Parsing Shortcuts as XML or JSON and Extracting Comments From Them
Shortcuts, AppleScript, Terminal: Working around automation roadblocks
When you’re automating something, sometimes you run into a roadblock. On iOS, that roadblock is often impassable, though that happens less often now than back in the day. On macOS, there̵…
Introducing The Siri Shortcuts Collection, Refreshed UI, and more, with itecheverything.com v1.5
Today, I’m excited to announce that I’m brining some great new features to The iTech Everything website’s new version, v1.5.
Accessing Shortcuts for Mac with Alfred Workflows and Universal Actions
Alfred users can now access their library of shortcuts on the Mac, thanks to an official Alfred workflow by Vítor Galvão. The workflow allows users to access individual shortcuts and folders of shortcuts, as well as pass text and files to shortcuts for processing. It’s a nice approach that uses Alfred’s existing workflow system to
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Tell me how the panelist caused you extra work. Last year I decided I was spending too much time doing jobs because I could do them, not because they were an essential part of my job. (My friend My…
Apple Frames 2.1: Apple Watch Series 7 and 2021 MacBook Pro Support, New Update Flow, Plus Chinese and Czech Localization
Today I’m pleased to announce the release of Apple Frames 2.1, the first major update to version 2.0 of my popular Apple Frames shortcut, which I launched last October. It took me longer than I hoped to put together this update, but I’m happy that I was able to add compatibility fo all the latest
Shortcuts By SENTINELITE: A Fantastic New Stream Deck Plugin
If you own a Stream Deck and want a better way for adding your shortcuts to it, give Shortcuts by SENTINELITE a try. I’ve only been playing with the plugin for a short time, but this is hands down the best way I’ve found for adding push-button convenience to Shortcuts on the Mac. I covered
8 ways Apple could fix Shortcuts
Apple's automation platform had a big year with the release of Shortcuts for Mac, but growing pains are holding users back – here are 8 things Apple could fix to improve the Shortcuts app for everyone whether you're new or a power user.
What's New in Shortcuts - Issue #25
✅ Shortcuts experiments with agile project management
Apple Frames 2.0: Faster, Lighter, and Featuring Support for iPhone 13, iPad mini, iPad 10.2”, iMac 24”, MacBook Air, and Multiple Languages
Today, I’m pleased to introduce Apple Frames 2.0, an all-new version of my popular shortcut to put screenshots inside physical device frames of Apple products. The new Apple Frames, which you can download at the end of this post or on the MacStories Shortcuts Archive, has been completely rewritten so it’s faster and lighter, comes
Hacking CloudKit - How I accidentally deleted your Apple Shortcuts - Detectify Labs
Frans Rosen, Co-founder and Detectify Crowdsource hacker, details how he discovered 3 critical security bugs while hacking Apple Cloudkit.
TikToker Makes Script to Flood Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site With Fake Info
An easy-to-use iOS shortcut lets non-technical users bombard the site, according to Motherboard's tests.
Automators #81: Shortcuts for Mac with Developer Zachary Lineman - Relay FM
In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by Zach, the creator of JellyCuts - a text IDE for Shortcuts.
iPad Diaries: 'Type to Siri' as a Smart Command Line - MacStories
iPad Diaries is a regular series about using the iPad as a primary computer. You can find more installments here and subscribe to the dedicated RSS feed. A couple of weeks ago, I shared a series of pictures on Twitter showing how I had been using iOS 11’s Type to Siri feature on my iPad