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Shortcuts Suggestions Shortcuts is a powerful automation app for Apple platforms, but there's still room for improvement. I inserted myself into a thread on Mastodon where Matthew Cassinelli1 was chatting with some internet folks about Shortcuts improvements and issues. 🗓️ December 7, 2023 🏷️ Shortcuts

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Create Project Codes With Shortcuts Counting is hard. Make the computer do it. When you have as many projects going on as I do, things get confusing pretty fast. Ok, maybe I have too many projects, but that’s another issue 🗓️ March 19, 2023 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ Automation🏷️ Obsidian🏷️ Omnifocus

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Clean Up Your Shortcuts Library So. Much. Junk. I have a lot of Shortcuts. Like hundreds. And most of them are old, outdated, broken, or designed around apps I no longer use. I needed a way to 🗓️ March 1, 2023 🏷️ Omnifocus🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ Automation

Using Personal Project Codes Overkill? Maybe. Useful? Absolutely I’ve been playing around with using project codes for years. Using a code instead of just a name makes sure that it is unique and easily searchable. 🗓️ January 31, 2023 🏷️ Omnifocus🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ Automation🏷️ Obsidian

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Get Apple Mail Into Omnifocus It's 2023 and there is still no Mail share sheet. Yes, Omnifocus has a maildrop service where you can forward an email to a super-secret address and that email will show up as a task in your 🗓️ January 27, 2023 🏷️ Omnifocus🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ Automation

Add Meeting Prep and Recap Blocks Using Shortcuts Banner Image

Add Meeting Prep and Recap Blocks Using Shortcuts Reclaim your time. I have a lot of Shortcuts. Like HUNDREDS. Sometimes I mention them in passing and forget that I take a lot of the Shortcuts I make for granted, and 🗓️ December 29, 2022 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS🏷️ Time Blocking🏷️ Calendar

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Make Back Tap Front and Center Wanna access a menu from anywhere on your phone? Accessibility features have a strange reputation of not being for everyone. We all need to make our devices more accessible in one way or another. 🗓️ October 1, 2021 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS

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Create Random Wallpapers With Shortcuts Spice up your lock screen! One of the new/not so new features in iOS 14 is the ability to set wallpapers using Shortcuts. This is great if you want to schedule a different 🗓️ December 15, 2020 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS🏷️ iPadOS

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Get Device Info Using Shortcuts Days off mean overcomplicated automations Sitting here watching Monsters, Inc. with my son on a lazy Friday-after-Thanksgiving, I was building out a new Shortcut that required my Device 🗓️ November 27, 2020 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS🏷️ iPadOS

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Delete Birthdays With Shortcuts Quickly remove birthdays from your contacts Remember a few years ago when social networks on phones were brand new and we all gave Facebook or Twitter or Path or HeyTell or whatever to our 🗓️ November 21, 2020 🏷️ Shortcuts

Automating Meeting Notes With iOS14 Shortcuts Banner Image

Automating Meeting Notes With iOS14 Shortcuts With no-confirm automations, iOS14 is a powerful beast I take a lot of meeting notes. Like a LOT. This Shortcut grabs the data out of a calendar event in Outlook, and spits out a Markdown file that can be edited in any standard text editor. And now, it does it automatically. 🗓️ July 8, 2020 🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS14

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Saving Instagram Posts to the Blog Just in case Facebook goes away I’m not a super heavy Instagram user, but I do occasionally post. When I do, I like to save what post to this blog. Why? Maybe because I’m not a 🗓️ November 1, 2018 🏷️ Instagram🏷️ Shortcuts🏷️ iOS🏷️ Automation🏷️ Jekyll