15 Essential iPhone Shortcuts YOU Asked For!

[@woffi7397]

Again - awesome video! I am a "classical" programmer, learned C, Pascal ... etc., and porgramming shortcuts always seems like talking to a drunken 3 year old. But by watching your videos I finally start to understand what that drunken toddler means ;)

[@Rood67]

🤣🤣🤣 *TRUTH* 🤣🤣🤣

[@beardfm]

Haha thanks for saying!

[@ID.Manager]

and porgramming shortcuts always seems like talking to a drunken 3 year old. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HexlGaming]

if one actually took the time to set up really good shortcuts that would genuinely improves ones life so much in so many subtle ways

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

I love shortcuts. I have a few challenges for you…. 1. NFC and shortcuts. How to include a 2. KZbin playlist to play upon tapping an NFC tag. 3. Documenting a workout, starting a timer, and playlist. Something like this: Tapping a NFC tag to make it start a 20 minute timer, sending an email or text, making a note in the notes app, starting an exercise playlist on KZbin, setting an alarm to remind yourself to exercise (5 days a work week). Thanks for these! 🌟

[@beardfm]

Love NFC automations, will do some next time!

[@Ssparaguss]

0:23 Upfront showing the shortcuts you will be creating made me respect and watch this whole video

[@jackson7099]

The settings URLs are really cool. I still wish Apple would add more iOS settings to shortcuts for full automation but cool none the less.

[@veritas.ve.42]

Please checkout inbuilt “share location” shortcut? Is it not working presently? Throws up prompt saying “frame load interrupted”.

[@levelofcomic2120]

on the translation I did not see how the other options were displayed, please clarify 6:46 going forward

[@toolfinderhq]

Wooo! Good video overview Steve. Francesco

[@beardfm]

Appreciate it!

[@peabargut]

It's been fantastic to see you come up and share these shortcuts. It's opened my eyes to how powerful some of these can be. Thank you for uploading!

[@beardfm]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼 and glad they're helpful!

[@krutikgabani]

How can I automate "When I click photo/video on my iPhone, it should be automatically add into another specific album in PHOTOS APP" Problem with iPhone is, it stores all the photos in RECENT album in PHOTOS APP

[@christyhrubes6386]

At time 6:32, you said you had a video to set translate with Action button. Which video is that?

[@beardfm]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHOqXqSPe8yVh5I&si=UB1JpfD-XcATQpnO

[@christyhrubes6386]

@@beardfm Thank you!! 😁

[@rafiahmedd]

Clipboard saves is incredibly useful, really missed this feature when moving from Android and didn’t want to use a 3rd party keyboard. Thanks!

[@beardfm]

It was a great suggestion! Action Button / Back Tap really makes it useful too

[@ID.Manager]

True, man! But I believe this is for privacy reasons... The fact is that on Android you don't really have any privacy with apps. When I was using Android, I used the swifkey option a lot. On android you have the option to favorite the clipboard editor and even what you've copied to the clipboard, it's on the keyboard right above the letters. On iOS you can only access the clipboard from there and even then it's not as easy and fast as on android, because you have to access a swiftey menu to get there and as it's nothing new, there's no option to favorite the content of the clipboard!

[@mahmoudsaleh8829]

Does it work with links with you?

[@studentofthesaviors.o.s]

@@beardfmwhat about base model iPhone 15? Since we don’t have the action button do I have to click the short cut every single time I want to append it to my notes?

[@antonioborrello9542]

hi, sorry for the inconvenience, it is possible to program a command when you put the phone on charge but only in a specific time slot

[@beardfm]

You can! Starting with an if statement. I’ll cover in a Future video

[@boulderthinking]

Fantastic stuff. My WIFI QR generator gets hung up on showing the QR code. That step is green. I have added my network & password but no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@johnswearer]

Same here. Thoughts?

[@michaeltroehler8558]

Great info - really. How do you get a better or louder notification if a motion sensor has motion at night?

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Unfortunately there's not a way to customize that notification sound specifically, but you can create an automation for something to play on a HomePod when there's motion!

