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
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
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 And most of them are old, outdated, broken, or designed around apps I no longer use.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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