15 NEW Shortcuts YOU Requested - Alarms, NFC Tags, Photos & More!

[@BlakeFealy]

Thanks for highlighting my shortcut! Happy to share it with the community!

[@beardfm]

You're welcome! It was a good one!

[@sp3x04]

i’m a firefighter and i actually created a shortcut like yours. BUT, instead of creating a new alarm, it toggles an existing alarm on. no need to create and delete alarms. works well for fire, police and nurses!!

[@dms_]

I have the same one like yours. I’m a nurse. But instead of deleting an alarm, I think we can modify our shortcut and use the one in this video instead. I’ll go and experiment.

[@mossybank2000]

A quick glance at that thumbnail for the video made me think you were flipping us off there for a moment. LOL

[@beardfm]

haha no no, Wolverine is what I was going for

[@JuliaW-d3t]

Hello - love all your shortcut videos. I'd like to know Is there any way, using if statements in a shortcut automation, that when battery gets to a certain percentage it checks to see if it is charging and if so it would speak certain text and if it’s not charging it doesn’t say anything? Thanks ahead of time for your help.

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

Always love these Shortcut videos and links! 🌟 How about a shortcut that mutes notifications/calls/audio when you leave the house and turns back on when returning home?

[@beardfm]

That's a great one! Will do in the next video

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

@@beardfm Looking forward to it! 🌟

[@NATS7599]

Appreciate all the work you put in for these videos!

[@beardfm]

thank you! I enjoy making them 🙏🏻

[@carolcaldwell9192]

Thank you Stephen you’re awesome. Love your shortcut videos so helpful.

[@beardfm]

Appreciate you saying so!

[@philipfleming1116]

"Phone Charged Notification" at 3:06 I would like an identical notification to appear on my iPhone and iPad when my Apple Watch is fully charged. Can you develop an appropriate shortcut to achieve the desired result?

[@d_Saxophone]

Love the shortcuts. Have you thought about making one when AirPods are fully charged? I find it had to set up as how the AirPods connect and disconnect

[@shamiln9445]

Super... Thanks... Is there any shortcut which can make pdf with selected photos... ?

[@beardfm]

Absolutely! Do you want the photos in a grid or stacked?

[@shamiln9445]

@@beardfm stack...I mean scrolling down style to see each fotos..

[@campbellhor]

Thanks for doing the tax receipt one! Legend

[@beardfm]

Great request!

[@OfficialHelix]

you should totally do an apple pencil pro shortcuts video with the squeeze feature

[@beardfm]

Oh! Adding to the list immediately

[@OfficialHelix]

@@beardfm thank you brother love to hear it!

[@StickySYC]

How do you create the text in toolbox pro? to save dog images?

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

i comment many times beacause i really need it . when i am in class i change my phone sound mode to ring to vibration by pressing the action button but accidentally sometimes music are plays . so i need a shortcut that i will press the acyion button and all kind of sounds of my phone will mute or stop . and i can set all the sounds normal mode by again pressing that button. I will really waitting for your video thank you.

[@wynandcronje7244]

Is it possible to use action button to bring up a store card for current shop I am in.

[@Technology4Seniors]

Great work

[@beardfm]

Appreciate it!

[@marcosramalho1508]

Hi! Love your videos! I have a request. My wife is a pre school teacher and she has to take a lot of photos of the kids with her phone, and she keeps complaining about having to manually sort all of the pics. I created a shortcut that lets her take pics, say the name of the kid, and it will find/create a folder with the kid’s name and save the picture in there. But I could only make it work by taking only one picture or having to choose how many pics you’re going to take before hand… Do you know what to do about that? Thanks a lot!

[@beardfm]

Oooh that's a tough one, and the system you built might be the best, but I'll think about it!

[@02ranger]

I love your channel! I’ve learned so much in a short time since moving back to iOS. I’ve got a shortcut request, if possible. I know I can silence unknown callers, but is there a way via shortcuts to only allow calls from my Contacts as well as from a specific area code, and silence everybody else? I could do it on Android with MacroDroid or Tasker and I’ve been looking for a way to replicate it on iOS.