[@Sonhowdoi]

Could you show how to edit any aspect of a sleep schedule using shortcuts? :)

[@mikepeterman8441]

I just subscribed to your channel due to all the work you put forth in this video. Shortcuts can take time to figure out, so I appreciate your efforts!

[@Khan_Umam]

Is it possible that we make a shortcut to delete the video from gallery after we use it on Instagram story ??? Please check

[@bsl2501]

Oh my, I‘ve just been pulled into this rabbit hole and created a ton of automations. Kudos, very inspiring video.

[@beardfm]

Thanks! And If you'd like to fall even deeper down the rabbit hole... kzbin.info/aero/PLCnyeuWW0bgaj8ZykefmxpSLZYX9sHdlS&si=ntoDJVEY8PxnDXw3

[@elmaldonado]

Hi Stephen. Really useful. One thing I’m trying to do is turn off silent mode whenever I connect the phone to power. My use case is that when I plug in the phone in the car I’d like to hear notifications and when I unplug it it goes back to silence. So far I found how to unsilence it when connected but not the reverse. Thanks!!!!!

[@elmaldonado]

Disregard. I saw it on the video. Spoke too soon.

[@Arsalan_2210]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Brilliant explanation in simple way Stephen! Now, I am gonna make some popcorn, have some Cola and binge watch your shortcuts playlist and learn how to make shortcuts to make my life with my iPhone easier. Lovely content brother.

[@akeembobo6330]

Your videos are great. I was wondering if there's an automation where my phone mutes or goes to zero volume if my Bluetooth devices drops connection. I have a bad habit of putting my headphones away and forgetting my phone is on ++ volume.

[@beardfm]

I’ll see if that’s possible and include in the next shortcuts video!

[@MathMeertens]

thank you for this great presentation

[@beardfm]

You're welcome!

[@k4t4d4n]

Thanks for the amazing video Stephen! Could you make one showing how to build an automation that starts every day at the same time a certain app and interacts with it (click on a button within the same app )…of course if Shortcuts supports simulating button clicks.

[@beardfm]

Thanks for saying so! And shortcuts can simulate touches, but accessibility features on the phone can. Will see if that can be combined…

[@nagarajhegde1307]

Great video ! May I request a shortcut for clear recent apps ?

[@beardfm]

Thanks! But spoiler: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3jKXqqFYseUn8ksi=9QnGL5u2qx1ykrzO

[@MAbdurrehmanAtif-s4e]

Great work man !! thumbs up !! I also need a shortcut to toggle my Voice & Data to '3G' and revert back to 'LTE' by just tapping the shortcut (no input required)

[@beardfm]

Ah will see if that's possible!

[@MAbdurrehmanAtif-s4e]

thanks for the input @@beardfm Its possible and I created n using it, working with only one click (just we have to run the shortcut anytime we need) if anyone needs pls reply I'll paste the link here :)

[@harryharrisjr8809]

Hi Stephen. Thanks so much for this video! One question - I tried configuring the Connect to specific WiFi Shortcut, but could not get it to switch WiFi networks in my house. I have two networks and I want to switch depending on where I am in my house. The shortcut runs but never switches networks. I deleted the portion of the shortcut that plays music so all that’s in the shortcut is the Network name and Password. Where have I gone wrong?

[@AaronUballe]

Yea this isn’t actually possible in Shortcuts. He definitely forgot to add the “Open URLs” action which will use the “url” variable he setup, but it gives an error message 😢

[@chipspaulding1371]

Fantastic video I am going to spend the rest of this week Incorporating all these ideas into my suite of shortcuts to used to control my life

[@beardfm]

Glad they’re useful! Got a few others too: kzbin.info/aero/PLCnyeuWW0bgaj8ZykefmxpSLZYX9sHdlS&si=vSWIzR_lV4q3vjKi

[@AhmadSaeed-df2dw]

Can you do a reminder automation? That actually speaks what the reminder is ?

[@beardfm]

As in, speak the reminder "in" to the phone, or that is speaks it "out" when it's "due"?

[@AhmadSaeed-df2dw]

speak out the reminder when it's due@@beardfm and thank you for replying

[@WFORacer]

Can you show us how to create a location based MyQ garage app to launch on Apple Watch or iPhone. So app launches as you approach your home? Thanks.

