Trigger Focus Mode When Joining a Zoom Call

[hunterfrederick]

Is there a way using Apple Shortcuts to automatically enable a focus mode across all my apple devices when I join a Zoom meeting on my Mac?

 

[NoBoMac]

Yes.

Setup a Focus for this, enable "Share Across Devices".

In Shortcuts, go to Automations, scroll down to App, select Zoom, check "Is Opened", "Run Immediately', Next, "New Blank Automation". Add code there to turn on your Focus. Or my preferred method is code up a Shortcut for this and have the blank automation to be a simple "Run Shortcut" action to call/run the Shortcut.

Might want to add to your code a check to see if the Focus is already on (Get Current Focus action) before starting the Focus (if you leave Zoom app and then come back to it).

 

[hunterfrederick]

Yes.

Setup a Focus for this, enable "Share Across Devices".

In Shortcuts, go to Automations, scroll down to App, select Zoom, check "Is Opened", "Run Immediately', Next, "New Blank Automation". Add code there to turn on your Focus. Or my preferred method is code up a Shortcut for this and have the blank automation to be a simple "Run Shortcut" action to call/run the Shortcut.

Might want to add to your code a check to see if the Focus is already on (Get Current Focus action) before starting the Focus (if you leave Zoom app and then come back to it).

Thank you! I think I follow. Can I do this from the MacOS shortcuts app or is this iOS only? I'm having a hard time finding "Automation" in the Mac app. I only do Zoom calls from my Mac.

Thank you so much!

 

[NoBoMac]

iOS only for Automations. Since posted in iOS, worked off that assumption.

On Mac you would need a Shortcut to launch Zoom and then turn Focus on.

Intro to Shortcuts on Mac

Shortcuts is an app that lets you create powerful task automations called shortcuts.

support.apple.com

 

[hunterfrederick]

iOS only for Automations. Since posted in iOS, worked off that assumption.

On Mac you would need a Shortcut to launch Zoom and then turn Focus on.

Intro to Shortcuts on Mac

Shortcuts is an app that lets you create powerful task automations called shortcuts.

support.apple.com

Yea sorry about that. There doesn’t seem to be any zoom shortcut integration with the Mac.

 

[NoBoMac]

Then would need to use "Open App" Action to launch Zoom.

Might be something in AppleScript to do it. Maybe someone can point the way.