[@beardfm]

Thanks! And that's a tough one. Focus Modes is only certain contacts, and there's no "filter by one this area code" unfortunately. Sorry about that!

[@02ranger]

@@beardfm That’s what I was afraid of, but I’ve seen some really creative ways of using shortcuts to accomplish all kinds of tasks, so I thought I’d ask. Thanks!!

[@nidhihk8262]

Can we run the app widget in shortcut?

[@beardfm]

What do you mean?

[@nidhihk8262]

For example if we already have an app widget available, and if I want to run/open that specific app widget by "back tap". Can we do it by using a shortcut??

[@Goshu_e_gotin]

Hi, Stephen! I want to ask you if there’s a way to add NFC card and use it with automation for example? Is there a way to scan the reciever nfc, and if the reciever is scanned, scan the card to unlock it? Like if there’s an NFC reciever somewhere and i want to use automation to scan that card.

[@cotiew]

any ideas on turning on assistive touch when connecting to a specific bluetooth device?

[@liching35]

Hi Stephen, I tried (Read Texts Aloud by Time) in automation and without IF, simply "Speak Shortcut Input" the text stuff from message. but it only give me the default system (Banners alert) notification without speaking it. What am I doing wrong or not setting anything else?

[@chrisdugdale4854]

is there a way to open a specific part of the home app from shortcuts?, say scan a NFC tag in the living room to open up the controls for the living room devices?.

[@42morten]

Hi love you videos, I can see you are sharing your shortcut, do you have someway where I / we can see all the shortcuts you have share overall? Again super good videos, love the way you are share your knowledge 🤗

[@beardfm]

Appreciate it! And I need to work on building a library on my website...will work on it!

[@kaystaz123]

Can you create a shortcut on Lowe power mode on when my screen is locked and low power mode off when phone is unlocked

[@FadyRainier88]

Hi Stephen! Your videos and shortcuts are very informative. I wanted to ask you if you can help me create a shortcut that notifies me daily about the time of sunset, wherever I am in the globe.

[@beardfm]

Can do! Will be in the next Shortcuts video

[@FadyRainier88]

@@beardfmthank you Stephen! I tried building the shortcut but for some strange reason, it doesn’t work.

[@jackiechan212]

Thanks for these! Is there a shortcut where my HomePod can automatically tell me my briefing instead of asking Siri? I would want it to run as my morning alarm goes off!

[@pastordiytechtalk8468]

Does shortcuts work with the Ring products? Like camera when they are triggered, if a door is opened.

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately not since ring doesn't integrate with HomeKit. You can use workarounds like Homebridge but I've found that can be flaky.

[@carlosgabinete8018]

Hi. Anyone know if it’s possible to create a shortcut that turns on/off push mail?or switch the time

[@terrclymac]

Are there any Apple shortcuts for working with the Google Calendar app? All I see are keyboard shortcuts for computer. I truly appreciate your work. Thank you. New Subscriber - Terry

[@beardfm]

google Calendar doesn't offer Shortcuts actions as far as I know

[@terrclymac]

@@beardfm Thank you so very much for your response.

[@jenerin75]

You can add your Google calendar to your Apple calendar though!

[@palles1972]

Can I make a shortcut if the app is not installed the phone will ask me to install it unable App Store

[@ocean5420]

Is there a way to do the set alarm by shift with different shift time? Something that will detect my work start time then create an alarm based on that

[@beardfm]

Yes! I show that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3nFoXWFiZZmacUsi=w_mtZobpWsEdB6KH

[@CryLight-]

Tysmm subbed Do you know if it’s possible to make a notification delete/disappear after a while from the Lock Screen Or maybe just a drop down notification?

[@beardfm]

Thank you! And you can set the notification in Settings to Banner but turn off "persistent" so it just slides down and back up automatically

[@CryLight-]

@@beardfm that’s on at default I think cos it does it already lol, I mean so in the Lock Screen I don’t have tons of notifications just telling me small things like that the vpn was activated I just want that to act like a drop down if it’s a drop down that doesn’t stay on the Lock Screen Ty for helping much appreciate hope ur channel grows

[@Nate_The_Great69]

For the alarms shortcut I need help only getting events with a certain title rather than "find all events". Because I have different shift schedule start times.

[@beardfm]

Add a filter for the title and then choose “contains”

[@ShehbazAfzal]

Is it possible to trigger a shortcut on macOS via a keyboard trigger like pressing Shift 3 times for example?

[@codycodes]

Yep, I'd recommend BTT or Karabiner-Elements. You can run shortcuts from a script using the command "shortcuts run 'My Shortcut Name'"

[@beardfm]

You can program a keyboard Shortcut on the Mac, yes!

[@uvaiz4026]

I am trying to play a recording file even when the screen is off or locked under automation.

[@lyk102]

Is it possible to create talking labels with NFC tags without creating unique automation for each tag?

[@MasterLemon98]

Please I need an alarm that cannot be snoozed and the only way to descrivete it is scanning an nfc tag HOW CAN I DO IT ON IPHONE

[@dgordon3424]

I have been trying to create a shortcut that scans my calendar first thing in the morning (6am) and then sends me a message (15min) before each appointment. I have created a few different ways, but none of them lol at all my calendar events and send a message. Please help.

[@tiggerlove12]

I have an Apple Watch Ultra and I have a 3rd party fitness app I’ve been trying to make a shortcut for so i can use my action button, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong

[@beardfm]

Does the app actually support Shortcuts actions? And they may not be compatible with Watch

[@tiggerlove12]

@@beardfm it’s not in the shortcuts app but, I was told you can still make a shortcut for the action button, Maybe I got the wrong info

[@GT-ho6co]

Love the idea of the Shift alarm but it would be better if the alarm is set for say an hour before shift starts rather than a set time. Most people have events that could use this shortcut principle but not always at the same time for every occurrence. Is that possible? Get event from calendar and set alarm for xx minutes before it starts?

[@beardfm]

You can! I show how to do it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZWvimiFos93hbM&si=UcuWX1fl5N6jVVG2

[@GT-ho6co]

@@beardfmis it just me or is there a bug in shortcuts as when setting the alarm based on upcoming events the Otherwise step is find alarms with the specified label and delete them (which is meant to remove the old alarms) Seems like shortcut cannot filter just to the specified label correctly and wants to delete any alarms regardless of label.

[@davidsalisbury3108]

Is there a shortcut to toggle between withholding my number and displaying it prior to making a call?

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately there are not actions for things like that.

[@anilkumar1971]

Awesome !!

[@beardfm]

Thanks!!

[@tylenyeje4472]

Does anyone know how to make the Apple TV a Wake/Sleep combined toggle? Instead of having two separate shortcuts

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately there's no action to check the status of the Apple TV, so it's hard to make a toggle.

[@maxfooly]

I have two questions 1.Can you make a shortcut for turning on hotspot with timer so it turns off on its own 2.can you make a shortcut with nfc that triggers when placed near it and triggers again when you take it away from it Exmple - when im going to sleep i place my phone on a nfc that triggers low power mode then when in wake up and take the phone low power mode turns off on its own

[@BadgerBob]

Any recommendations for quality and reliable NFC tags? I’ve had a few off Amazon and they are very hit and miss.

[@beardfm]

These are a little thick but I've found to be reliable: amzn.to/3L7XeWl

[@Evanescence4ever100]

I would like a shortcut that shows me the date I burned my most calories (as active calories) and how much I burned. Is something like this possible?

[@beardfm]

That's a good one! In what kind of time range, the last 30 days?

[@Evanescence4ever100]

@@beardfm the furthest back that it can get. But last 30 days is fine too. Or maybe have an option to select the time range or adjust it

[@rithiksharan]

I love how single tap is efficient and super effortless compared to the double tap on android. - But when I’m on “study” focus mode I want that tap to wake feature to be turned off (to limit DISTRACTIONS). Is it possible to do so?

[@beardfm]

I wish you could adjust that with a Shortcuts action but you have to jump into settings for that.

[@rithiksharan]

@@beardfm can we get a tutorial?

[@subrahmanyamgantasala3582]

need an automation to speak battery status when charging. For example when I connect charger and when it is charged to specific level it should announce the battery %

[@beardfm]

I got you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4LGmXmlg7d_qcUsi=KlFZWKlLv7lKTzXD

[@mrgr]

Please make a shorcut to sort videos and photos by size

[@beardfm]

Of your entire library or from a set time?

[@citibori]

Can you create a shortcut that shuffles a playlist but does not repeat the artist? Or spaces out songs from an artist? The one thing I dislike about Apple's and Spotify's shuffle feature is that sometimes they play songs from the same artist back to back. I'm wondering is a shortcut can do this.

[@beardfm]

That's a tough one! I don't think that's possible as Shortcuts doesn't have a mechanism for controlling a playlist that's already going (besides play / pause) or an automation trigger to say "look for songs by X"

[@ameyrele]

Is there a shortcut where my apple watch would turn on the battery saver below a certain battery percentage?

[@codycodes]

Doesn't exist yet.

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately there aren't actions for that

[@Rahul_dz7mi]

Now all i want Apple intelligence to do is to create these damn complicated shortcuts for me.

[@beardfm]

Hopefully it's good at that!

[@MrSnuffles]

Anyone know how to put location services as always for a specific app when I arrive to a destination and have it disabled for the app when I am out of the location?

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately you can't adjust per-app notification settings from Shortcuts.

[@Ameer.Shahid]

Can u create iPhone frames shortcut. Frame iPhone 13, 14, 14 Pro 15 Pro frames for screenshot

[@Ameer.Shahid]

I saw your past iPhone frames shortcut video but I didn’t like that. That only support own iPhone model frame that is the problem. I waiting for your next shortcut video

[@Onso.1387]

Please create a shortcut to close all windows open on iPhone

[@beardfm]

Actually... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3jKXqqFYseUn8ksi=LJwTGCUjFpLHAThQ

[@howardstover4641]

Where are they. Never can find the shortcut

[@ramonpadilla2607]

TRying the Save Dog Photos, changing it to Ragdoll cats. I Get a red flag on "Recognize objets..." And it comes from starting the shortcut. The message that preceeds is "This action is trying to share 10 Photo items, which is not allowed. You can allow this in settings." Which settings?Toolbox Pro? Albums?

[@DjangoGroen]

I made a simple shortcut. Take screenshot, and share it. The problem is I would like it in my iOS 18 control center. How do I close the control center before it takes the screenshot? For now I have a wait for 2 seconds action. So I have 2 seconds to close the control center

[@beardfm]

The wait command is the best way to do it, like you've setup

[@DjangoGroen]

@@beardfm sad, but it’s fine. Thanks! Also would love to customize the icon of a shortcut in control center. I know it isn’t possible but would be nice to

[@maheAT]

Regarding the alarm by shift. Why not calculate the time when the alarm should go off instead of setting a specific time? I mean, when working in shifts you usually need an alarm at different times on different days.

[@beardfm]

That's a great option too! I did that here, this was for a shift that's the same time every week: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3nFoXWFiZZmacUsi=opcp31PlcGpZ1B2a

[@Chikowski101]

Stephen can you create a shortcut for success?

[@beardfm]

😏

[@fozmeistergeneral]

I would like a shortcut that when I take a picture I can send it to an email address with prewritten email body. I would like to use the shortcut to complain to my local council.

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

make a shortcut that all the sounds of phone like ring,music are mute just tapping the action button

[@MingRose]

Not sure if this has been made already, but I’m trying to find a shortcut that will start a Timer and name the timer.

[@tristan_derob]

To seek help about that, I’d suggest you go to the r/shortcuts subreddit, there are plenty of people to help you :)

[@codycodes]

It's not possible at this time to name a timer directly via shortcuts, but if using the screen is okay then actions exist to copy the name of the timer you want, open the timers screen on Clock app, and then the only thing needed is to select the timer created via Shortcut and paste its name in via the action which copied it to the clipboard.

[@beardfm]

Hey there! Do you want a different name each time it's run? Or is these a consistent use for the timer?

[@MingRose]

@@beardfm it would be the same name “Lunch Punch” each time. Honestly Just to clock back in after 30 min lunch for work.

