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“Hey Siri. Make me a shortcut that runs reliably”

https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/18/with-ios-27-shortcuts-is-about-to-become-what-it-was-always-meant-to-be/

#apple #ios #ipados #shortcutsapp

Aaaand… Actions For Obsidian 2026.1 is out! This update for my #Obsidian #automation tool brings lots of bug fixes, ups the lower bar to #iOS 18.4 and #macOS 15.4, and does important prep work for <redacted>.

- Website: https://actions.work/actions-for-obsidian?ref=mastodon
- Release notes: https://forum.actions.work/t/actions-for-obsidian-2026-1-0-ios-macos/858?ref=mastodon

#ActionsForObsidian #Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp

@BasementDweller3000 Not worth it IMO. With #ShortcutsApp on #macOS you can run shell scripts, which gives access to as many programming languages as you want.

Can the #JavaScript version do the same as #AppleScript? Yes in theory, but the lack of documentation makes it impractical. And there are less and less AppleScript-supporting apps.

Nowadays if I need AppleScript is for some tiny detail and I just ask an LLM for it.

@BasementDweller3000 Not worth it IMO. With #ShortcutsApp on #macOS you can run shell scripts, which gives access to as many programming languages as you want.

Can the #JavaScript version do the same as #AppleScript? Yes in theory, but the lack of documentation makes it impractical. And there are less and less AppleScript-supporting apps.

Nowadays if I need AppleScript is for some tiny detail and I just ask an LLM for it.

@BasementDweller3000 Not worth it IMO. With #ShortcutsApp on #macOS you can run shell scripts, which gives access to as many programming languages as you want.

Can the #JavaScript version do the same as #AppleScript? Yes in theory, but the lack of documentation makes it impractical. And there are less and less AppleScript-supporting apps.

Nowadays if I need AppleScript is for some tiny detail and I just ask an LLM for it.

Is AppleScript still worth learning in 2026? Shortcuts.app on the Mac I'm finding to be rather limited. I know Shortcuts can be augmented with AppleScript, but it can also run JavaScript too. Can JavaScript in this context do everything AppleScript can do? #Apple #Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp #AppleScript #mac

Is AppleScript still worth learning in 2026? Shortcuts.app on the Mac I'm finding to be rather limited. I know Shortcuts can be augmented with AppleScript, but it can also run JavaScript too. Can JavaScript in this context do everything AppleScript can do? #Apple #Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp #AppleScript #mac

Is AppleScript still worth learning in 2026? Shortcuts.app on the Mac I'm finding to be rather limited. I know Shortcuts can be augmented with AppleScript, but it can also run JavaScript too. Can JavaScript in this context do everything AppleScript can do? #Apple #Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp #AppleScript #mac

@simonbs I’ve been using https://ntfy.sh/ for that. Via web in desktop (Windows) and via app in #iOS/iPadOS. Trivial to use with #ShortcutsApp.

Exciting hidden #ShortcutsApp actions are being found* this weekend!

For example, this #shortcut obtains the identifier of an action that you copy to the clipboard, which then can be used to detect if its app is installed in the device:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7562e6c153454c7a8d9e9d9fb72bc4ab

It includes the newly found “Search Shortcuts action for…” action so you can copy and paste it in YOUR #shortcuts 🙂

(*) See https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1oyatgg

Credit to @gluebyte for the use of the identifier as a locale-independent search term

P.P.S. The command syntax above is for Windows (that's the reason for the "^" before "(" and ")". Omit them if you want to run it in macOS (or Linux or UNIX)

BTW, #ImageMagick is available in the #ShortcutsApp via @nholzschuch's #aShell mini app
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1543537943
so this can also be done in #iOS and #iPadOS using a #shortcut 🙂

@hacksilon Hi. I’m curious: did you try using a “Repeat with each” action with your #shortcut input?

Also, just in case it’s related, “Calculate” uses the system decimal delimiter (comma in Spain and Germany) but “Calculate expression” only works with a decimal point.

