Today, I’m releasing version 3.2 of Apple Frames, my shortcut to put screenshots taken on Apple devices into physical device templates. If you want to skip ahead, you can download Apple Frames 3.2 at the end of this story or find it in the MacStories Shortcuts Archive. Version 3.2 is a major update that introduces

Mona, the Mastodon client for iOS, iPadOS, and Mac from Junyu Kuang, is out today with a significant version 6 update. Mona is my choice for using Mastodon primarily due to what John referred to in his review as its ‘epic level of customization.’ Everything from how the taskbar at the bottom of the screen

In the realm of Apple shortcut development, Taylor Lineman (ActuallyTaylor) stands as a pioneering force. As the creator of Jellycuts, she has redefined the landscape of mobile programming, making shortcut creation more accessible than ever. An active member of the RoutineHub community, Lineman's work has not only transformed Apple shortcuts

We all know updaters in Shortcuts, they have been there since Workflow was introduced. Like Shortcuts they come in many different variants all with their strengths and weaknesses. Recently a new member on the Discord Shortcuts server published his version of an updater called “ Very smol updater “ this name sounded funny to me … Update in a different way Read More »

A Shortcut for quickly adding entries to my notebook index.

We make apps.

After the tragic passing of Alex Hay, his Shortcuts apps will continue development under Snailed It Developement LTD with community member Rosemary Orchard's team.

Threads has taken the world by storm and established new playbooks, and although it isn’t my favorite social network, I’m enjoying kicking the tires

Instagram just rolled out Threads, the company’s new text-based social network that’s been advertised over the past few weeks as an alternative to Twitter. I’m trying out Threads (you can find my account at threads.net/@viticci) and in the process of setting up the list of people I want to follow, I immediately run into an

In this blog post I walk through how to get scheduled send for Messages.app, or "schedule a text message to send later on iPhone", with no third-party apps required!

Back in January, I wrote about building an automation for my pal Lex that would generate a list of open meeting times for him to send to potential clients. Lex and I both use the Fantastical calend…

It’s the inaugural week of the second annual edition of Automation April, and to celebrate the occasion, I’ve been working on something special: today, I’m introducing S-GPT, an advanced conversational shortcut for ChatGPT that bridges OpenAI’s assistant to native system features of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. S-GPT (which stands for Shortcuts-GPT) is free to

Personal computers, including smartphones, are really general purpose computers in that they and their software is built for, well, everyone. Their operating systems and most of their apps are desi…

Today, I’m happy to introduce something I’ve been working on for the past couple of months: Apple Frames – my shortcut to put screenshots captured on Apple devices inside physical device frames – is getting a major upgrade to version 3.1 today. In addition to offering support for more devices that I missed in version

Learn about the new features in Shortcuts for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. Get complete step-by-step instructions and information on all the features in Shortcuts: Shortcuts User Guide

Resize Video to Target Size is a shortcut available on Routinehub that allows you to re-encode video files to a specific size using ffmpeg on MacOS.

Working with links in the fediverse can be tricky – here's how to use Shortcuts' Get Components of URL action to quickly isolate any instance or account handle you come across on Mastodon.

Things 3.17 is out for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with greatly expanded support for Shortcuts. That opens up a much wider variety of possible automations than ever before. It’s a lot to take in at once, but I’ve been playing with these actions since the end of last year, so I thought I’d highlight what

Joel Esler, Sourcefire, Snort, Immunet, ClamAV, Apple, and Network Security. This is my blog.

To kick things off, I wanted to start with today's release of my new Mastodon shortcuts — I made deep links out of every section, a handle converter, and a quick way to use Movetodon.org repeatedly.I'm on the platform as @matthewcassinelli@mastodon.social, so you should definitely follow me there — for now, I'm still on Twitter trying to help people move off the platform:

Check out my collection of Mastodon shortcuts for interacting with your favorite instances. Be sure to get my Mastocuts bundle shortcut as well.

Over on YouTube, I streamed for 6 hours on Monday continuing my work on the Shortcuts Library logging process and sharing the shortcuts I'd built on-stream a few weeks prior. I did some experiments on the stream too, including watching Chris Lawley's videos (who appeared in the chat), testing music, and taking longer breaks.

Like many others over the past month, I’ve been thinking deeply about my experience with Twitter and whether I want to align my social media usage with the kind of platform Twitter is rapidly becoming. It’s a complex discussion (if my readers are still on Twitter, am I doing them a disservice by not using

Today, I’m pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of Apple Frames, my shortcut to put screenshots taken on various Apple devices inside physical frames for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Apple Frames 3.0 is a major update that involved a complete re-architecture of the shortcut to improve its performance and reliability on

You didn’t know your iPhone could do this. Promise.

When iOS 16.0 was still in early beta testing, Apple teased us with a slew of new Books actions in the Shortcuts app, but none of them materialized in iOS 16.0 or 16.1. That changes with Apple's latest software update for iPhone. The only Apple Books action in Shortcuts you'll see on iOS 16.1 and earlier, except for any personal Siri Suggestions that are based on how you use your device, is: