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  1. Blaster13

    Siri shortcuts

    Anyone else having issues with shortcuts. watch os 6 beta 5 iOS 13 beta 5 HomePod 12.4 shortcuts work great on phone and pad. when trying to use on watch or HomePod it’s saying it cannot do it on the watch. Any ideas.
  2. FireFish

    iPhone iOS 13's all-new built-in shortcuts strategy

    I'm a big fan of SHORTCUTS, ever since it first launched before Apple even bought the company. Since then, Apple has integrated them all-thru iOS by having 'shortcuts' show up as the first icon when hitting the SHARE arrow for anything. That shortcuts icon (when clicked) would allow you to...
  3. purdnost

    Apple Shortcuts - Top 25 Most Played (Apple Music) - Live Updating?

    The Apple Shortcuts app offers a shortcut to generate the top 25 most played tracks in Apple Music. Does this playlist live update, or do I need to generate a new one to update it?
  4. Apple_is_better

    MS Windows-like windows management

    Sorry for the run-on title. Long time Apple user on iOS side, not MacOS user for a while now. Set to go back to MacOS for desktop as well. One thing I like and appreciate about MS Windows is the ease of managing multiple windows - use WinKey+arrow and windows snap immediately to quadrants or...
  5. U

    iOS Shortcuts not working

    Hi! My Wi-fi and Bluetooth toggles for the iOS shortcuts app does not work. It just gets stuck on the loading part of the shortcut and doesn’t do anything. It will give out an error sometimes. I’ve tried restarting my iPad and my phone. Deleting the app and shortcuts and then downloading it...
  6. P

    watchOS 6 - Siri Shortcuts question

    I would like to ask if watchOS 6 supports Siri Shortcuts Thanks in advance,
  7. Skeptical.me

    General Shortcuts for Homepod

    Hi, Today I received my new Homepod, and so far so great! Ever since it was released I was in two minds about purchasing one. I was using a Google Home mini and while Google Assistant has some extra features that SIRI doesn't, I simply don't have a need for those, other than a few things I'm...
  8. Aguaman

    Announcing SHARE SONG - A Shortcut to Share Any Song You Own With Anyone

    Ever get frustrated trying to share a song with a friend? Well, me too! This Shortcut will use the iPhone's share sheet to send a copy of any song you own to whomever you like. You can find it on the following page...
  9. Owenpatry

    Track and Log location

    Hey All! First post so bare with me! First, a little background to understand my motive: I’m a freelancer in the film biz in Southern California and I go to a lot of different places for work. My wife and I plan on moving in the near future and I’ve always wondered what the prime location is...
  10. Morac

    iPhone Siri shortcuts periodically stop working until I toggle Siri off and on

    Yesterday Siri Shortcuts stopped working on my iPhone 7 Plus (ios 12.1.3). Siri would pause for a bit and then complain something went wrong. I tried rebooting my iPhone, but that didn't help. I tested my iPad and that worked, so I disabled both Hey Siri and Press Home for Siri in settings...
  11. Sakellaris

    iPhone Shortcut for disable the Sleep/wake functionality

    i looking for one shortcut that disable the Sleep/wake functionality of the apple leather foglio case cover for iPhone X
  12. Aguaman

    HomeKit Siri Can Now Fade Hue Lights Using Shortcuts

    I've been struggling to find any helpful use for Siri Shortcuts, but I finally... finally found one! I don't know why shortcuts works and HomeKit doesn't, but at this moment Shortucts allows us to use Siri voice commands to activate a Hue lighting scene that has been edited to include transition...
  13. Laisha

    Adding Shortcuts To Finder

    This is probably something simple. I hope. I have been trying to find out the answer to it since I got Mojave. Finder, in the left-hand column, gives me shortcuts to my drives and "Network." So when I want to access a folder on my desktop or Documents, or anywhere else, I have to drill down 5...
  14. F

    General iOS Shortcut—possible to delete an app?

    Does anyone with experience with iOS shortcuts know if it's possible to set up a shortcut that can help you automatically delete an app when triggered?
  15. OMGitsDaYisus

    Universal Draft Shortcut

    Hello there people! I've recently created my very first custom shortcut for iOS devices. The main functionality of this shortcut is to draw a draft of whatever you're thinking and converting it into a .pdf document you can share with other people or save inside your device. The link is down...
  16. 2

    Share your shortcuts for iOS 12

    I'm not sure if theres any good resources to get new pre-made shortcuts for iOS 12. So I would like to start this thread so that users can discuss and share some very useful and cool shortcuts. I would like to make a request for a bedtime shortcut that will 1. Automatically put the phone into...
  17. 1983Micky

    Shortcuts and invoices

    I guess this should be pretty easy... but I can’t get it to work. I would like to make a scan (with Notes or Office Lens) of an invoice that gets uploaded automatically to a certain Dropbox folder. (I got it to work with IFTTT but would like to delete as much foreign apps as possible on my...
  18. B

    iPhone Is it possible to open an app and run a task in shortcuts?

    I’d like to say “hey Siri, set alarm” and have my best app open and set the alarm. I’ve figure out how to make a shortcut to open an app, but I want it to open and then complete a task in the app. How can this be done? Thanks
  19. JCoe13

    Shortcuts App Uses

    To those who are able to test the Shortcuts app - What shortcuts have you made? What do you find most useful about it? I got the beta but I am having a hard time figuring out how to incorporate the app & shortcuts into my life
  20. antmit

    (10.14 beta 3, but all Mojave betas) Cannot Save KB Shortcut for Mail

    I've always had the Send / Send Mail menu item for sending my email with Cmd + Enter, which has never been a problem to add or re-add with earlier MacOS versions. However, upon upgrading to the first beta Mojave it disappeared, and seemed unwilling to allow it to be put back. Everything seems...