And yeah, it’s frustrating to see the potential of the #ShortcutsApp ruined by so… many… bugs. 😥

@gedeonm Try the #ShortcutsApp. At some window widths (like 50% of an iPad Pro 12.9”!) the editor hides the fracking button to run the #shortcut 🤬

Update: I've just added 57 new #AppleWatch frames (S11 & Ultra 3)

#Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp

I think I know everything to start a new project! 😅 I managed to create an intent that is shareable between apps, widgets, and is available for users from #ShortcutsApp. 😁
#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #iOSDev #IndieDev

So I'm biting granite trying to create an #automation which will set / clear my @tailscale exit-node either based on my iPhone's current SSID/BSSID or alternatively when entering/exiting a geofence.

Tools at my disposal:
• Tailscale client on-device so anything Tailscale offers
• iOS #ShortcutsApp
• @pushcut including Automation server
• #HomeAssistant
• evil code witch skills (I know my way around system & server administration as well as app development and I'm comfortable in a terminal)

iOS Shortcut automations could in theory solve the problem but to protect their user's privacy Apple enforces a "Running your automation" banner-notification whenever an automation triggers on geofence / wifi connect/disconnect - I don't want that banner.

Pushcut can't run on-device actions without displaying a notification, though I'd be fine with a "unknown wifi, enable exit node?" popup.

HomeAssistant knows my phones SSID but it updates at a glacial frequency so that one is pretty much useless.

Tailscale on it's own has great ACLs and Grants as well as on-demand connection which would solve half of my issue but they don't support on-demand exit-nodes.

So none of the three above is able to solve the problem in a satisfying way and I'm at my knowledge's end here but up for suggestions. I'd even go as far as run my own MDM (again) if that would allow me to have the simple scenario of "always connected to tailscale, force automated use of an exit-node when connected to an unknown wifi".

#Tailscale #iosShortcut #boostok #healsQuestionsTheUniverse #help #vpn

Following up on this: when was the last time Apple released a software product that wasn’t essentially in pre-alpha state? Apple Intelligence, Shortcuts, HomeKit, Apple Music, Siri…etc etc. ALL of these are flaky as shit. They seem to be ALWAYS playing catch up on the software side…. #apple #shortcutsapp #iosshortcuts

[Beta] Widget for Messages - Display your most recently received messages on your Home Screen, filter messages based on contact groups, and open directly to conversations with a tap. Full details and setup in the provided link. #shortcuts #shortcutsapp #widgets #iOS #iPadOS

https://reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1m7d2cw/beta_widget_for_messages_display_your_most/

Just released a nice little bugfix release for BarCuts, my contextual #macOS #Shortcuts launcher. I dig that app so much 🥰

App: https://actions.work/barcuts?ref=mastodon
Release notes: https://forum.actions.work/t/barcuts-2025-3-3/694/1

#automation #ShortcutsApp #Apple

🎨 In iOS 26, you can now use the Shortcuts app with Apple’s Cloud model to generate ALT-friendly captions for any photo.

Great for accessible social media posts.

#iOS26 #ShortcutsApp #Accessibility #ALTtext #wwdc25

#Obsidian 1.9 changes its front matter format for array values, so "tags: tag1, tag2, tag3" no longer works. If your vault is full of front matter in that format (aliases, note IDs etc.), then here's what you can do about it:

https://forum.actions.work/t/front-matter-format-in-obsidian-1-9-and-how-to-deal-with-it/671

- Option 1 is for my Actions For Obsidian customers (you're good folk)
- Option 2 is for everyone (you're also good folk) 🖖🏼

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #PKM #ShortcutsApp

Did you know you can extract the current selection in your browser as clean #Markdown content, in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Chromium, Brave Browser, and/or Safari?

