You need to try this CarPlay customization trick that no one talks about »
August 1
Nate Pangaro from How-To Geek explains how to use Shortcuts automations for CarPlay to play a custom sound.
Tag: Shortcuts
This $0.33 NFC tag replaced my most annoying car habit »
July 31
Nate Pangaro from How-To Geek has a walk-through for how he’s using NFC tags to run shortcuts just by tapping his iPhone.
This Thursday: Siri AI Automators meetup in Portland
July 20
Join me in downtown Portland this Thursday, July 23, for another Siri AI Automators meetup about Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts, and practical automation.
WVFRM’s complete conversation about App Intents and the new Siri
July 10
The complete WVFRM conversation about App Intents, third-party developer support, and what the iOS 27 beta can and cannot show us about the new Siri.
New in the Shortcuts Library: DoorDash shortcuts
July 8
Get my shortcuts for the Doordash app, modeled after their App Shortcuts. use these to find restaurants or dishes, check your past orders, order groceries, or shop retail.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Waveform podcast shortcuts
July 8
If you’re a fan of the Waveform podcast from MKBHD & team, check out these shortcuts for interacting with the show, the YouTube Playlist, the clips channel, and the main channel.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Notion Agents shortcuts
July 7
Get my new shortcuts for the Notion Agents app. Use these to activate Notion AI, plus start and stop meeting.
iOS 27: Open Shortcuts to Editor instead of Describe a Shortcut
July 6
New in iOS 27, there’s a setting for Shortcuts to default to the Editor instead of Describe a Shortcut.
Apple Adds Restore Setting for “Shortcuts On This Device That Aren’t Currently In Your Library”
July 6
For shortcuts stuck in sync, Apple has added a new Restore button that adds your shortcuts back to your library.
App Intents Is The Engine Behind Some of the Most Delightful Experiences On the Apple Platform
June 29
“App Intents is a framework that lets you express your app’s actions and content to other parts of the system in ways that feels natural and deeply integrated.”
MacRumors: iOS 27 Makes the Shortcuts App Much Less Intimidating »
June 27
Juli Clover of MacRumors covers all the updates out of WWDC that make Shortcuts easier to use – Describe a Shortcut, refinements, new actions, and more.
iOS 27: Quickly Toggle Your Automations With New Filters in Shortcuts
June 25
New filters in Automations for Turned On and Turned Off make it easy to view your automated shortcuts and toggle them as needed.
WWDC26 Sessions: What’s New in Shortcuts
June 18
Happy WWDC26 to those who celebrate! Don’t miss the What’s new in Shortcuts session that covers our new automation types, additions to the Use Model action, and new Storage actions presented by Duraid.
MacStories: iPadOS Lets You Automate Window Placement with Shortcuts »
June 17
From MacStories: In iPadOS’ Shortcuts app, the existing ‘Open App’ action was recently updated with the ability to launch an app with a specific window placement parameter.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Luma shortcuts
June 17
Shortcuts for Luma, the event platform of choice for the Siri AI Automators meetup as well as CommunityKit. Use these shortcuts to create events or calendars, open your schedule, and interact with your profile.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Parking Kitty shortcuts
June 17
Shortcuts the Parking Kitty app, the tool of choice for parking in Portland, Oregon. these this to find zone codes, check your history, or pay for parking in the app or on the web.
Skip the Siri AI Waitlist on Mac with this Shortcut (Patched)
June 16
If you’re waiting for Siri AI, you can bypass the feature flag on macOS using a Terminal command – this shortcut allows you to run the script (and undo it, if you want).
Make Sure Codex Is Open for ChatGPT With These Shortcuts
May 14
Open Codex in ChatGPT, start a new chat, or make sure the app is open over SSH – check out my new set of shortcuts for Codex.
Shortcuts Lead Ari Weinstein, Now at OpenAI, Talking Computer Use for Codex
May 13
Former Shortcuts lead Ari Weinstein, who’s been at OpenAI working on Codex, shares a detailed walkthrough of Computer Use.
Pro-Tip: Close Your Shortcuts To Make Them Run Faster
February 4
If you’re fatigued by the animation in long-running shortcuts, my tip for you is: run it without opening it first.