Shortcuts Archives – Page 7 of 12

New for members: Things beta shortcuts

December 8

Hey members, I’ve just published 11 new shortcuts from today’s stream featuring the new actions from the Things beta.

Apple should add a Lock Screen widget for Shortcuts

September 29

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.

Shortcuts in the iOS 16 MacStories Review

September 12

Federico Viticci is back again with his 8th annual iOS review — I linked to Part 7 which covers Shortcuts in detail.

You can set the new Action button on Apple Watch Ultra to anything in Shortcuts

September 7

The new Apple Watch Ultra features a dedicated Action button — and it can be customized with any shortcut.

Shortcuts for Mac: Scripting your desktop with Apple’s Mac-only actions

August 28

Shortcuts for Mac includes Scripting actions for Apps, Windows, and the Script Editor — here’s how to take advantage of these Mac-only actions.

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.

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.

Rosemary Orchard releases second edition of “Take Control of Shortcuts”

July 29

Rosemary Orchard has released the second edition of her book Take Control of Shortcuts, a guide to everything Shortcuts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Shortcuts shows too much personal information and that needs to change

July 29

I am writing this post because I am frustrated with the fact that Shortcuts shows personally identifiable information about me when live-streaming about the app,

Here are 7 ways to get started with Shortcuts for Apple Watch

July 23

Media, HomeKit, Notes, and more — my story for iMore shows you the best areas to focus on when trying to get things done on your wrist.

iOS Today #611: Setting up Focus Modes on your iPhone

July 22

My guest spot on iOS Today on TWiT where we talked about how to personalize your custom Focus modes in iOS 15 or iOS 16, from silencing specific notifications to switching screens based on location.

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

How Shortcuts changed one Redditor’s life

July 5

From manual labor to generating daily reports with a huge impact on his business’ bottom-line, here’s the story of how one Redditor’s life change thanks to Shortcuts.

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

Apple’s developer APIs for Shortcuts are way better this year

July 1

I interviewed three app developers about Apple’s latest improvements to the Shortcuts APIs for iMore: Apple’s newest framework for implementing Shortcuts support in iOS, iPadOS,

Here are 51 new actions for Shortcuts in the iOS 16 betas (so far)

June 14

In the first seed of the iOS 16 developer beta, the Shortcuts app has received 51 new actions that support interacting with Apple’s first-party apps

My notes on the Shortcuts developer sessions at WWDC ’22 ?

June 7

Today, Apple released two WWDC sessions around Shortcuts — Dive into App Intents and Implement App Shortcuts with App Intents. I’ll be covering the material

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