Mark the selection with your mouse in any of the supported browsers, then run this Shortcuts combo (c/o my #macOS app Browser Actions) to copy the selection to your clipboard. It even supports tables and images! It's quite useful, actually. 😉

https://actions.work/browser-actions?ref=mastodon-b5

#ShortcutsApp #automation

Huge shoutout to @amerpie for his very, very positive review of my contextual #Shortcuts launcher #BarCuts. I'm positively blushing 🙏🏼

Lou is a prolific app reviewer (macOS), think of any app, and chances are he gave it a spin and wrote about it. His blog is a good resource for finding new things, is what I'm saying

#macOS #ShortcutsApp #automation #indieDev #Apple

https://social.lol/@amerpie/114469492317694073

Apple aktualisiert iWork-Apps mit neuen Funktionen für iOS 18.4 und macOS 15.4
Apple hat heute bedeutende Updates für iWork-Apps – Keynote, Numbers und Pages – veröffentlicht. Diese Neuerungen setzen die neuesten
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-aktualisiert-iwork-apps-mit-neuen-funktionen-fuer-ios-18-4-und-macos-15-4/
#News #Services #AppleIntelligence #AppleIWork #FreeformIntegration #IOS184 #Keynote #MacOS154 #Numbers #Pages #ShortcutsApp #Textbearbeitung #Zahlenfunktionen

Apple aktualisiert iWork-Apps mit neuen Funktionen für iOS 18.4 und macOS 15.4
Apple hat heute bedeutende Updates für iWork-Apps – Keynote, Numbers und Pages – veröffentlicht. Diese Neuerungen setzen die neuesten
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-aktualisiert-iwork-apps-mit-neuen-funktionen-fuer-ios-18-4-und-macos-15-4/
#News #Services #AppleIntelligence #AppleIWork #FreeformIntegration #IOS184 #Keynote #MacOS154 #Numbers #Pages #ShortcutsApp #Textbearbeitung #Zahlenfunktionen

Apple aktualisiert iWork-Apps mit neuen Funktionen für iOS 18.4 und macOS 15.4
Apple hat heute bedeutende Updates für iWork-Apps – Keynote, Numbers und Pages – veröffentlicht. Diese Neuerungen setzen die neuesten
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-aktualisiert-iwork-apps-mit-neuen-funktionen-fuer-ios-18-4-und-macos-15-4/
#News #Services #AppleIntelligence #AppleIWork #FreeformIntegration #IOS184 #Keynote #MacOS154 #Numbers #Pages #ShortcutsApp #Textbearbeitung #Zahlenfunktionen

Apple aktualisiert iWork-Apps mit neuen Funktionen für iOS 18.4 und macOS 15.4
Apple hat heute bedeutende Updates für iWork-Apps – Keynote, Numbers und Pages – veröffentlicht. Diese Neuerungen setzen die neuesten
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-aktualisiert-iwork-apps-mit-neuen-funktionen-fuer-ios-18-4-und-macos-15-4/
#News #Services #AppleIntelligence #AppleIWork #FreeformIntegration #IOS184 #Keynote #MacOS154 #Numbers #Pages #ShortcutsApp #Textbearbeitung #Zahlenfunktionen

Apple aktualisiert iWork-Apps mit neuen Funktionen für iOS 18.4 und macOS 15.4
Apple hat heute bedeutende Updates für iWork-Apps – Keynote, Numbers und Pages – veröffentlicht. Diese Neuerungen setzen die neuesten
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-aktualisiert-iwork-apps-mit-neuen-funktionen-fuer-ios-18-4-und-macos-15-4/
#News #Services #AppleIntelligence #AppleIWork #FreeformIntegration #IOS184 #Keynote #MacOS154 #Numbers #Pages #ShortcutsApp #Textbearbeitung #Zahlenfunktionen

@johnvoorhees @appstories @viticci A really useful macOS CLI tool for emulating mouse and keyboard events that I use with #ShortcutsApp:

https://github.com/BlueM/cliclick

@johnvoorhees @viticci For the next edition, may I suggest @nholzschuch's a-Shell and a-Shell mini?

it allows running Python scripts as well as native binaries of ffmpeg and ImageMagick. and if you need a proper shell there's dash 😍

The #ShortcutsApp in macOS can run shell scripts. In iOS #shortcuts we have a-Shell and a-Shell mini 🙂

And they're open source, free, have no tracking, and updated constantly 🎉

A #shortcut to pixelate specific areas of an image by painting over them using the Markup tool 🙂

https://routinehub.co/shortcut/21783/

A few image operations needed for this shortcut aren't available in the #ShortcutsApp but, fortunately, I've been able to implement them in JavaScript and embed them inside the shortcut, so there are no external dependencies 😎

The shortcut includes several workarounds for Shortcuts and Safari bugs 😓

Give me 55s of your time, and I'll explain my new app BarCuts to you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1Wv5kN1SY

#BarCuts is a #macOS menu bar app that displays #Shortcuts workflows. It allows you to "tag" workflows to an app. When that app is active and in front, BarCuts will show its tagged workflows in a menu. It's pretty nice!

