Universal Shortcuts App - share your shortcuts here!

[iron_fist351]

https://routinehub.co/shortcut/14796/

Could anyone give me feedback on my Website Time Traveler shortcut? It’s meant to search internet archives for archives of a URL

 

[Ralfi]

Is there a way to create a Shortcut that triggers Amazon Alexa? (Not the App, but the Voice Assistant itself).

 

[camelia]

I'm sure this has been talked about before but this shortcut called SW-DLT is just brilliant: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/7284/

I had no idea about RoutineHub, a lot of the shortcuts on there are useless to me but the ability to use yt-dlp on my iPhone via SW-DLT is a legitimate game changer for me. I basically use this shortcut every day. I've always known about terminal apps on iOS but I had no idea they were this powerful. I can now shoot great looking video, begin editing on LumaVision, AND integrate third party media in my edits (be it background music from YouTube or a clip from Twitter) ALL on my iPhone away from home, no Mac necessary. Prior to this I could only do the first two steps easily and conveniently.

I'm curious to learn more about other examples of utilizing complex, advanced scripts via Shortcuts and a-Shell/terminal apps. Anyone have any good examples?

Any problem downloading Twitter X GIF or videos?

 

[Bobajobbob]

Need some help from Shortcut experts.

I had previously created a shortcut to use the Find My app to immediately open the app and locate my son. I managed to delete it by mistake and now for the life of me I cannot find the action to replicate this shortcut. I can use the Open App command to open the Find My app but I cannot be more specific to find an individual who is sharing their location with me.

Any pointers very welcome.

thanks

 

[flobach]

Need some help from Shortcut experts.

I had previously created a shortcut to use the Find My app to immediately open the app and locate my son. I managed to delete it by mistake and now for the life of me I cannot find the action to replicate this shortcut. I can use the Open App command to open the Find My app but I cannot be more specific to find an individual who is sharing their location with me.

Any pointers very welcome.

thanks

I think your best bet is to manually open the find my app, and look for your son on there. If you do it regularly, he will show up as a suggestion in shortcuts under the find my app. Hope that helps

 

[flobach]

Question: It‘s easy to split screen apps via shortcuts - but for the life of me I can’t find how to un-split apps

What I want to get done: I want to open an app I had in split screen previously just by itself (fullscreen) - but it always reverts back to the last instance of the app, which is split screen… Any help muchly appreciated

 

[Bobajobbob]

I think your best bet is to manually open the find my app, and look for your son on there. If you do it regularly, he will show up as a suggestion in shortcuts under the find my app. Hope that helps

Thanks I managed to figure it out eventually. I didn't realise that in order for a function to show up in the suggestions under the app I needed to perform that action manually first. The logic for the display of both apps and the functions within apps is a bit confusing to me sometimes in Shortcuts but maybe its just me.

 

[Sarah_Baker]

My favourite shortcut is for finding a song in Youtube Music via Shazam. I listen to any tune via Shazam, find the name of the song, then perform a quick google search via Safari with a search parameter to search only YouTube music domain. If anyone is interested I can share it.

 

[flobach]

My favourite shortcut is for finding a song in Youtube Music via Shazam. I listen to any tune via Shazam, find the name of the song, then perform a quick google search via Safari with a search parameter to search only YouTube music domain. If anyone is interested I can share it.

Yes please, I’ve never heard of that before, sounds cool!

 

[dUnKle]

Hopefully someone can help me.
I used to have a shortcut which was on the homepage of my iPad that when I tapped it would open up an email to myself

Used to use this to send myself reminders as my memory is shocking and use my emails to “remind me” (I “forget” about the reminders app as find it little complicated)

However I seem to have moved / deleted it

Can anyone help ?

Thanks

 

[NoBoMac]

Go into Shortcuts app and see if you can find it there. Is so, open the Shortcut (tap on three dots on it), and then use the Share Sheet at the bottom of the screen and "Add to Home Screen": that will put it back on the screen.

Can also create a Shortcuts Widget and have the Shortcut in there and put the widget either on the Home Screen(s) or on the old widget screen (left from main Home Screen).

If not in Shortcuts, will need to recreate it as it was deleted from the app.

 

[dUnKle]

Go into Shortcuts app and see if you can find it there. Is so, open the Shortcut (tap on three dots on it), and then use the Share Sheet at the bottom of the screen and "Add to Home Screen": that will put it back on the screen.

Can also create a Shortcuts Widget and have the Shortcut in there and put the widget either on the Home Screen(s) or on the old widget screen (left from main Home Screen).

If not in Shortcuts, will need to recreate it as it was deleted from the app.

Thanks , had a good look and can’t locate.
Goodness knows what’s happened.
How would I recreate it

 

[NoBoMac]

Open the Shortcuts app and code it up.

Might look into the Gallery tab at the bottom of the Shortcuts app window: might be able to find a pre-made Shortcut there that does what you want/need.

 

[gwhizkids]

I believe the shortcut at the link immediately below will do what you’re looking for it to do. It will ask you to provide your email address when you install it. The shortcut will then insert that email address into the “to” field.

Send Email

Once you install it in your Shortcuts app, you will then have to click on the little “i “ in the circle at the bottom of the app to add the shortcut to your iPad Home Screen. See below:

If you use the Spark email client they have an even easier one (though this one is pretty easy).

Hope this helps.

 

[dUnKle]

I believe the shortcut at the link immediately below will do what you’re looking for it to do. It will ask you to provide your email address when you install it. The shortcut will then insert that email address into the “to” field.

Send Email

Once you install it in your Shortcuts app, you will then have to click on the little “i “ in the circle at the bottom of the app to add the shortcut to your iPad Home Screen. See below:

If you use the Spark email client they have an even easier one (though this one is pretty easy).

Hope this helps.

Thanks all

 

[bogdanw]

Bitdefender: "Details on Apple’s Shortcuts Vulnerability: A Deep Dive into CVE-2024-23204"
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/la...ulnerability-a-deep-dive-into-cve-2024-23204/
"The 'Expand URL' function was the pivotal element that allowed the shortcut to bypass TCC. By leveraging this functionality, it became possible to transmit the base64-encoded data of a photo to a malicious website. "
Fixed in iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3 https://support.apple.com/HT214059

 

[Sgrksa]

Thanks

 

[camelia]

Can not download any video from YT or X anymore with SW-DLT, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Camelia
@bogdanw

 

[bogdanw]

Can not download any video from YT or X anymore with SW-DLT, what am I doing wrong?

Three possible issues:
- yt-dlp might need to be updated. I don’t know exactly how to do that, it’s probably easier to reinstall a-Shell Mini Terminal and the SW-DLT shortcut.
- try the main link

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1822113665216291136

, without the text after "?"
- X blocks some Internet traffic. If you are using a VPN, try without it or change the server.

 

[camelia]

Three possible issues:
- yt-dlp might need to be updated. I don’t know exactly how to do that, it’s probably easier to reinstall a-Shell Mini Terminal and the SW-DLT shortcut.
- try the main link

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1822113665216291136

, without the text after "?"
- X blocks some Internet traffic. If you are using a VPN, try without it or change the server.

Working and downloading X videos and YT after reinstall a-Shell Mini Terminal and the SW-DLT shortcut, following the tip about links, no VPN here

Thanks
Camelia