[@beardfm]

Great suggestion! Will do in a follow up

[@seanyoungstudios]

Do you know where I might be able to find the most comprehensive tutorial guide for learning all of Apple Shortcuts for 2024? It’s hard to get started, tell what’s still relevant, when & if anything’s changed, or understand the inner workings of really elaborate shortcuts. I would love to find myself becoming really proficient with it, as it’s clear it’s only going to become more & more useful / relevant.

[@beardfm]

If you check out my playlist here I walk through the basic first and then build to more advanced Shortcuts! kzbin.info/aero/PLCnyeuWW0bgaj8ZykefmxpSLZYX9sHdlS&si=Qp8ix_CR6_2ZP-IK

[@seanyoungstudios]

@@beardfm thank you! 🙏🏾

[@SinduArya]

Could you please share how to Schedule a Zoom Meeting using Shortcut on iPhone and Macbook ?

[@beardfm]

I’ll have to see what Shortcuts actions are available for zoom

[@London.Surrey]

Can a shortcut be created to play an alert when Apple Watch Fully charged notification is shown on iPhone?

[@vpz1007]

Great video and thank you. Is there a way to put multiple languages in this shortcut

[@beardfm]

You can! You can have the actions detect language and keep the steps as-is, or make a menu where you choose a language before speaking and another menu for which language to translate *to*

[@vpz1007]

Right on my man, the force is strong with this one!

[@WalidAlahmad-qc6xr]

can you use the action button to turn on hotspot on and off if you pls

[@beardfm]

You can! Check out my latest video on building a shortcut for that

[@PixZTech]

BTW can you make custom shortcuts with the action button in different apps The same when ur in a different focus mode different action with the action button but on apps? If possible can you make a vid on it?

[@beardfm]

I’ll look in to the different apps, but focus modes, yes! I show it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5OuhIV8a7iAhM0si=C0yKm5lR2JgqNnv0

[@Ram-en3zq]

Hello stephen. do u have a shortcut to display pdf form email to homescreen. My use case is that i want to display my lecture timetable on my homescreen

[@AndreySD33]

Hi, can you help me to make an automation when i make photo/video with camera, to be saved in personalized album in photo app?

[@beardfm]

Hm will work on that!

[@nuno10costa]

Any possibility to create a shortcut to easily toggle the vibration (haptics for ringtones and alerts) mode on/off? Thank you for your work :)

[@beardfm]

Great question, will follow up soon!

[@nuno10costa]

Great to hear. Waiting for it @@beardfm:)

[@chezchezchezchez]

Thanks for this! I added the Shortcuts icon to the mac task bar. Now I can append the clipboard copies from the mac too!

[@beardfm]

Nice!!

[@lemisieur]

Always sharing great automatiom ideas 🎉

[@beardfm]

Glad you think so!

[@BostonTerrierDad623]

He's THE go-to-guy! I trust him for so much stuff, esp. the stuff like this I don't do much but want to be better at learning. I'm a former QB, and therefore, a "process" guy! He's a process communicator

[@robertwright6067]

The Home ETA menu - can this be set to run use Google Maps data rather than Apple Maps

[@ItsCaputo]

This is great. Now I can automate turning down the white point on my iPhone after 8PM so I'm not blinded by the screen brightness in dark rooms.

[@suzanner3894]

Some great shortcuts. I actually lifted your shortcut to mute the volume when I am on an app (safari where I view twitter). Well done. keep them coming.

[@JoeBudds]

Hi I was wondering if you could make a shortcut having my Alexa speakers play my KZbin music with voice command?

[@Mohamedahmed-jz7xd]

Thanks for that clipboard shortcut so much.

[@beardfm]

Glad it’s helpful!

[@ziggidy808]

Great channel, do you know a shortcut to copy last months photos/videos and save to a shared folder in the files app?

[@Phaljames]

Thanks so much for this videos. At least i now have a stress free way to copy multiple items to clipboard.

[@beardfm]

That's been a great use of my Action Button too!

