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.
Tag: Shortcuts
How the Shortcuts widget makes the Home Screen much more powerful
August 31
From Shortcuts stacks to entire screens of App Suggestions — here’s how to make your Home Screen smarter.
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.
Why the Menu Bar is the best way to get started with Shortcuts for Mac
August 20
Shortcuts for Mac lets you run shortcuts from the Menu Bar. Here’s how to set it up, optimize your shortcuts, and add advanced interactivity for your macOS experience.
Why everyone should be using Share Sheet shortcuts
August 10
Running Shortcuts from the Share Sheet is one of the most powerful ways users can automate their workflows — here’s how to best take advantage of everything the feature offers.
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
8 Tips for Optimizing Shortcuts for macOS from Club MacStories
June 1
As part of Club MacStories, Federico Viticci published an Automation Academy guide on Tips for Optimizing Your Shortcuts for macOS Monterey. In the post, Federico
How Federico Viticci Rediscovered The Mac (And Shortcuts’ Essential Role)
May 31
Federico’s annual pre-WWDC piece is out and you should read all 8,000 or so words of it, particularly this section about Shortcuts: While the Shortcuts
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