Website: https://actions.work/barcuts

#ShortcutsApp #automation #productivity

Current personal challenge: "Build that new #macOS app and release the first beta within two weeks". Week 2 has just started, and I'm cautiously optimistic at this point. It's going pretty well, I've implemented 2/3 of the core functionality already.

Anyways, if you're into #Shortcuts, keep an ear on this here account, I'll likely need some testers soon 😅

#ShortcutsApp

New and likely last update for a little while to Automation Control, the best way to manage your Shortcuts activations. #shortcuts #shortcutsapp

https://reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1ir8xkp/app_update_automation_control_v204_the_better_way/

After many, many, many hours of work and testing with the Automation Control beta testers, v2.0 of Automation Control for your Shortcuts is here. #shortcuts #shortcutsapp

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/automation-control/id6737158540

In the simplest terms, this app allows you to manage the on and off status of your Shortcuts Automations while also determining if they should run based on several different conditions. If you are on 1.0x, please backup your data prior to updating, just in case.

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

If you like any of my Obsidian projects (https://actions.work), I'd be delighted if you would take the time to nominate them and/or vote for them later this month. Stuff like that can really make a difference to an indie dev. Thanks, maybe? 🙏🏼😅

https://mas.to/@obsidian/113759732329392057

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #Obsidian #ObsidianPlugins #PKM #ShortcutsApp

An upcoming version of #CongressApp (released before #38c3 with a bit of luck) will allow you to use the “Upcoming sessions" that power the widget in the #ShortcutsApp as well. With this you can for example export all your upcoming favorite URLs, titles or mark all upcoming sessions from a certain room as favorites and much more.
This will go into #TestFlight soon, so if you want to try it out join here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/u3itHv7w

SearchGPT und die Kurzbefehle-App: OpenAI bringt neue Funktionen für iOS
OpenAI hat mit dem neuesten Update der ChatGPT-App eine neue Funktion für iOS eingeführt: den SearchGPT-Shortcut. Diese Integration erweitert die Möglichkeiten der Shortcuts-App und
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/searchgpt-und-die-kurzbefehle-app-openai-bringt-neue-funktionen-fuer-ios/
#KI #News #AppIntegration #chatGPT #ChatGPTPlus #Datenschutz #iOS #KIWebsuche #OpenAI #SearchGPT #ShortcutsApp #Technologie

My man @leif did it again! 🚀 Here, he shows you how you can cap­ture #Markdown selec­tions from any brows­er to #Obsidian, and enrich them with your own notes and tags – by using two of my #macOS apps, Actions For Obsidian and Browser Actions (in public beta!) 🙏🏼

https://en.ileif.de/2024/11/07/improving-web-selection-capture-for-obsidian-with-browser-actions/

Get the apps: https://actions.work/

#ActionsForObsidian #ObsidianMD #PKM #ShortcutsApp #BrowserActions #ShortcutsApp #Safari #BraveBrowser #GoogleChrome #Chromium #Vivaldi #MicrosoftEdge #browsers #automation

I made a video about my new app, Browser Actions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaRlehGUmA

This, too, took forever, but the upside is that I'm getting better at this, so theoretically it should be easier for me the next time around.

#BrowserActions #ShortcutsApp #macOS #Safari #BraveBrowser #GoogleChrome #Chromium #Vivaldi #MicrosoftEdge #browsers #automation

Oh man! Gotta be careful when creating Shortcuts that add entries to the Health app. I just made an entry that gave me an exercise that burned over 200,000 calories for the day.

Thankfully I was able to delete the entry from the Heath app, but I don’t know if all those unearned badges will go away or not. #sirishortcuts #shortcutsapp #ios