 3 – the folks at 9to5Mac have a write-up on everything that’s new.
The folks at MacObserver have put together a guide for how to set up App automations that control Orientation Lock – check it out.
@Timery on Mastodon: Timery 1.5.3 is available! This update has four new Shortcuts actions and several small improvements & fixes! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1425368544 What’s new in Shortcuts:
Diego Jimenez has put together a clever shortcut for securing your iPhone using the Lock Screen action that works as a Personal Automation when Airplane Mode is activated.
Lance Whitney from PCMag covers all the basics of Shortcuts to get you started, including creating shortcuts/automations, adding them to the widget/Share Sheet/Apple Watch, and finding new shortcuts online.
Following up on my post about Discord timestamps, Zach Knox mentioned the app Elsewhen, a utility for formatting timestamps and sharing times across timezones.
Congrats to Zenitizer, a clean and simple meditation timer app that just launched on the App Store.