[@Hynek98]

Hi, HUGE POSSIBLE TIMESIVER REQUEST: I have been stuck on this for a while, is there a way to have each new reminder copied to calendar if it has a specific date and time? Im not sure why this isn't a default feature.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Hi Stephen, how does one silence unknown callers when the Focus mode is work / sleep? Can you please help? Thanks for your time.

[@mdr6714]

hi is there a way to turn on mobile data and turn it off automatically when I unlock the phone and lock the phone?

[@notchetan]

is it possible to create a shortcut/automation/focus mode to disable notification sounds when a video or audio is playing?

[@beardfm]

You can use Shortcuts actions to check when something is playing! But the automation needs either an app open trigger or some other option available on the automations tab. Just playing any media can’t be set as a trigger

[@RVRJewels]

Great Work, can we make shortcut that recognised the specific text from particular sender and same message forward to particular contact.

[@beardfm]

Hm will work on that!

[@michaelgroves4397]

Great video! Is it possible to create a shortcut to disable multiple specific apps at once rather than having to go into setting and each individual app to turn off notifications? Thanks

[@carloaloia6750]

I just started looking at Shortcuts yesterday but haven't found a way to do the following: I would like to open the Feedback app, select "Recent Activity", select "IOS & IPadOS 18 Beta 3", search for "Shortcuts", and display the Feedback screen at the point where "Shortcuts" was found. Within Automation I tried "When Feedback is opened", "next", and "New Blank Automation", but did not see any additional actions. I also tried a normal shortcut using "open app" but did not see a way to navigate to "Recent Activity". Obviously, I am going down the wrong path. Can you suggest where I should start? Thanks for any help you can provide...

[@TheDudeFromEarth]

nice glasses! love them!

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Warby Parker 😉

[@Sam6366]

Hi. Is it possible to create a shortcut that will launch Spotify and continue playing the latest playlist?

[@Fauraj1]

These shortcuts are great. You know, I haven't gotten one that disables the Speak Screen. What do you think. Best regards These shortcuts are great. You know, I haven't gotten one that disables the Speak Screen. What do you think. Best regards

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Will look into that for next time 🤔

[@madnaniv20]

Awesome! thanks for the detailed explaination !!

[@noorddinn]

Thanks! Very informative, I am sure this maybe requested before but I wanted to know if there's a shortcut for always on clock on older version of iphones like iphone 12 mini! Thank you again!

[@beardfm]

You're welcome! And of you mean always-on display? Unfortunately there's no Shortcut for something like that.

[@RupertoCamarena]

is there a way to shorcut or automation for wifi calling when i arrived to a specifyc place? thanks!!

[@reiramos6579]

Is it possible to create an automation for ipad for when the ipad connects to a bluetooth mouse, it either takes you to the trackpad settings page so you can turn off natural scrolling, or just automatically toggles off natural scrolling for you?

[@Don_Dula]

These are great! Can you do one for an out of office sort of text message? I know there’s a driving mode you can use but it only responds to contacts. I get a lot of non contact numbers texting me and I want to send an auto response to all numbers besides the ones I select to not auto respond to sayin I’m out of office please call the office

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Oh that's a challenging one, will try to work something up!

[@Don_Dula]

You’re the man! Thank you

[@yajanrjoshi]

Is there a way in ios 17 to create a shortcut or an automation that sets Haptics from "Never Play" to "Always Play" as soon as I leave my location?

[@Zee.jayyyy]

Hi Stephen, can you toggle App silence ONLY when I am NOT connected to airpods?

[@dzevadhamidovic]

thanks for sharing. can you create double tap to lock screen shortcut please.

[@sahidurrahman2643]

The translation one seems super useful and practical to have setup if your planning on travelling to a foreign country anytime soon. Total game changer 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@beardfm]

It's really cool for sure!

[@doodle8655]

I think this is very useful too. However, it says I’m missing Draft Pro and I only can install Draft on my phone

[@jish2008]

Could you please create a video explaining a shortcut where the action button can perform different actions based on the focus mode

[@beardfm]

Got you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5OuhIV8a7iAhM0si=NaWchM3mdIxaAxiv

[@SmartTv-j3u]

hi. could you please help with hotspot shortcut On/Off. which will work manually when i click on icon.