[@susannelson4833]

Is there a reason one of my automations will periodically not run, it will work perfectly for a week, and then not run. I am sending a random text message at a specific time to my husband, Thanks.

[@syldontrading3028]

I am in the courier industry and rely on incoming WhatsApp messages/bookings to Pickup parcels from clients to post on a group chat for my drivers to attend to for collection. How do I automate the process to automatically copy incoming WhatsApp content and forward same to a specified WhatsApp group chat

[@beardfm]

I wish I could build this but there are no automation triggers for when a WhatsApp message is received. Sorry!

[@vusheth]

The focus mode should turn on till the event ends. This should search my calendar and happen automatically. I don’t want it to run at different times if the day

[@VeiVeivei-tj4pj]

Can you create a shortcuts that helps me learn 2 languages by adding a focus depending on the time and it swaps between 2 each day 1 day Arabic One day Russian and repeat

[@beardfm]

You mean change the device language automatically? I'm not sure that's possible, but love the idea...

[@VeiVeivei-tj4pj]

@@beardfm kinda. But I have a new idea. I need to prepare for a Russian exam so can you make shortcuts that put you in specific apps at specific times and you can’t leave until a certain time

[@VeiVeivei-tj4pj]

@@beardfm also a word of the day but In a different language and it can say the word instead of saying “Cyrillic letter”

[@Calmdownhomies]

I want a shortcut where i can just change the notification privacy settings where i can just hide my notification even when it is unlocked

[@beardfm]

I wish there were automations for notifications but unfortunately not yet!

[@ingewll]

I want to open commander one and automatically delete all files in the right window and then quit commander one

[@beardfm]

Is Commander One an app?

[@choqao]

wooh

[@chezchezchezchez]

Photos in a grid… But the thing is, you’re not telling us WHY we would ever want photos in a 4 x 4 grid. I mean, I literally cannot think of one single place. I would use that. So…. I like to start with. WHY we need something and then solve the problem.

[@BlakeFealy]

Hello! I don’t really use the grid that often to be honest but I use vertically all the time to do a screenshot and combine the screenshots together to make one big screenshot without advertisements. I use that to post a news article to my Instagram story.

[@riiiiiiiick1111]

This is all about Apple products, which I do not like or care for. Do you have any of this in the Android tutorials?

[@MD.JAHIDULISLAMJAHID-t1x]

Lol i told you to make a useful shortcut you just ignore because it is out of your range . Thanks you and keep making easy and lol shortcut

[@beardfm]

I have many requests I'm still working on, some are beyond either my abilities or Shortcuts in general, but I keep them all in the backlog and work on them when I can!

[@jf1341]

randomly starts talking about shortcuts with no prelude for the viewer that wandered in

[@beardfm]

The prelude: kzbin.info/aero/PLCnyeuWW0bgaj8ZykefmxpSLZYX9sHdlS&si=yQiqK6vjk-11VfU1

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

i comment many times beacause i really need it . when i am in class i change my phone sound mode to ring to vibration by pressing the action button but accidentally sometimes music are plays . so i need a shortcut that i will press the acyion button and all kind of sounds of my phone will mute or stop . and i can set all the sounds normal mode by again pressing that button. I will really waitting for your video thank you.

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

make a shortcut that all the sounds of phone like ring,music are mute just tapping the action button

[@iPhone-dp9ts]

It's easy. Create a shortcut for the volume. Media volume 0 ringing volume 0. ←If you tap this shortcut, all volumes will be 0. To return the volume, the media volume is 50 and the incoming volume is 50. ←Tap this shortcut to return.

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

i comment many times beacause i really need it . when i am in class i change my phone sound mode to ring to vibration by pressing the action button but accidentally sometimes music are plays . so i need a shortcut that i will press the acyion button and all kind of sounds of my phone will mute or stop . and i can set all the sounds normal mode by again pressing that button. I will really waitting for your video thank you.

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

make a shortcut that all the sounds of phone like ring,music are mute just tapping the action button

[@md.jahidulislamjahid9809]

make a shortcut that all the sounds of phone like ring,music are mute just tapping the action button