[@lanaydera2394]

hey 😊 stephen, can you make a shortcut that locks the screen after 10 minutes of no movement while on Books or Instagram or, with continuous movement detection? 😮

[@segorteclesmayer9336]

Great video. Thanks for sharing I am no longer to set automation to change apple watch face based on time of the day … can you help?

[@ID.Manager]

4:48 OMG!!!! 500 shortcuts 😯😯😯😯😯😯 How I wanted to see how each of them worked! 😍😍

[@beardfm]

Follow along, will be posting Shortcuts videos regularly!!

[@johnallen821]

Thanks for your time creating this helpful and clear video. What I would like is a toggle shortcut that would turn the camera and mic OFF and then on at a system level. I've not managed to find a way to do this yet. (it seems that you can restrict location tracking for apps to 'only while using' but this option doesn't seem to be available for camera and mic which is disappointing)

[@beardfm]

Hey John, thanks for watching. And unfortunately there are no system controls let alone Shortcuts actions for enabled / disabling camera and mic. Maybe one day!

[@roshanchawla4217]

Can we edit the shortcut - Save clipboard to notes ? Can we add the feature of locking the notes saved in clipboard folder by default ?

[@supriyasunderlal8076]

Shortcut for Location Services I use the following: Privacy → Location Services → (root): prefs:root=Privacy&path=LOCATION I would like to add functionality to either turn these ON or OFF - rather than just open up the menu. Is that possible?

[@liching35]

Love all your shortcusts. I am definitely gonna create translate shortcut for my parents' phone. Thanks SOOO much!

[@beardfm]

You’re welcome!

[@tonyvalenti6614]

How about some shortcuts/automations for CarPlay? 😬

[@beardfm]

I have a few automations on the channel, but what specifically do you have in mind?

[@KingTechHD]

Great shortcuts. Thanks for this type of video

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Will keep em coming

[@Beemysingingmonsters]

Definitely earned a sub

[@beardfm]

Welcome!

[@ronankc]

Wow never knew Shortcuts are that useful! Thanks a lot for the tutorial! Also you have very nice hands! Very neat and moisturised! You totally should be a hand model!!!

[@beardfm]

Glad you found them useful! And I’ve never thought about that 🤔

[@video4zaheer]

Hi your video is very nice and short can help to get me one shortcut if the any app notifications as display then need to silent the mobile

[@dhruv.pandey93]

Nice video, subscribed after watching this video. - Can an incoming webhook be used as a trigger? - I have multiple repeated morning alarms and sometimes forget to disable even when I wake up. Is there some workaround?

[@beardfm]

Thanks! And Pushcuts may be able to help with the web hook part, not sure it will work for all use cases though. I show it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n56wlpqiapd-q5Isi=5cdBVJ7o5hn0_jpr And will work on the alarms shortcut!

[@sabs06]

Great stuff man

[@beardfm]

Appreciate it!

[@sabs06]

@@beardfm is there anyway we can control dynamic island using shortcuts. Since island use max usage of 1 or two apps live activity its not optimised its graphics and transition when another live activity of another come in play. For example i was wondering using shortcuts to freeze one app dynamic island usage when another app use its graphics. Anyway u could help me bro?

[@IgnitionSeeker]

Is it possible to create a shortcut that will give me the roundtrip travel time and mileage from home to a destination I give by voice?

[@beardfm]

Oh interesting, will work on that!

[@shaneduffy8950]

Great video! very informative. I was wondering if there is a way to create a shortcut or animation that always turns off hotspot as soon as it's turned on. I don't want my kids using it. Thank you

[@beardfm]

Thanks! You want hotspot turn off when what happens? There is an action for hotspot, but it can’t be the trigger for an automation just yet.

[@shaneduffy8950]

@@beardfm I have noticed that my kids have figured out how to turn on the hot spot on my phone to connect the ipads to internet. I wanted to know if there was some shortcut I can sent up to turn it off as soon as it's turned on. So, the action would be something like... when hot spot is turned on - then hot spot is turned off. I hope that makes sense

[@ajdarpasic.b]

What i did was to make a triple tap shortcut to trigger the sleep focus so its dnd and everytime my first alarm goes of, it turns off sleep focus if it was active at that time. So i get calls and all that stuff even if i turn of the alarm on continue to sleep

[@studentofthesaviors.o.s]

How do you do the clipboard thing with the base model iPhone? Since I don’t have the action button do I HAVE to go to shortcuts every time and click on the short cut to have it append to my notes….

[@beardfm]

You can program the shortcut to a back tap! Settings > Accessibility > Touch Accommodations > Back Tap

[@walkingcertificate7405]

I'm still looking for a shortcuts that downloads videos from URLs

[@shamoney4312]

Vers Nice Video Thanks !! Pls more of them :)

[@beardfm]

Will do!

[@Seandjsullivan]

Hey man great video, quick question tho, do you know any shortcuts that can show you what time your iPhone battery will die by?

[@beardfm]

Hey thanks! That’s a really variable stat, considering filming 4K video may last minutes while just watching KZbin could be several hours. And there are no actions I’m familiar with for that.

[@Seandjsullivan]

@@beardfm hey thanks for writing back, and ok I understand

[@mratzelster]

Thank you. I want to add a shortcut to the podcasts my kids want to listen to all the time, so I don't have to find them while I'm driving. And then can I make a list of their favorite episodes somehow and make another shortcut to just those episodes somehow. Again, I'm driving this 5 and 3 year old who are screaming for me to play episodes and I don't want to get in an accident and the shortcuts seem like the only way I can do this without having to pull over and search. Do you think it's possible? Pleas help this grandma. Thx.

[@SNNFTrails]

I can’t find anywhere how to send an image of your location along with maybe a nearby business so my wife can see I’m close to the grocery store, and also send ETA. I’ve been looking for weeks!

[@beardfm]

Will work on that for a future video!

[@sarabaha1651]

Please explain how double tap works.

[@beardfm]

It works using the accelerometer on the phone. So tapping the phone twice (or three times) moves the phone a little and the accelerometer registers that as input.

[@jesussantiago7687]

Fantastic! Content, presentation, the whole works. Thank you. I need a shortcut that works as the auto messaging one you presented. It may even be in another one of your videos. However, I would like the option to NOT send the message. The idea being that unless I stop a message from going out every morning at a certain time, the message will be sent. I live alone and would like to compose a message for my friends to check up on me. This will go out unless I stop it in the morning. That way, if I'm in a bad way, for whatever reason, no more than a day will pass by before my friends come and check up on me. Last year, I think I may have gotten covid, and was barely able to get out of bed for a whole month. I'm trying to be proactive. Thanks.

[@beardfm]

Thanks! If you enable the "Show when Run" in the message action, it should ask for confirmation. Or you can start the whole automation with a "Choose from Menu" Action, make the two options "Send" and "Don't Send", then put the send action only under the "Send option"

[@abc_music4626]

any shortcut for the actionbutton to screenrecord ?like we used to have on jailbreak?

[@beardfm]

You can take screenshots with a Shortcuts action, but unfortunately you can't start a screen recording

[@AbdelazeemHossny]

Can i make home screen shortcut to toggle location services on/off without getting into settings? I made shortcut icon that take me direct to the root of location so i can toggle on/ off

[@lakshmangope8963]

Is there any shortcut action to see notification center. Please make a video tutorial 🙏🏻

[@Chipmunk656]

I would like to know how to set a Siri shortcut to keep reminding me to take my medications until I have logged it’s done. Thank you so much for the wonderful videos.

[@beardfm]

You’re welcome! Have you tried the built-in medications in the health app?

[@Chipmunk656]

@@beardfm I have but there is only a regular notification at time to take medication and a critical notification 30 minutes later. I need one that keeps reminding me every 30 minutes until I log that I’ve taken it.

[@GreyAlive]

This video is pure magic, great!

[@drumdover]

Excellent video, thanks for taking the time! Do you happen to know if there is a way to force notifications via automation when connected to CarPlay? For example, email notifications are silenced when CarPlay is connected, is there a way to play a sound when one is received?